How (and why) to use R for AUTHORING purposes

How to get started using R as an authoring platform...

Steps to follow (assuming you already have R and an IDE such as R Studio installed on your computer):

1. download Quarto (https://quarto.org/docs/download/)
2. install the Quarto package (from within R)
3. open a new Quarto presentation file
a. RevealJS presentation type
4. "render" the default file
5. Customize!!!
a. add code chunks (R script)
b. change fonts
c. add images

...more customization is included in the original LiveStreams, but images and fonts should set you up well enough with foundational skills to leverage when using R as an authoring platform!!

Source videos (longer explanations of concepts):

Getting set up: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_phOY5Rz3o

Adding content: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltL8GLbWUec

Sharing with others: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9jzJsJ-49Q&t=906s

Helper slides:

Setting up your computer: https://bookdown.org/jtkulas/1_28_25

Rationale for doing this: https://bookdown.org/jtkulas/1_21_25

GoogleFont grabber css syntax (Dancing Script) - delete the space between "fonts." and "goggleapis" prior to using:

@import url('https://fonts. googleapis.com/css?family=Dancing Script')

00:00 Intro
00:11 Why do this
02:27 What you can produce
03:11 How to do it
03:55 Suggestion of what to start with
04:44 Creating a template presentation
06:55 Including statistical content
07:27 Changing slide theme
08:28 Accessing favorite fonts
09:55 Applying fonts to document
10:50 Finding images
11:25 Including images in your document
11:36 Controlling image placement