[R] Inserting .png plots in MS Word.

[Gabor Grothendieck]

You can:

1. Right click the graphic and choose copy metafile or save metafile.
2. Use savePlot after producing your plot.  See ?savePlot
3. Use win.metafile(...); plot(...); dev.off()


On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Wenjie Lee <wenjieleemaillist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi R Users,
>
> I'm using following sample code to save png plots.
>
> png(file="sample.png", width=8, height=6)
>
> Then I copy or use "insert pictures" function to get the image into MS Word.
> After copying, if I try to stretch or re-size the image it starts getting
> distorted. Is there a way to standardized graph pixels so that the
> sharpness of the graph is maintained (at least for minor
> stretching/re-sizing). Is it possible to achieve this?
>
> I know I can change width and height, but I have to submit this .doc file to
> my adviser and he may need to re-size it.
>
> Any suggestion would be highly appreciated,
>
> Thanks,
> Wenjie
>
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