Creating Polished, Branded Documents with Quarto

Dynamic websites, PDFs, presentations, and dashboards

Clinical Reporting

Quarto

Beginner

Author

Isabella Velásquez (Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Posit PBC)

Overview

Beginner Friendly Quarto Reporting

A hands-on workshop exploring the versatility of Quarto output formats. Learn to create dynamic websites, professional PDF documents, engaging presentations, and interactive dashboards - all with consistent branding using the new brand.yml feature.

What You’ll Learn

🌐 Dynamic websites with Quarto
📄 Professional PDFs for reports
📊 Presentations with reveal.js
📈 Interactive dashboards
🎨 Brand.yml for consistent theming
🔄 Multi-format publishing

Prerequisites

Required Knowledge:

Basic R or Python
Familiarity with Markdown
No prior Quarto experience needed

Key Features

Quarto

brand.yml

reveal.js

LaTeX/PDF

Observable

Workshop Materials

Resources

Posit Cloud Workspace: 019a4f2d-6b79-72c1-834b-c2a9488f9ec8.share.connect.posit.cloud

GitHub: github.com/ivelasq/2025-11-04_branded-quarto

Key Topics

1. Brand.yml for Consistent Theming

# brand.yml
brand:
  color:
    primary: "#276DC2"
    secondary: "#4A90E2"
  typography:
    base: "Arial"
    headings: "Arial"
  logo: "logo.png"

2. Multi-Format Publishing

HTML - Interactive websites and dashboards
PDF - Publication-ready documents via LaTeX
Presentations - Reveal.js slideshows
Dashboards - Data visualization apps

3. Pharmaceutical Applications

Clinical study reports with consistent branding
Regulatory submission documents
Internal dashboards for data monitoring
Presentations for study teams

Learning Outcomes

✅ Create multiple output formats from single source
✅ Apply consistent branding across all outputs
✅ Build interactive dashboards
✅ Design professional presentations
✅ Generate PDF reports with LaTeX quality

Similar Workshops

Advanced Clinical Reporting - Word-focused approach
pointblank - Data documentation with Quarto

Tools & Resources

Quarto in Tools Catalog - 4+ mentions across conference

Next Steps

This site uses Quarto! Check the GitHub repo for examples

Last updated: November 2025 | R/Pharma 2025 Conference

--- title: "Creating Polished, Branded Documents with Quarto" subtitle: "Dynamic websites, PDFs, presentations, and dashboards" author: "Isabella Velásquez (Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Posit PBC)" categories: [Clinical Reporting, Quarto, Beginner] --- ## Overview [Beginner Friendly]{.badge .badge-beginner} [Quarto]{.badge .badge-category} [Reporting]{.badge .badge-category} A hands-on workshop exploring the versatility of Quarto output formats. Learn to create dynamic websites, professional PDF documents, engaging presentations, and interactive dashboards - all with consistent branding using the new **brand.yml** feature. ### What You'll Learn - 🌐 **Dynamic websites** with Quarto - 📄 **Professional PDFs** for reports - 📊 **Presentations** with reveal.js - 📈 **Interactive dashboards** - 🎨 **Brand.yml** for consistent theming - 🔄 **Multi-format publishing** ## Prerequisites ::: requirements **Required Knowledge:** - Basic R or Python - Familiarity with Markdown - No prior Quarto experience needed ::: ## Key Features ::: tool-tag Quarto ::: ::: tool-tag brand.yml ::: ::: tool-tag reveal.js ::: ::: tool-tag LaTeX/PDF ::: ::: tool-tag Observable ::: ## Workshop Materials ::: callout-note ## Resources **Posit Cloud Workspace:** [019a4f2d-6b79-72c1-834b-c2a9488f9ec8.share.connect.posit.cloud](https://019a4f2d-6b79-72c1-834b-c2a9488f9ec8.share.connect.posit.cloud/) **GitHub:** [github.com/ivelasq/2025-11-04_branded-quarto](https://github.com/ivelasq/2025-11-04_branded-quarto) ::: ## Key Topics ### 1. Brand.yml for Consistent Theming ``` yaml # brand.yml brand: color: primary: "#276DC2" secondary: "#4A90E2" typography: base: "Arial" headings: "Arial" logo: "logo.png" ``` ### 2. Multi-Format Publishing - **HTML** - Interactive websites and dashboards - **PDF** - Publication-ready documents via LaTeX - **Presentations** - Reveal.js slideshows - **Dashboards** - Data visualization apps ### 3. Pharmaceutical Applications - Clinical study reports with consistent branding - Regulatory submission documents - Internal dashboards for data monitoring - Presentations for study teams ## Learning Outcomes ✅ Create multiple output formats from single source\ ✅ Apply consistent branding across all outputs\ ✅ Build interactive dashboards\ ✅ Design professional presentations\ ✅ Generate PDF reports with LaTeX quality ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ### Similar Workshops - [Advanced Clinical Reporting](officer-flextable.qmd) - Word-focused approach - [pointblank](pointblank.qmd) - Data documentation with Quarto ### Tools & Resources - [Quarto in Tools Catalog](../summary/tools-catalog.qmd#quarto) - 4+ mentions across conference ### Next Steps - **This site uses Quarto!** Check the [GitHub repo](https://github.com/ACTN3Bioinformatics/R-Pharma-2025-Workshops) for examples ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Last updated: November 2025 \| R/Pharma 2025 Conference*