How to create factors from factanal?

Question

When performing a factor analysis using factanal the usual result is some loadings table plus several other information. Is there a direct way to use these loadings to create a

Answer 1

Do you not want the loadings component?

loadings(fa)

See ?loadings and ?factanal to check that it is loadings you want. I find the terminology used so confusing at times, what with loadings, scores, ...