Thanks Jim, That helps.
Ben Bolker had a nice suggestion on how to get the lattice package to easily plot all 22 variables in one window. Ultimately, I'd like to generate a PDF that will print on a standard (8.5 x 11) page. A few things I'm still stuck are: 1) How to use the lattice command AND leave room at the bottom for a text block 2) How to tell lattice the size of the window 3) How to integrate all this together - draw a big window, plot trellis in the top half and then text box in the bottom. Any thoughts? -N On 6/1/10 4:53 AM, Jim Lemon wrote: > On 06/01/2010 04:16 AM, Noah Silverman wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Working on a report that is going to have a large number of graphs and >> summaries. We have 80 "groups" with 20 variables each. >> >> Ideally, I'd like to produce ONE page for each group. It would have two >> columns of 10 graphs and then the 5 number summary of the variables at >> the bottom. >> So, perhaps the top 2/3 of the page has the graphs and the bottom third >> has 20 rows of data summary(maybe a table of sorts.) >> This COULD be done in Latex, but would have to be hand coded for each of >> the 80 groups which would be painfully slow. >> >> I can easily do the graphs with par(mfrow=c(5,2)) band then draw the >> graphs in a loop. >> >> But I am stuck from here: >> >> 1) How do I control the size of the plot window. (Ideally, it should >> print to fill an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper) >> 2) Is there a way to "easily" insert a 5 number summary (summary >> command) into the lower half of the page. >> >> Does anybody have any ideas?? >> > Hi Noah, > One easy way is to leave some space at the bottom, either by using: > > par(mfrow=c(6,2)) > > or the more flexible "layout" function, and then use "text" or a > fancier function (textbox, boxed.labels, addtable2plot, etc.) to add > your text after: > > par(xpd=NA) > > allows you to display the text anywhere you please. If you use a > bitmap graphics device, make it big: > > png("numberoneofeighty.png",850,1100) > > so that it won't look lumpy on the printed page. > > Jim > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.