[R] Modify pdf file with Illustrator.

[Michael Friendly]

On 6/3/2012 2:42 AM, Jinyan Huang wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> Some times I want to modify the pdf file which produced by R with
> illustrator. But when I use Illustrator open the pdf file, it often
> makes the pdf some little changed. Anyone have some suggestions? Is it
> better to use other file type, not pdf? Or when I produced the pdf, I
> should set some other parameters?
>
> Thank you
>
You first have to remove clipping masks from the plot inside Illustrator.
See
http://www.psych.yorku.ca/quantmethods/BrownBag/Sigal-2011-Post-Processing-Handouts.pdf

for a nice tutorial.

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