save a flextable as an image

save a flextable as a png, pdf or jpeg image.

Image generated with package 'webshot' or package 'webshot2'. Package 'webshot2' should be prefered as 'webshot' can have issues with some properties (i.e. bold are not rendered for some users).

save_as_image(x, path, zoom = 3, expand = 10, webshot = "webshot")

Arguments

x	a flextable object
path	image file to be created. It should end with .png, .pdf, or .jpeg.
zoom, expand	parameters used by webshot function.
webshot	webshot package as a scalar character, one of "webshot" or "webshot2".

Note

This function requires package webshot or webshot2.

See also

Other flextable print function: as_raster(), flextable_to_rmd(), htmltools_value(), knit_print.flextable(), plot.flextable(), print.flextable(), save_as_docx(), save_as_html(), save_as_pptx()

Examples

ft <- flextable( head( mtcars ) )
ft <- autofit(ft)
tf <- tempfile(fileext = ".png")
if (FALSE) {
if( require("webshot") ){
  save_as_image(x = ft, path = "myimage.png")
}
}