diff --git a/R/collapse_rows.R b/R/collapse_rows.R
index 66349c8..470f3f4 100644
--- a/R/collapse_rows.R
+++ b/R/collapse_rows.R
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
     column_align <- table_info$align_vector_origin[columns[j]]
     column_width <- ifelse(
       is.null(table_info$column_width[[paste0("column_", columns[j])]]),
-      "*", table_info$column_width[paste0("column_", columns[j])])
+      "\\*", table_info$column_width[paste0("column_", columns[j])])
     for (i in seq(1:nrow(collapse_matrix))) {
       if(row_group_label_position == 'stack'){
         if(columns[j] < ncol(collapse_matrix) || collapse_matrix_rev[i, j] == 0){
diff --git a/docs/awesome_table_in_html.Rmd b/docs/awesome_table_in_html.Rmd
index e7571b5..7ae49b6 100644
--- a/docs/awesome_table_in_html.Rmd
+++ b/docs/awesome_table_in_html.Rmd
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 # Overview
 The goal of `kableExtra` is to help you build common complex tables and manipulate table styles. It imports the pipe `%>%` symbol from `magrittr` and verbalize all the functions, so basically you can add "layers" to a kable output in a way that is similar with `ggplot2` and `plotly`. 
 
+For users who are not very familiar with the pipe operator `%>%` in R, it is the R version of the [fluent interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent_interface). The ides is to pass the result along the chain for a more literal coding experience. Basically when we say `A %>% B`, technically it means sending the results of A to B as B's first argument.
+
 To learn how to generate complex tables in LaTeX, please visit [http://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf](http://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf)
 
 There is also a Chinese version of this vignette. You can find it [here](http://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra/awesome_table_in_html_cn.html)
diff --git a/docs/awesome_table_in_html.html b/docs/awesome_table_in_html.html
index f5ed744..5f28af0 100644
--- a/docs/awesome_table_in_html.html
+++ b/docs/awesome_table_in_html.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 <meta name="author" content="Hao Zhu" />
 
-<meta name="date" content="2020-08-18" />
+<meta name="date" content="2020-08-19" />
 
 <title>Create Awesome HTML Table with knitr::kable and kableExtra</title>
 
@@ -6290,7 +6290,7 @@
 
 <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Create Awesome HTML Table with knitr::kable and kableExtra</h1>
 <h4 class="author">Hao Zhu</h4>
-<h4 class="date">2020-08-18</h4>
+<h4 class="date">2020-08-19</h4>
 
 </div>
 
@@ -6307,6 +6307,7 @@
 <div id="overview" class="section level1">
 <h1>Overview</h1>
 <p>The goal of <code>kableExtra</code> is to help you build common complex tables and manipulate table styles. It imports the pipe <code>%&gt;%</code> symbol from <code>magrittr</code> and verbalize all the functions, so basically you can add “layers” to a kable output in a way that is similar with <code>ggplot2</code> and <code>plotly</code>.</p>
+<p>For users who are not very familiar with the pipe operator <code>%&gt;%</code> in R, it is the R version of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent_interface">fluent interface</a>. The ides is to pass the result along the chain for a more literal coding experience. Basically when we say <code>A %&gt;% B</code>, technically it means sending the results of A to B as B’s first argument.</p>
 <p>To learn how to generate complex tables in LaTeX, please visit <a href="http://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf">http://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf</a></p>
 <p>There is also a Chinese version of this vignette. You can find it <a href="http://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra/awesome_table_in_html_cn.html">here</a></p>
 </div>
@@ -11023,7 +11024,7 @@
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 <p>Well, this is not a feature but rather a documentation of how to use the <code>sparkline</code> package together with this package. The easiest way is sort of a hack. You can call <code>sparkline::sparkline(0)</code> somewhere on your document where no one would mind so its dependencies could be loaded without any hurdles. Then you use <code>sparkline::spk_chr()</code> to generate the text. Here is another example: <a href="https://cranky-chandrasekhar-cfefcd.netlify.app/">Chinese names in US babynames</a></p>
 <pre class="r"><code>library(sparkline)
 sparkline(0)</code></pre>
-<span id="htmlwidget-749226e66b9fa596d145" class="sparkline html-widget"></span>
-<script type="application/json" data-for="htmlwidget-749226e66b9fa596d145">{"x":{"values":0,"options":{"height":20,"width":60},"width":60,"height":20},"evals":[],"jsHooks":[]}</script>
+<span id="htmlwidget-fe2aeadaaa92a48c86ee" class="sparkline html-widget"></span>
+<script type="application/json" data-for="htmlwidget-fe2aeadaaa92a48c86ee">{"x":{"values":0,"options":{"height":20,"width":60},"width":60,"height":20},"evals":[],"jsHooks":[]}</script>
 <pre class="r"><code>spk_dt &lt;- data.frame(
   var = c(&quot;mpg&quot;, &quot;wt&quot;),
   sparkline = c(spk_chr(mtcars$mpg), spk_chr(mtcars$wt))
@@ -16466,8 +16467,8 @@
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+<span id="htmlwidget-fdddfe62cb83547210eb" class="sparkline html-widget"></span>
+<script type="application/json" data-for="htmlwidget-fdddfe62cb83547210eb">{"x":{"values":[21,21,22.8,21.4,18.7,18.1,14.3,24.4,22.8,19.2,17.8,16.4,17.3,15.2,10.4,10.4,14.7,32.4,30.4,33.9,21.5,15.5,15.2,13.3,19.2,27.3,26,30.4,15.8,19.7,15,21.4],"options":{"height":20,"width":60},"width":60,"height":20},"evals":[],"jsHooks":[]}</script>
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 <tr>
@@ -16475,8 +16476,8 @@
 wt
 </td>
 <td style="text-align:left;">
-<span id="htmlwidget-78061f9e6c3128c1d82d" class="sparkline html-widget"></span>
-<script type="application/json" data-for="htmlwidget-78061f9e6c3128c1d82d">{"x":{"values":[2.62,2.875,2.32,3.215,3.44,3.46,3.57,3.19,3.15,3.44,3.44,4.07,3.73,3.78,5.25,5.424,5.345,2.2,1.615,1.835,2.465,3.52,3.435,3.84,3.845,1.935,2.14,1.513,3.17,2.77,3.57,2.78],"options":{"height":20,"width":60},"width":60,"height":20},"evals":[],"jsHooks":[]}</script>
+<span id="htmlwidget-da7e098e9f570e71333f" class="sparkline html-widget"></span>
+<script type="application/json" data-for="htmlwidget-da7e098e9f570e71333f">{"x":{"values":[2.62,2.875,2.32,3.215,3.44,3.46,3.57,3.19,3.15,3.44,3.44,4.07,3.73,3.78,5.25,5.424,5.345,2.2,1.615,1.835,2.465,3.52,3.435,3.84,3.845,1.935,2.14,1.513,3.17,2.77,3.57,2.78],"options":{"height":20,"width":60},"width":60,"height":20},"evals":[],"jsHooks":[]}</script>
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diff --git a/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.Rmd b/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.Rmd
index f1db135..fc1147e 100644
--- a/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.Rmd
+++ b/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.Rmd
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 \end{wrapfigure}
 The goal of `kableExtra` is to help you build common complex tables and manipulate table styles. It imports the pipe `%>%` symbol from `magrittr` and verbalizes all the functions, so basically you can add "layers" to a kable output in a way that is similar with `ggplot2` and `plotly`.
 
+For users who are not very familiar with the pipe operator `%>%` in R, it is the R version of the [fluent interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent_interface). The ides is to pass the result along the chain for a more literal coding experience. Basically when we say `A %>% B`, technically it means sending the results of A to B as B's first argument.
+
 To learn how to generate complex tables in HTML, please visit [http://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra/awesome_table_in_html.html](http://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra/awesome_table_in_html.html).
 
 # Installation
diff --git a/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf b/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf
index ed7eb13..e9c382a 100644
--- a/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf
+++ b/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.pdf
Binary files differ
diff --git a/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.toc b/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.toc
index 984d331..3fcf674 100644
--- a/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.toc
+++ b/docs/awesome_table_in_pdf.toc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 \contentsline {section}{Grouped Columns / Rows}{13}{section*.25}%
 \contentsline {subsection}{Add header rows to group columns}{13}{section*.26}%
 \contentsline {subsection}{Group rows via labeling}{14}{section*.27}%
-\contentsline {subsection}{Row indentation}{15}{section*.28}%
+\contentsline {subsection}{Row indentation}{16}{section*.28}%
 \contentsline {subsection}{Group rows via multi-row cell}{16}{section*.29}%
 \contentsline {section}{Table Footnote}{19}{section*.30}%
 \contentsline {section}{LaTeX Only Features}{22}{section*.31}%
diff --git a/inst/NEWS.md b/inst/NEWS.md
index 0e08ac7..0ee80d9 100644
--- a/inst/NEWS.md
+++ b/inst/NEWS.md
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
 
 * Added a `wraptable_width` to `kable_styling` (#414)
 
+* Added `monospace`, `underline`, `strikeout`, `color` and `background` to 
+`pack_rows()`. (#412)
+
+
+
 
 # Bug Fix