Saving pictures as pdf

There are several ways to generate a picture. We can summarize them into the following four methods:

  • Method #1: Using the Snipping Tool
  • Method #2: Saving the picture by clicking it
  • Method #3: Using Ctrl + Shift + PrintScrn and the Paint software
  • Method #4: Using our programs

The easiest way to save our picture is to use the Snipping Tool. After a picture is generated, launch the Snipping Tool and choose an appropriate area to save. The following example shows the simplest output to a PDF file in R. Let's use the previous example code of drawing a cosine function from -2π to 2π, shown here:

pdf("c:/temp/myGraph.pdf") 
plot(cos,-2*pi,2*pi) 
dev.off()

Get Hands-On Data Science with Anaconda now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial