I can insert the Rlogo.png on both sides of the page using ![](RLogo2.png) \hspace{3 in} ![](RLogo2.png) However, I can't find the way to insert the Rlogo.png right next to the pdf title. I would like the logo to be on both left and right sides of the title on the first page. Can someone help with this please. Code below:

---
title: "Shiny Installation here"
output:
  pdf_document:
    toc: yes
---

```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
```

## Software

![](RLogo2.png) \hspace{3 in} ![](RLogo2.png)


Mr. Tony Moore  
West Coast Products  
5555 Club Drive  
Houston, Texas  

Subject:    Business meeting.

Dear Mr. Moore:  

This letter is in response to our meeting on July 31, 2015

## Download R packages

To download packages using R, type the following command:

## Run the shiny application

To run the application..........

See screenshot below:

Edit: I came up with a solution that handles all 3 file formats

PDF

If output is pdf a header.tex file is written and referenced. It uses \makeatletter and redefines the title with \def\@maketitle to include the RLogo2.png to the left and to the right. This assumes, that the file RLogo2.png lies in the same directory as your r-markdown file.

Result

HTML

If output is html a myheader.html file is written (Source) and referenced. It uses straight HTML to place the two images left and right from the title_ideal_text.

Result

Word

If output is docx a custom-template.docx as per this which has the images inside the header. I know this will then go over all pages but I could not find a better solution for this.

• Manually Create a .docx file template called custom-template.docx inside the markdown folder and paste the images inside the header like shown - then save it

Result

Code

---
output:
  html_document:
    toc: yes
    includes:
       in_header: myheader.html
  pdf_document:
    toc: yes
    includes: 
      in_header: header.tex
  word_document:
    toc: yes
    reference_docx: custom-template.docx
---

```{r, echo=FALSE, results='asis'}
library(htmltools)
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = FALSE)

output_format <- knitr::opts_knit$get("rmarkdown.pandoc.to")
title_ideal_text <- "Shiny Installation here"
tit <- ""

if (output_format == "html") {
  fileConn <- file("myheader.html")
  writeLines(paste0('
  <div style="display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 20px;">
    <img src="RLogo2.png" style="height:50px;">
    <h1>',title_ideal_text,'</h1>
    <img src="RLogo2.png" style="height:50px;">
  </div>
  '), fileConn)
  close(fileConn)
} else if (output_format == "docx") {
  #cat('| ![](RLogo2.png){width=80px} | **Shiny Installation here** | ![](RLogo2.png){width=80px} |\n|:---:|:---:|:---:|\n\n')
  tit <- title_ideal_text
} else {
  tit <- title_ideal_text
  fileConn <- file("header.tex")
  writeLines('
  \\makeatletter
  \\def\\@maketitle{%
    \\begin{center}%
      \\includegraphics[height=2cm]{RLogo2.png}
      \\hspace{2.5cm}  % adjust spacing between left logo and title
      {\\LARGE \\@title}
      \\hspace{2.5cm}  % adjust spacing between title and right logo
      \\includegraphics[height=2cm]{RLogo2.png}
    \\end{center}%
    \\par}%
  \\makeatother%
  ', fileConn)
  close(fileConn)
}
```

---
title: "`r tit`"
---

## Software

Mr. Tony Moore  
West Coast Products  
5555 Club Drive  
Houston, Texas  

Subject:    Business meeting.

Dear Mr. Moore:  

This letter is in response to our meeting on July 31, 2015

## Download R packages

To download packages using R, type the following command:

## Run the shiny application

To run the application..........