[R] Exporting R graphics into Word without losing graph quality

[Steve Taylor]

> From: Duncan Murdoch...
 
> Don't use a bitmap format (png).
I disagree.  Each vector format comes with its own problems.

> Don't produce your graph in one format (screen display), then convert to
> another (png).  Open the device in the format you want for the final file.
Agreed.
 
> Use a vector format for output.  
Why?  Sure, that's good advice in the ideal (pdflatex) world, but not necessarily the best of advice for Word users.

> I don't know what kinds Word supports, but
> EPS or PDF would likely be best; if it can't read those, then Windows metafile
> (via windows() to open the device) would be best.
None of these works well, if at all, in my experience with Word.

> Don't use Word.
Some of us don't really have a choice.