R eps export and import into Word 2010

Question

I\'m having trouble with exporting eps files from R and importing into Word 2010.

I\'m using ggplot2 plots, eg

library(ggplot2)
p <-          


        

Answer 1

Word indeed doesn't support EPS very well. A better solution is to export your graphs to Word or Powerpoint directly in native Office format. I just made a new package, export, that does exactly that, see https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/export/index.html and for demo https://github.com/tomwenseleers/export

Typical syntax is very easy, e.g.:

install.packages("export")
library(export)
library(ggplot2)
qplot(Sepal.Length, Petal.Length, data = iris, color = Species, 
      size = Petal.Width, alpha = I(0.7))     
graph2doc(file="ggplot2_plot.docx", width=6, height=5)
graph2ppt(file="ggplot2_plot.pptx", width=6, height=5) 

Output is vector format and so fully editable after you ungroup your graph in Word or Powerpoint. You can also use it to export statistical output of various R stats objects.