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What’s New in R: July 21, 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of ​What’s New in R​! This week, we’re featuring a quick tip on rearranging Google Sheets tabs with R, a comprehensive guide to creating Quarto websites, and a guide to opening files from R. Let’s dive in!

How to Rearrange Tabs in Google Sheets with R

On Bluesky, Pierrette Lo wrote some code to rearrange tabs in a Google Sheet. It’s the kind of thing that’s not that useful until it is. Keep this one bookmarked for later!

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Creating your personal website using Quarto

Sam Shanny-Csik has written a detailed guide on how to create websites using Quarto. This resource covers everything from setting up your environment to deploying your site, making it a valuable tool for anyone looking to build a professional web presence with Quarto. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this guide is packed with practical tips and examples.

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How to open files, folders, websites in R

If you’ve ever wanted to open files directly from R, this post by Maëlle Salmon gives you several options to do so. I’ve used some of these techniques to open up PDFs I’ve made in R so I can review them in the Mac Preview app.

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Don Varley
By Don Varley
July 21, 2025

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