How to change the font color?

Question

In RMarkdown is there a way to specify the font color?

There doesn\'t seem to be an option while browsing through the chunk options

Answer 1

For PDF and HTML, to get colored text which you can modify with markdown highlighting : see the rmarkdown book. Pandoc filter is the best choice.

For Microsoft word, you have to create first a Template_MS.docx with custom styles. Warning: create different styles for coloring paragraphs (paragraph style) and for colorings few words (character style). It is an option when you made a new style.

Add in th YAML:

---      
output:   
 word_document:   
    reference_docx: Template_MS.docx   
---   

And next:

For few words of colored text.

For paragraph.

Paragraph of colored text. Blabla. Blabla.
   

Nota Bene:
+ Do not use the same style for Paragraph and a few words, it is bugging.
+ If it is not working, check that your style is for paragraph ou character in MS.
+ If it is not working, install an updated version of pandoc.