Gt to word

[thebioengineer]

Summary

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The changes here add to the gt_to_word branch developed by rich to add some additional features. I am opening this PR to facilitate discussion. We could also change this PR to merge into your gt_to_word branch if you would rather compare against that. I have merged in the main branch into my fork.

In summary, the changes in this branch are as follow:

• as_word() function which converts gt objects to ooxml, which can then be inserted into word documents
• body_add_gt() function which gives the ability to add gt objects to a docxr object from {officer}

I did not add capabilities from a formatting standpoint from what was already in the branch. known features to add include:

• multiple levels of spanning columns
• filling cells with color (tabl_style/cell_style)

Related GitHub Issues and PRs

• Ref: Adding gt to docx #929

Checklist

• I understand and agree to the Code of Conduct.
• I have listed any major changes in the NEWS.
• I have added testthat unit tests to tests/testthat for any new functionality.

[cscheid]

lgtm!

[rich-iannone]

lgtm!

[raffaem]

Sorry, is this only for Quarto output or can I use this to add a gt table to an officer object?

Because I don't find a body_add_gt() function in the guide.

I found a body_add_gt function in an external package

[thebioengineer]

I wrote gto to support gt working with officer. So go ahead with that!