[R] Output formatting in PDF

[Jeff Newmiller]

Or package "knitr". Note that knitr can be used with LaTeX or markdown syntax, but from your description the former would be advised. 
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On October 11, 2016 1:59:59 AM PDT, Enrico Schumann <es at enricoschumann.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Oct 2016, Preetam Pal <lordpreetam at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can you please help me with the following output formatting:
>> I am planning to include 2 plots and some general description in a
>one-page
>> PDF document, such that
>>
>>    - I'll leave some appropriate margin on the PDF- say, 1.5 inches
>>    top,right, bottom and left (will decide based on overall
>appearance)
>>    - the 2 plots are placed side-by-side (looks best for comparison)
>>    - the margins for each plot can be 4 lines on the top and the
>bottom &
>>     2 lines on the left and the right
>>    - each of these 2 plots would have time (0 to 260) along x-axis
>and two
>>    time-series (daily USD-GBP and USD-EUR FX rates) on the y-axis,
>i.e. 2
>>    time-series would be plotted on each of the 2 graphs. I would need
>a
>>    different color for each plot to demarcate them
>>    - I need to add some text (eg: "Independent analysis of Exchange
>Rate
>>    dynamics") with reduced font size (not high priority though-just
>good to
>>    have a different size)
>>    - The general discussion (may be a paragraph) would come right
>below the
>>    2 plots - I can specify this text as an argument in a function,
>may be. I
>>    am not sure how to arrange the entire PDF as per the format I
>mentioned
>>    above
>>
>> I shall really appreciate any help with this - the time series
>analysis is
>> not difficult, I can manage that - however, I don't know how to
>manage the
>> formatting part though, so that the 1-pager output looks decently
>> presentable. Thanks.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Preetam
>
>If using LaTeX is an option, I would suggest
>?Sweave. There are many tutorials on the web that
>should get you started.