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Export to a Word document

Source: R/export_as_docx.R
export_as_docx.Rd

From an rtables table, produce a self-contained Word document or attach it to a template Word file (template_file). This function is based on the tt_to_flextable() transformer and the officer package.

Usage 

export_as_docx(
  tt,
  file,
  doc_metadata = NULL,
  titles_as_header = FALSE,
  footers_as_text = TRUE,
  template_file = NULL,
  section_properties = section_properties_default(),
  ...
)

section_properties_default(
  page_size = c("letter", "A4"),
  orientation = c("portrait", "landscape")
)

margins_potrait()

margins_landscape()

Arguments

tt

(TableTree or related class)
a TableTree object representing a populated table.

file

(string)
output file. Must have .docx extension.

doc_metadata

(list of string)
any value that can be used as metadata by officer::set_doc_properties(). Important text values are title, subject, creator, and description, while created is a date object.

titles_as_header

(flag)
whether the table should be self-contained with additional header rows created for titles and subtitles (TRUE), or titles and subtitles should be added as a paragraph of text above the table (FALSE). Defaults to FALSE.

footers_as_text

(flag)
whether footers should be added as a new paragraph after the table (TRUE) or the table should be self-contained, implementing flextable-style footnotes (FALSE) with the same style but a smaller font. Defaults to TRUE.

template_file

(string)
template file that officer will use as a starting point for the final document. Document attaches the table and uses the defaults defined in the template file.

section_properties

(officer::prop_section)
an officer::prop_section() object which sets margins and page size. Defaults to section_properties_default().

...

(any)
additional arguments passed to tt_to_flextable().

page_size

(string) page size. Can be "letter" or "A4". Defaults to "letter".

orientation

(string) page orientation. Can be "portrait" or "landscape". Defaults to "portrait".

Value

No return value, called for side effects

Functions

  • section_properties_default(): Helper function that defines standard portrait properties for tables.

  • margins_potrait(): Helper function that defines standard portrait margins for tables.

  • margins_landscape(): Helper function that defines standard landscape margins for tables.

Note

export_as_docx() has few customization options available. If you require specific formats and details, we suggest that you use tt_to_flextable() prior to export_as_docx(). If the table is modified first using tt_to_flextable(), the titles_as_header and footer_as_text parameters must be re-specified.

See also

tt_to_flextable()

Examples 

lyt <- basic_table() %>%
  split_cols_by("ARM") %>%
  analyze(c("AGE", "BMRKR2", "COUNTRY"))

tbl <- build_table(lyt, ex_adsl)

# See how the section_properties_portrait() function is built for customization
tf <- tempfile(fileext = ".docx")
export_as_docx(tbl,
  file = tf,
  section_properties = section_properties_default(orientation = "landscape")
)