flextable (version 0.7.2)

body_add_flextable: add flextable into a Word document

Description

add a flextable into a Word document.

Usage

body_add_flextable(
  x,
  value,
  align = "center",
  pos = "after",
  split = FALSE,
  topcaption = TRUE,
  keepnext = TRUE
)
body_replace_flextable_at_bkm(
  x,
  bookmark,
  value,
  align = "center",
  split = FALSE
)

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

default TRUE. Word option 'keep rows together' is activated when TRUE. It avoids page break within tables. This is handy for small tables, i.e. less than a page height.

Be careful, if you print long tables, you should rather set its value to FALSE to avoid that the tables also generate a page break before being placed in the Word document. Since Word will try to keep it with the next paragraphs that follow the tables.

bookmark

bookmark id

body_replace_flextable_at_bkm

Use this function if you want to replace a paragraph containing a bookmark with a flextable. As a side effect, the bookmark will be lost.

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)