Add flextable into a Word document

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)