body_add_chart: Add a chart to a Word document

In mschart: Chart Generation for 'Microsoft Word', 'Microsoft Excel' and 'Microsoft PowerPoint' Documents

Add a chart to a Word document

Description

Add a ms_chart to an rdocx object. The graphic will be inserted in an empty paragraph.

Usage

body_add_chart(x, chart, style = NULL, pos = "after", width = 5, height = 3)

Arguments

x	an rdocx object
chart	an ms_chart object.
style	paragraph style
pos	where to add the new element relative to the cursor, one of "after", "before", "on".
height, width	height and width in inches.

Value

An rdocx object.

See Also

ph_with.ms_chart()

Examples

library(officer)
my_barchart <- ms_barchart(data = browser_data,
  x = "browser", y = "value", group = "serie")
my_barchart <- chart_settings( my_barchart, grouping = "stacked",
  gap_width = 50, overlap = 100 )

doc <- read_docx()
doc <- body_add_chart(doc, chart = my_barchart, style = "centered")
print(doc, target = tempfile(fileext = ".docx"))

mschart documentation built on May 17, 2026, 1:09 a.m.