I used MS Word 2010 to save a document as a .pdf file, and some of the images have strange, extra lines on them. This happens whether the source document is a .doc file or a .docx file:
Can anyone explain what is happening, and what I can do about it?
Note: I am really looking for an explanation of what is going on with MS Word and how to get it to create my PDF properly, not other programs I can use to create .pdf files from .doc or .docx files.
Edit: When I originally asked this question, I did not know that the source of the image mattered at all, but since I have discovered that part of the issue was the R statistics program generating images with transparency (with no notice to the user), I am adding the R tag to this question. The issue could very well crop up without the use of R, but there are plenty of people out there using R to generate images for use in MS Word and then outputting to PDF, and they should be able to find this question more easily if they are smarter than I am and guess that the source of the image might matter.
Best Answer
i had this problem, too. it resulted from using the Track Changes feature in the word doc. the lines showed up in the PDF even though the word doc was set to show no changes. You can fix it by going to the Review Menu, click the drop down for Show Markup, and uncheck all of the items (comments, ink, etc.). When I converted again, the lines were gone.