My apriori apologies if this is felt to be the wrong list for this issue - although it starts with R, it's a combination of programs that creates the problem.
Currently we are using windows metafile format for in-text tables for reports created in Word. However, we've discovered some artifactual lines being created in our final output once the Word document is changed to PDF. The process is as follows: # Simplest example code that contains all the sample features that create the problem library(lattice) test <- expand.grid(type = paste('Type', 1:4), success = c('Yes','No')) test$result <- exp(rnorm(nrow(test))) win.metafile('u:\\test.wmf') dotplot( success ~ result | type, data = test, panel = function(...) { panel.xyplot(...) panel.abline(v = 0, lty = 2) }, xlim = c(-10, 10) ) dev.off() This is then imported into Word 2008 (running on XP Pro 2002 with service pack 2) using the import picture tool. The resulting file is then saved as a PDF from Word. Although the .wmf file (and R console output if sent to there) look exactly as you'd expect, there are a series of diagonal lines running from the bottom of the panel.abline created index line to the upper bound of each panel. I confess to being somewhat confused - if windows metafile formats and PDF are both vector graphic formats, I'm not sure where this extra line has come from. I suspect it may be an artifact from Word's PDF creating routine, but have no concrete proof of this. If any one can shed enlightenment (or suggest an alternative approach that preserves decent fidelity - we've struggled with postscript files in the past, but this may be our opportunity to try them out again), it would be much appreciated. > sessionInfo() R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22) i386-pc-mingw32 locale: LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base other attached packages: [1] lattice_0.17-6 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] grid_2.7.0 Jim Price. Cardiome Pharma Corp. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Lattice-%2B-Word%3A-Changing-.wmf-files-to-.pdf-files-tp17651766p17651766.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.