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+#' Render the table as an format-independent image and use it in rmarkdown
+#'
+#' @description This function generates a temporary png file using `save_kable`
+#' and then try to put it in an rmarkdown document using
+#' `knitr::include_graphics`.
+#'
+#' @param x kable input. Either HTML or LaTeX
+#' @param width Image width in inches. (1 inch = 2.54 cm)
+#' @param height Image height in inches. (1 inch = 2.54 cm)
+#' @param ... Additional arguments passed to save_kable.
+#'
+#'
+#' @export
+as_image <- function(x, width = NULL, height = NULL,
+                     ...) {
+  if (is.null(width) + is.null(height) == 0) {
+    message("Both width and height were defined. Use width only by default. ")
+    height <- NULL
+  }
+
+  temp_png <- tempfile(fileext = ".png")
+  temp_img <- save_kable(x = x, file = temp_png, ...)
+
+  img_dpi <- 300
+
+  if (is.null(width) + is.null(height) <= 1 & is.null(attr(temp_img, "info"))) {
+    warning("You need to install magick in order to use width/height in ",
+            "as_image. ")
+  } else {
+    if (!is.null(width)) {
+      img_dpi <- attr(temp_img, "info")$width / width
+    }
+    if (!is.null(height)) {
+      img_dpi <- attr(temp_img, "info")$height / height
+    }
+  }
+
+  include_graphics(temp_png, dpi = img_dpi)
+  return(NULL)
+}
+
+