Issue in rendering tables and sub-figures in word

[Micbut]

Description

Hi,
I am using Quarto 1.5.42 on a Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2

I am having issues in rendering tables and sub-figures

The issue with sub-figures is the following
I use this code:

::: {#fig-room layout-ncol="2"}
![set up with lights](images/room_1.png){#fig-a height="300"}
![rendered set up](images/room_2.png){#fig-b height="300"}
The empty room
:::

The following is the rendering in HTML and it looks good

This is the outcome in word

The issue with the table is the following:

I have this table

| Process                 | Description | Meristem | Internode | Cotyledon | Leaf | Truss |
|:----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Maintenance respiration |             | \-       | \+        | \+        | \+   | \+    |
| Growth Respiration      |             | \-       | \+        | \+        | \+   | \+    |
| Photosynthesis          |             | \-       | \-        | \+        | \+   | \-    |
| Potential Growth        |             | \-       | \+        | \-        | \+   | \+    |
| Actual Growth           |             | \-       | \+        | \+        | \+   | \+    |

: Overview of the processes for different organ types when running the dynamic FSP model. {#tbl-overview_processes}

This is how the table look like in word

However, in scietific pubblications, table should have a horizontal delimitation bar also at the bottom, and I don't manage to generate it

Another issue I noticed, is also that the text doesn't align on the left of the table when rendered in word

I would really be happy if someone can help me out, thank you so much!

[mcanouil]

Could you share a complete small reproducible example?
Since you are using 1.5, you could use {{< placeholder >}} to get images or the URL as below.

This being said I believe your issue is the one reported in:

• Figure layout does not work properly with format docx #9623

Table styling in Word is defined by the template: https://quarto.org/docs/output-formats/ms-word-templates.html

Don't hesitate to look in issues/discussions for example using keywords or even the labels: docx Issues with the docx format layout etc.

---

You can share a self-contained "working" (reproducible) Quarto document using the following syntax, i.e., using more backticks than you have in your document (usually four ````).
See https://quarto.org/bug-reports.html#small-is-beautiful-aim-for-a-single-document-with-10-lines.

If you have multiple files (and if it is absolutely required to have multiple files), please share as a Git repository.

R	Python
````qmd --- title: "Reproducible Quarto Document" format: html engine: knitr --- This is a reproducible Quarto document. ```{r} x <- c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) y <- c(1, 4, 9, 16, 25) plot(x, y) ```  The end. ````	````qmd --- title: "Reproducible Quarto Document" format: html engine: jupyter --- This is a reproducible Quarto document. ```{python} import matplotlib.pyplot as plt x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] y = [1, 4, 9, 16, 25] plt.plot(x, y) plt.show() ```  The end. ````

Additionally and if not already given, please share the output of quarto check within a code blocks (i.e., using three backticks ```txt), see https://quarto.org/bug-reports.html#check.

[Micbut]

Quarto Check

$ quarto check
Quarto 1.5.42
[>] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
      Pandoc version 3.2.0: OK
      Dart Sass version 1.70.0: OK
      Deno version 1.41.0: OK
      Typst version 0.11.0: OK
[>] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[>] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.5.42
      Path: C:\Users\buttu001\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin
      CodePage: 1252

[>] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: v2024.03.13
      Chromium: 869685

[>] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Using: TinyTex
      Path: C:\Users\buttu001\AppData\Roaming\TinyTeX\bin\windows\
      Version: 2024

[>] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[>] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
      Version: 3.8.2
      Path: C:/Program Files/Python38/python.exe
      Jupyter: (None)

      Jupyter is not available in this Python installation.
      Install with py -m pip install jupyter

(\) Checking R installation...........Warning message:
In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
  path[1]="//WURNET.NL/Homes/buttu001/My Documents": Access is denied
(|) Checking R installation...........Warning message:
In normalizePath(path.expand(path), winslash, mustWork) :
  path[1]="//WURNET.NL/Homes/buttu001/My Documents": Access is denied
[>] Checking R installation...........OK
      Version: 4.2.0
      Path: C:/Users/buttu001/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-4.2.0
      LibPaths:
        - C:/Users/buttu001/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-4.2.0/library
      knitr: 1.41
      rmarkdown: 2.25

[>] Checking Knitr engine render......OK

small reproducible example

---
title: "Chapter 2 - FSPM Models Description"
toc: true
number-sections: true
format:
  html:
    output-file: FSPM Models Description.html
  docx:
    output-file: FSPM Models Description.docx
---


| Process                 | Description | Meristem | Internode | Cotyledon | Leaf | Truss |
|:----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Maintenance respiration |             | \-       | \+        | \+        | \+   | \+    |
| Growth Respiration      |             | \-       | \+        | \+        | \+   | \+    |
| Photosynthesis          |             | \-       | \-        | \+        | \+   | \-    |
| Potential Growth        |             | \-       | \+        | \-        | \+   | \+    |
| Actual Growth           |             | \-       | \+        | \+        | \+   | \+    |

: Overview of the processes for different organ types when running the dynamic FSP model. {#tbl-overview_processes}


::: {#fig-room layout-ncol="2"}
![An image](https://placehold.co/600x400.png)

![An image](https://placehold.co/600x400.png)

The empty room
:::

[Micbut]

Furthermore, about using the custom word template;
I made this document, and created this table style - so that when clicking on create table when using word the table is create as I want. The table style is called Style1

custom-reference-doc.docx

However, I do not manage to apply it. This is what I tried, and didn't work

---
title: "Chapter 2 - FSPM Models Description"
toc: true
number-sections: true
format:
  html:
    output-file: FSPM Models Description.html
  docx:
    reference-doc: custom-reference-doc.docx
    output-file: FSPM Models Description.docx

execute:
  echo: false
  warning: false
  message: false
---
::: {custom-style="Style1"}
| Process                 | Description | Meristem | Internode | Cotyledon | Leaf | Truss |
|:----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Maintenance respiration |             | \-       | \+        | \+        | \+   | \+    |
| Growth Respiration      |             | \-       | \+        | \+        | \+   | \+    |
| Photosynthesis          |             | \-       | \-        | \+        | \+   | \-    |
| Potential Growth        |             | \-       | \+        | \-        | \+   | \+    |
| Actual Growth           |             | \-       | \+        | \+        | \+   | \+    |

: Overview of the processes for different organ types when running the dynamic FSP model. {#tbl-overview_processes}
:::

[Micbut]

Furthermore, even if I managed to customize the headings using the template document, the following commands don t work in my case. The command was taken from the example from here: https://quarto.org/docs/output-formats/ms-word-templates.html

---
title: "Chapter 2 - FSPM Models Description"
toc: true
number-sections: true
format:
  html:
    output-file: FSPM Models Description.html
  docx:
    reference-doc: custom-reference-doc.docx
    output-file: FSPM Models Description.docx

execute:
  echo: false
  warning: false
  message: false
---

[Get out]{custom-style="Emphasis"}, he said.

::
: {custom-style="Poetry"}
| A Bird came down the Walk---
| He did not know I saw---
:::

the outcome is not customized

[mcanouil]

That's not how it works.

If you want to do things like [Get out]{custom-style="Emphasis"} then you need to write a Lua filter and use OpenXML code.

For example, see the "highlight text" Quarto extension (https://github.com/mcanouil/quarto-highlight-text), especially the following part: https://github.com/mcanouil/quarto-highlight-text/blob/main/_extensions/highlight-text/highlight-text.lua#L72-L86

You cannot define custom style in the template. Pandoc does not know about them.
You can only modify what already exist and following our (or Pandoc) guide.

[cderv]

You cannot define custom style in the template. Pandoc does not know about them.

I don't think that is true. Pandoc allows to define and use custom styles - See https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#custom-styles

Is this not working in quarto ? it should.

[mcanouil]

Thanks @cderv so if this is not working one possible reason is that the style is not available in the reference styles within the template (or possibly a bug).

[Micbut]

Thank you for your quick answer, I misunderstood how to use the word template. However, I still don't manage to get the tables as I needed using the custom-reference-doc.docx

Table with Style1 is the one I have set as default, but when I render in Quarto the table is not correctly generated