[R] Re R Graphs in Powerpoint

[Thomas Lumley]

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Jarrett Byrnes wrote:

> Hey, all.  Quick question.  I'm attempting to use some of the great
> graphs generated in R for an upcoming talk that I'm writing in
> Powerpoint.  Copying and pasting (I'm using OSX) yields graphs that
> look great in Powerpoint - until I resize them.  Then fonts, points,
> and lines all become quite pixelated and blurry.  Even if I size the
> window properly first, and then copy and paste in the graph, when I
> then view the slideshow, the graphs come out pixelated and blurry.
>
> Is there any good solution to this, or is this some fundamental
> incompatibility that I can't get around?

This is an OS X problem -- Powerpoint on OS X doesn't use the native (PDF) 
graphics format, so copy and paste doesn't work well.

People have posted solutions in the past, ranging from going via Photoshop 
to creating png() graphics files in R and importing them into Powerpoint.

 	-thomas