flextable when saved as pdf using officer prints small ticks

Asked Mar 20 '23 at 09:39

Active Mar 20 '23 at 09:39

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See my code

library(flextable)
library(officer)
library(magrittr)

my_doc <- read_docx() 

tb = head(iris, 4)

tb <- flextable(tb)
tb <- width(tb, width = 1.1)

my_doc <- my_doc %>%
  body_add_flextable(tb, align = 'left')

print(my_doc, target = "file.docx")

Word output

PDF Output > same document saved as pdf

asked Mar 20 '23 at 09:39

Arkadi w

How do you create the "PDF output"? – David Gohel Mar 20 '23 at 09:56
Using MS Word's save as PDF – Arkadi w Mar 20 '23 at 10:15
Ah ok, sorry then, I can't reproduce – David Gohel Mar 20 '23 at 10:22
You're on Linux? How would you save this as pdf? – Arkadi w Mar 20 '23 at 10:23
I am on a mac. (For PDF I would use a Rmd file but I am not sure it's relevant here) – David Gohel Mar 20 '23 at 12:53
I can reproduce this on my Windows machine. Interestingly, it seems to only occur when border width=2 (which is used by the default `theme_booktabs` here). Applying a thinner OR wider width (e.g. 1 or 3) doesn't trigger it. – Z.Lin Mar 20 '23 at 13:28
This issue can arise with tables created inside MS Word too. See [here](https://superuser.com/questions/1504963/artefacts-on-table-borders-in-adobe-pdf-reader) for an example. I suspect it's not a flextable issue. – Z.Lin Mar 21 '23 at 13:04

flextable when saved as pdf using officer prints small ticks

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