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stationery (version 1.1)

blankPDF: create white background empty PDF

Description

Sometimes you need a placeholder. If you do, this is it!

Usage

blankPDF(
  file,
  height = 1,
  width = 3.5,
  messg = "Your Logo Could Be Here",
  pointsize = 12,
  col = "gray50"
)

Value

NULL is returned if file was created. Otherwise error is reported.

Arguments

file

A file name for output

height

inches

width

inches

messg

Default is a reminder statement, but set "" if you don't want it.

pointsize

Default is 12

col

Color for text in messg parameter. Default is gray50

Author

Paul Johnson

Examples

Run this code
tdir <- tempdir()
dir.create(file.path(tdir, "blanks"), recursive = TRUE)
fn1 <- file.path(tdir, "blanks", "blank1.pdf")
blankPDF(file = fn1, messg = "Do you want a message?")
## Please inspect
if(interactive()) browseURL(fn1)
fn2 <- file.path(tdir, "blanks", "blank2.pdf")
blankPDF(file = fn2, height = 2, width = 3, messg = "")
if(interactive()) browseURL(fn2)
## delete test directory
unlink(file.path(tdir, "blanks"), recursive = TRUE)

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