Hi, If you're willing to drop powerpoint for a more versatile alternative, the most obvious route might be Sweave + the beamer package.
On 29 April 2010 23:17, <thatsanicehatyouh...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Apr 26, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Wang, Fei wrote: > >> I am a newbie for R software. Recently I met a problem when I'm attempting >> to export R graphs to PowerPoint directly. Since we generate hundreds of >> graphs and want to export them to PPT at one time, is there any good >> solution to this? > > Depends on how motivated you are. Here's one solution. It will take some > effort to get going and requires a few programming skills, but once set up > you can repeat the process painlessly. > > First, you need to use Apple's Keynote. The Keynote file format is a regular > zipped directory containing an XML file and the various media (e.g. pdfs, > pngs). The XML format is documented here: > > http://developer.apple.com/appleapplications/keynote-apxl.html > > Given that and some trial and error, one can write a python script (or > similar) to take a folder of graphs that you output from R and convert them > into a Keynote presentation. > > If you don't want to use Keynote as your final format, you can export the > file into a huge PDF or a PowerPoint file. > > And if you get something working and are willing to share, I'm sure several > people on the list would be interested in seeing a working script! > > > How you intend to keep your audience awake for a presentation of hundreds of > graphs is another problem entirely. :) > Perhaps inserting a Audience.sleep(1) every now and then during page transitions? baptiste _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
