Marc Office is fully updated (see version as yours) Original size is 1/2 of the intended size. When the drag the file to TextEdit, the size is as intended! So, the mystery continues.
Dennis Dennis Fisher MD P < (The "P Less Than" Company) Phone / Fax: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784) www.PLessThan.com > On Mar 26, 2018, at 10:21 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi Dennis, > > I reviewed the Preference settings in Word and did not see anything that to > my eye would be relevant to default embedded object sizes. > > You might check to be sure that your Office installation is fully updated. > There have been several updates of late. My Word is showing version 16.11.1 > (180319) in the About Word dialog. > > Also, right click on the embedded PDF in Word and check "Size and > Position...". On the "Size" tab, see what the dialog box is showing for > "Original size" at the bottom, and be sure that "Scale" is set to 100% for > both height and width. > > Regards, > > Marc > >> On Mar 26, 2018, at 12:01 PM, Dennis Fisher <fis...@plessthan.com >> <mailto:fis...@plessthan.com>> wrote: >> >> Marc >> >> Thanks for trying this. >> >> Your PDF exhibited the problematic behavior (half-size). It appears that we >> are using the same version of the OS. We are using the same generation of >> Word (Office Home & Business 2016 for Mac (Work At Home)) although there are >> probably several versions of Office floating around. This left the version >> of R — but I can confirm the same problematic behavior with R 3.4.4. >> >> Of note, this behavior exists on two different OS X machines but a third >> computer with OS X 13.2 works correctly. >> Also, when I use R to create an RTF document that contains JPEG images, the >> same problem happens. >> >> I am at a loss — perhaps there is something weird about my version of Office >> or some preference that is set incorrectly. >> >> Dennis >> >> Dennis Fisher MD >> P < (The "P Less Than" Company) >> Phone / Fax: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784) >> www.PLessThan.com <http://www.plessthan.com/> >> >> >> >> >>> On Mar 26, 2018, at 8:33 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com >>> <mailto:marc_schwa...@me.com>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 26, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Dennis Fisher <fis...@plessthan.com >>>> <mailto:fis...@plessthan.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> R 3.4.3 >>>> OS X 13.3 >>>> >>>> Colleagues >>>> >>>> I have encountered surprising behavior in the following circumstance: >>>> >>>> 1. I create a one-page PDF in R. The command might be: >>>> pdf(“/path/to/file”, width=5, height=3.5) >>>> >>>> 2. When I open the PDF in Preview, the “inspector” confirms the intended >>>> size. >>>> >>>> 3. I embed the PDF into Word for Mac (the newest version). I accomplish >>>> this in one of several ways, all leading to the same outcome: >>>> a. I drag the icon into Word >>>> b. I copy the thumbnail and paste into Word >>>> c. I drag the thumbnail into Word >>>> >>>> 4. Previously, after the page was embedded, the size matched the >>>> specifications (5 x 3.5, in this instance). Now, the width is one-half of >>>> the intended size. >>>> >>>> 5. Interestingly, when I drag the thumbnail into Word, the image appears >>>> twice >>>> >>>> I suspect that the problem is in Word, rather than R, but I am curious as >>>> to whether anyone has encountered this and has a solution. >>>> >>>> Dennis >>> >>> >>> Hi Dennis, >>> >>> Try it with the attached PDF, created with: >>> >>> pdf("test.pdf", width = 5, height = 3.5) >>> plot(1:5) >>> dev.off() >>> >>> I am using R 3.4.4 on macOS 10.13.3, with Word 2016. >>> >>> When I drag the pdf file from my desktop into Word, or the thumbnail from >>> Preview, the size of the embedded object is correct and I get the correct >>> preview image of the plot in Word. >>> >>> If I copy and paste the thumbnail into Word, it has the correct size, the >>> but preview image in Word appears to be bitmapped, instead of vector, so >>> the quality of the image in Word is not as good. Similar to what one might >>> see embedding an EPS file in Word. >>> >>> Also, if I "Insert" object from the Word menu, and select the PDF file, I >>> get the correct size and the vector based image. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Marc Schwartz >>> >>> >>> <test.pdf> >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
