![]() Here is the documentation for the PPT output format, although I found it minimally helpful: He has a bookdown book with a chapter on officedown, but it is only about Word rather than PPT output:įor this reason alone, you may not realize you can use officedown to knit to PPT! I certainly didn’t until my colleagueĬhristophe Dervieux gave me enough support to try it on my own. The creator of the officeverse collection of packages, which officedown is a part of, is named David Gohel. Office Open XML and Open Office XML or ODF are in some sense competing XML standards for office documents.”ĭo you need to know much of these acronyms? No, not really, but you’ll want rvg::dml() burned into your brain as you’ll be typing it often. ![]() “It is important to keep in mind that OOXML is not the same as Open Office XML or the Open Document Format (ODF) that underlies the and other open source office software. ![]() “Office Open XML, also known as OpenXML or OOXML, is an XML-based format for office documents, including word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, as well as charts, diagrams, shapes, and other graphical material.” “DrawingML is the language for defining graphical objects such as pictures, shapes, charts, and diagrams within ooxml documents.” What is DrawingML? Oh I’m so glad you asked, here is a link about it: Then there is a function in that package that you must use: rvg::dml(), which I can with certainty tell you stands for DrawingML. I suspect but cannot confirm that the name of the package is r + vg (vector graphics). It is a package whose goal is to allows users to write Word and Powerpoint documents using R Markdown. For more on editable graphic workflows with R, Shannon has a So officedown is definitely the answer for many users who wish to go beyond what the rmarkdown package can offer. If we could knit to powerpoint with an editable graphics option like in officer that would be a great feature.” “I don’t knit directly to ppt b/c editable graphics are key for finishing touches in our deliverables. Here is a great use case for not using that format though, from Naturally, you might ask, but Alison- there is an rmarkdown::powerpoint_presentation output format already. Why use it? To knit to Microsoft PowerPoint (and Word). These notes are a rough account of my own personalįriction log for the next time I use officedown. It is extremely powerful, and I’ve now referred a lot of folks to it, but it was pretty hard for me to grasp at first. I wanted to write down what I’ve learned so far about the officedown package for making PowerPoint (PPT) slides with R Markdown. Lately, I’ve been exploring the world of R Markdown through the lens of knitting to Microsoft output formats like Word and PowerPoint. About Blog Projects Talks Up and running with officedown
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