On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:25 AM, dadrivr <dadr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for your help, guys. I'm looking to produce a high-quality plot (no > jagged lines or other distortions) with a filetype that is accepted by > Microsoft Word on a PC and that most journals will accept. That's why I'd > prefer to stick with JPEG, TIFF, PNG, or the like. I'm not sure EPS would > fly. > > I tried inserting the PDF directly into Word, but I am on a PC and there is > a loss of quality in the transfer. I'm not sure I know how to use the > approach that Marc suggested in reference to saving a new PDF for use in > Word. > > I also tried Gabor's suggestion to save in Microsoft's metafile format > (savePlot with type = wmf and emf), but the images contain lines that are as > jagged as those created from the regular R plot output.
You may simply be viewing the document at such a small resolution that the resolution is not there to display smooth lines regardless of the approach. Try viewing the document at increased zoom. With vector based images they automatically adapt to the resolution available. -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
