Export flexmat file with asdocx to Word, Excel, or LaTeX

Export flexmat file with asdocx to Word, Excel, or LaTeX

The flexmat program is an excellent tool for creating customized tables. In this post, I will demonstrate how to create a table title, table body, and table notes in flexmat and then export them using asdocx.
 

Setting the file name

Initially, the flexmat program searches the memory for a file name that users might have specified using the save() option of asdocx. If flexmat is used before asdocx in a Stata session, it defaults to the file name Myfile.docx. However, if a user wishes to use a different file name when exporting the output with asdocx, the file name must be set using the asdocx setfile sub-command with the save() option. For instance, if the user wants to to set the file name as Table X : Multivariate regression for all countries.docx, they would use the following command:

asdocx setfile, save(Table X : Multivariate regression for all countries.docx)

If the output needs to be sent to an Excel file, the file extension should be changed to .xlsx, as shown below:
save(Table X : Multivariate regression for all countries.xlsx).

Other options of Asdocx can also be used when setting the file name. For example, font(font_name)  can be used to change the font family or fs(#) to set the font size of the document [see other options here]. Here is an example:

asdocx setfile, save(Table X : Multivariate regression for all countries.docx) font(Arial)

Table title and notes

Table title and notes can set in flexmat using the `addparts` sub-command with the `title()` and `notes()` options. Here’s an example:

flexmat addparts, title(Table X : Multivariate regression for all countries.docx) ///
       notes(Sample is from 1990-2021)

Export with asdocx

Once the flexmat file is ready, it can be exported to any of the other formats by asdocx’s , which include MS Word, Excel, or LaTeX. The syntax for exporting files using the asdocx as follows.

asdocx export