Text Justification in Rmarkdown word document

Question

When I create the word document in Rmarkdown, text is always left-aligned:

Is it possible (and how) to justify the text in Rmarkdown?

Answer 1

A template (i.e., like a custom style sheet) can be created in Word (or LibreOffice / OpenOffice), containing whatever page formatting and document styles you wish, and referenced from the rmarkdown file, i.e.,

---
title: "My Document"
output:
  word_document:
    reference_docx: mystyles.docx
---
...rest of your rmarkdown here...

See:

• https://vimeo.com/110804387
• http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/word_document_format.html
• http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/articles_docx.html