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rvg package

rvg provides two graphics devices that produce Vector Graphics outputs in DrawingML format for Microsoft PowerPoint with dml_pptx() and for Microsoft Excel with dml_xlsx(). These formats let users edit the graphic elements (editable graphics) within PowerPoint or Excel and have a very good rendering.

These raw XML outputs cannot be used as is. The dml() function is a simple wrapper that marks plot instructions as Vector Graphics instructions, so they can be added to an Office document via officer:

library(rvg)
library(ggplot2)
library(officer)

my_vec_graph <- dml(code = barplot(1:5, col = 2:6))

doc <- read_pptx()
doc <- add_slide(doc, layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme")
doc <- ph_with(doc, my_vec_graph, location = ph_location_fullsize())
print(doc, target = "my_plot.pptx")

For Excel workbooks, pass a dml() object to officer::sheet_add_drawing():

doc <- read_xlsx()
doc <- sheet_add_drawing(doc, sheet = "Feuil1",
  value = dml(code = barplot(1:5, col = 2:6)),
  left = 1, top = 2, width = 6, height = 6)
print(doc, target = "vg.xlsx")

By default, these graphics are editable; element edition can be disabled with option editable = FALSE.

Note that xl_add_vg() will be deprecated in favor of officer::sheet_add_drawing().

Installation

You can get the development version from GitHub:

devtools::install_github("davidgohel/rvg")

Install the CRAN version: