I am trying to nut out how to use a company word document as a rdocx_doxument template for R markdown using the officedown package.
---
title: Company Report Title
author: Ross
date: 3/3/2022
output:
officedown::rdocx_document: default
---
# Introduction
Identifying default table and figure caption styles
```{r plot, fig.cap="My plot caption"}
plot(cars)
```
# Table
```{r, message = FALSE, warning=FALSE}
library(flextable)
cars |> head(6) |> flextable() |>
set_caption("Caption for table")
```
The style from this example gives an 'Image Caption' style for the plot and a 'Table Caption' style for the table.
Now try using the company reference template
---
title: Company Report Title
subtitle: Report subtitle
author: Ross
date: 3/3/2022
output:
officedown::rdocx_document:
reference_docx: company_report_template.docx
mapstyles:
Image Caption: ['Caption']
Table Caption: ['Caption']
Title: ['CoverTitle']
---
# Introduction
How to use mapstyles to avoid redefining company word template styles.
```{r plot, fig.cap="My plot caption"}
plot(cars)
```
# Table
```{r, message = FALSE, warning=FALSE}
library(flextable)
cars |> head(6) |> flextable() |>
set_caption("Caption for table")
```
In the word template file there is a style defined for both figure and table captions called 'Caption' and a style called 'CoverTitle' for the Title.
The rendering error message is
Error: could not find style "Caption". In addition: Warning message: paragraph style for plots "Figure" has not been found in the reference_docx document. Style 'Normal' will be used instead. Execution halted
The template file does have a 'Caption' style defined.
Wondered if someone can help me fathom this out?
I am very reluctant to change the styles in the company word template file.
Thanks
Screenshot of rmarkdown header, render error and word template file showing style
