Getting Pandoc to respect custom table styles in Word templates

To get Pandoc to respect custom table styles in Word templates, you need to ensure that the template is correctly formatted and that Pandoc is configured to use the correct reference document. First, create a Word template with the desired table styles and save it as a .docx file. Then, when running Pandoc, use the `--reference-doc` option to specify the template file. This tells Pandoc to use the styles from the reference document when generating the output.