title: Put table captions on top when knitting Word .doc with R markdown
body: <p>Table captions are positioned below the table when using R markdown to knit a Word document in RStudio.  I need the table captions above the table.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried the kable() and pander() functions without success.</p>
  
  <p>A solution using xtable() when knitting .pdf can be found here:
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25867689/how-to-make-rmarkdown-rmd-table-captions-go-at-the-top">How to make RMarkdown (.Rmd) table captions go at the top</a></p>
  
  <p>However, to my knowledge xtable() is not compatible when knitting to Word .doc.</p>
  
  <p>The capability for this option was downplayed in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27493079/how-to-position-and-format-length-of-a-tables-title-r-markdown-pander-package/27495000#27495000">How to position and format length of a table&#39;s title [R Markdown, pander package]</a> due to pandoc policy of table captions on bottom.  My recent visits to the pandoc documentation indicate that this policy has been rescinded.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to continue using R markdown to knit Word documents, but will have to abandon if table captions remain below the table.</p>