[R] help for high-quality plot

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Sun Sep 16 20:00:35 CEST 2007


On 9/16/07, Zheng Lu <zlu at umich.edu> wrote:
> I am curious how to generate high-quality plot and graph with R and
> input it into my word document. my plot was always generated in device
> 2, when I save it as PNG, the quality is poor. Thank you very much for
> your consideration and time.

To obtain better results, use vectorial formats (eps, pdf, svg, etc.)
and not bitmapped formats (png, jpg, tiff, etc.). In case, you are
using MS Word (as it seems), use eps; it may not look great on screen,
but it will look perfect on paper.

Paul



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