Many thanks ! Bert Gunter's answer is of course correct. The maintainer suggests Stackoverflow or commercial advice - which is worrying as I have some further questions concerning lists in [officer} - but first I'll do some more research !
On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 5:12 PM Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > Rmarkdown is my first choice as well... but the options available there > for controlling PDF output via LaTeX macros are incredibly powerful, while > the options available for controlling Word output from Rmarkdown are > extremely limited by comparison. ReporteRs and officeR provide considerably > more fine-grained control over Word formatting and layout than Rmarkdown > supports, so for meshing R output into an existing Word-based workflow > without lots of manual tweaking there is no comparison. > > On April 8, 2020 10:12:36 PM PDT, cpolw...@chemo.org.uk wrote: > >DocX is quite a complex file..it's actually a zip file which contains > >an XML file describing the text and sub folders with other content such > >as images. > > > > > >The description of need is a little vague - but may be the way it is > >described. Rmarkdown For instance can generate output to word. > >ODFweave (now discontinued I think) can output to odx which can be > >opened in word. Although it starts with a odx file and generated a new > >version of it. > > > > > >I use Rmarkdown to generate reports (mine are PDF) and if someone said > >could I do a word document report I'd start with markdown... > > > > > > > > > > > >On 8 Apr 2020 18:08, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >But the OP explicitly notes that the read_docx package does *not* write > > > >files and asks whether there are *other* packages or functions that > >provide > >that functionality. It still seems to me that the ReporteR maintainer > >might > >be the best place to go for that info, although there is certainly no > >assurance that he can provide it. > > > >Bert > > > >On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:56 AM Jeff Newmiller > ><jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> > >wrote: > > > >> But before hassling the maintainer the OP should read the package > >> vignettes and run some examples... read_docx does not write to any > >files, > >> so complaining that it doesn't will be fruitless. > >> > >> On April 8, 2020 9:31:41 AM PDT, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> > > > >> wrote: > >> >This sounds like the sort of specialized question that should be > >> >directed > >> >to the maintainer (?maintainer) rather than to a general Help list > >such > >> >as > >> >this. > >> > > >> >Bert Gunter > >> > > >> >"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming > >along > >> >and > >> >sticking things into it." > >> >-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > >> > > >> > > >> >On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:23 AM A Biologist > ><jeremyclark...@gmail.com> > >> >wrote: > >> > > >> >> Dear All, > >> >> > >> >> Mac Catalina - R 3.6.3 - all up-to-date packages. > >> >> I would like to re-create the functionality which was found in the > > > >> >package > >> >> {ReporteRs} by creating a .docx file in a folder on my computer > >from > >> >within > >> >> R - which can subsequently be used by the {officer} function > >> >read_docx. > >> >> The function read_docx on my system does NOT create a new > >document, > >> >and > >> >> neither does the following code: > >> >> new.word.doc=function(){ report = read_docx(path ..name.. > >".docx")) > >> >> return(report) } > >> >> doc=new.word.doc() > >> >> > >> >> I can use {base} file.create to create a file with an extension > >.docx > >> >- but > >> >> apparently this is not a .docx file - and read_docx can't read it. > > > >> >> Is there another R package or function which I can use in order to > > > >> >create > >> >> (and then close the link to R so that it can be used by another > >> >package) a > >> >> .docx file ? > >> >> > >> >> Many thanks in advance. > >> >> > >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> >> > >> >> ______________________________________________ > >> >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > >> >> > >> > > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > > >> >______________________________________________ > >> >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> >PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from my phone. 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