officer is an R package for manipulating Word (.docx) and PowerPoint (*.pptx) documents.
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Change margins with officer
I am trying change the properties of a word document with the officer library and I am having problems to succeed.
I need to change the margins of the entire document.
Let's say I have this document:
barometer <- read_docx %>%
body_add_par("A…

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In officer R, how to format text and bullet point levels for PowerPoint
So I am working on creating an automated powerpoint report in R using the officer package. I want to create a bulleted list with numerous levels but I need to be able to have specific text formatting for each line (i.e. I want the first two words to…

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How to update PowerPoint slides from Shiny by using the package officer?
I would like to download PowerPoint slides from Shiny with the package officer. I made an PowerPoint example that contains a plot. How to update the slide if you change the inputs of the plot? Because when I changed the inputs, it didn't update the…

Quynh-Mai Chu
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Is there a way to edit existing paragraphs in slides using officer (or any other alternative) in R?
I'm entering the task of creating automated reports using R.
I have all the data that I need in a dataframe, and I have a template of the report in pptx format. The PPT has quite some design, so I'm preparing the slides instead of working with a…

Sebastian Schurmann
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Officer r package to create slides with side by side content -content only appearing in one section
Despite my best efforts, I cannot get any content loaded side by side in Powerpoint slides generated using the R package officer. What I would like is content (sourced images or plots, etc. on the right and text on the left). Here is my…

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Keep aspect ration image with body_replace_img_at_bkm function officeR package
Is it possible to keep the original aspect ration while inserting an image in a .docx document with the function body_replace_img_at_bkm() from the package officer?
my code looks like this:
library(officer)
library(magrittr)
img.file <- file.path(…

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Adding R officer ftext objects to an fpar object using a for loop
I am using the R package OfficeR to create a PowerPoint presentation of my calculation results.
Would it be possible to add ftext objects to the same fpar under program control e.g. a for loop or an if statement?
Something like:
fp1 <- ftext("Line…

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Download existing docx object from R Shiny app
I am working on an R Shiny app where a user supplies information that modifies an existing Word document for the user to download. I've had trouble getting R Shiny to download the resulting new Word document. I've tried regular hyperlinks, and that…

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Officer: How to insert picture with it's original width and height
Just like in title: I'd like to add several external images to my .docx document. But when using body_add_img I need to specify width and height. Is there a way to set them to width and height of original image to be added?
Why I need that? My…

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Saving pptx as pdf in R
I have created powerpoint files using officer package and I would also like to save them as pdf from R (dont want to manualy open and save as pdf each file). Is this possible?

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Why adding a flextable into Word from R using officer makes a Word document corrupted?
I'm creating a Word report using officer and flextable. Among others, I'm creating a flextable.
The problem is that after printing it into Word, while trying to open, the document is showing error: "there is an error with its contents" ("the file…

Marta
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Is there a function that will automatically center a flextable within a specific content placeholder?
I need to center a flextable based on the dimensions of the content placeholder. Is there a function or method that supports this?
Passing coordinate arguments to ph_location_label() does not appear to work
ph_with(ft, location =…

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Formatting Text in Placeholders
I'm using officer to create many ppt files. I have a template that i have been using for over a year that's worked great. Since the latest update (6.23.2019) the formatting of the placeholders in the slide master of the template do not persist to…

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What is the equivalent of officer::ph_location_fullsize( ) in the package rvg?
I would like to export multiple edible plots and tables from R to PowerPoint.
Below is a snippet of the code that I have, and the packages I'm…

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Adding image to flextable and generate my flextable in Word document using Rmarkdown
First, I'm using R 3.6.0 and Rstudio 1.2 with Windows 10.
I am using flextable and Officer to create a Word document. Into this table I insert some images. To do this I am using flextable. When I use this code with a R script and officer that work.…

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