This is an example of a Tables Rmd with separate Rmds for the individual tables. Table1.Rmd is a simple table. Table_Counts is a table function that is then called to make tables with the same format but different input data. For this example, I am only going to use flextable packages.
Also note, best not to use chunk labels in your Rmd children. It's too easy to get duplicate labels accidentally.
Open Report_with_Tables.Rmd and knit to Word (or html).
It has children
- tables/Table1_flex.Rmd
- tables/Table_Counts_flex.Rmd
- figures/Figure1.Rmd
It uses a Word template file to format the Word file:
- template.docx
Note, there is a bug in flextable and it won't use a template file with the file ending *.dotx. So you need to rename your template file to .docx.