body_add_flextable: Add flextable into a Word document

In flextable: Functions for Tabular Reporting

Add flextable into a Word document

Description

add a flextable into a Word document.

Usage

body_add_flextable(
  x,
  value,
  align = NULL,
  pos = "after",
  split = NULL,
  topcaption = TRUE,
  keepnext = NULL
)

Arguments

x	an rdocx object
value	flextable object
align	left, center (default) or right.
pos	where to add the flextable relative to the cursor, one of "after", "before", "on" (end of line).
split	set to TRUE if you want to activate Word option 'Allow row to break across pages'.
topcaption	if TRUE caption is added before the table, if FALSE, caption is added after the table.
keepnext	Defunct in favor of paginate().

Examples

library(officer)

# autonum for caption
autonum <- run_autonum(seq_id = "tab", bkm = "mtcars")

ftab <- flextable(head(mtcars))
ftab <- set_caption(ftab, caption = "mtcars data", autonum = autonum)
ftab <- autofit(ftab)
doc <- read_docx()
doc <- body_add_flextable(doc, value = ftab)
fileout <- tempfile(fileext = ".docx")
# fileout <- "test.docx" # uncomment to write in your working directory
print(doc, target = fileout)

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