diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 .Rhistory
 .RData
 .Ruserdata
+
+stockplotr.Rproj
+captions_alt_text.csv
diff --git a/R/afsc_risk_table.R b/R/afsc_risk_table.R
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+# AFSC SAFE Risk Table
+
+#' Creates risk table. This table was adapted from a table
+#' created by Ben Williams, a NOAA Research Fisheries Biologist,
+#' as part of the AFSC SAFE reporting tool:
+#' https://github.com/BenWilliams-NOAA/safe/blob/main/R/main_table.R
+#'
+#' @inheritParams plot_recruitment
+#' @param tier Tier
+#' @param c1 Estimated catch for the current year
+#' @param c2 Projected catch year + 1
+#' @param c3 Projected catch year + 2
+#'
+#' @export risk_table
+#'
+risk_table <- function(dat, end_year, tier, c1, c2, c3){
+
+  # for cells in dat with numeric values, format the numbers
+  # with built-in comma function
+    for (column in names(dat)) {
+      if (is.numeric(dat[[column]])) {
+        dat[[column]] <- sapply(dat[[column]], comma)
+      }
+    }
+
+  # Extract values
+  # spawning & total biomass
+  biomasses <- dat |>
+    dplyr::filter(
+      label %in% c("spawning_biomass", "projected_spawning_biomass",
+                   "biomass", "projected_biomass"),
+      module_name %in% c("DERIVED_QUANTITIES", "t.series", "proj.t.series")
+    ) |>
+    dplyr::mutate(
+      estimate = as.numeric(estimate),
+      year = as.numeric(year)) |>
+    dplyr::select(estimate, year, module_name, label)
+
+  # sb (spawning biomass) for end year
+  sb_end_yr <- biomasses |>
+    dplyr::filter(year == end_year,
+                  label == "spawning_biomass") |>
+    dplyr::select(estimate) |>
+    as.numeric()
+
+  # sb for end year + 1
+  sb_proj1 <- biomasses |>
+    dplyr::filter(year == end_year + 1,
+                  label == "projected_spawning_biomass") |>
+    dplyr::select(estimate) |>
+    as.numeric()
+
+  # sb for end year + 2
+  sb_proj2 <- biomasses |>
+    dplyr::filter(year == end_year + 2,
+                  label == "projected_spawning_biomass") |>
+    dplyr::select(estimate) |>
+    as.numeric()
+
+
+  # total biomass for end year
+  b_end_yr <- biomasses |>
+    dplyr::filter(year == end_year,
+                  label == "biomass") |>
+    dplyr::select(estimate) |>
+    as.numeric()
+
+  # total biomass for end year + 1
+  b_proj1 <- biomasses |>
+    dplyr::filter(year == end_year + 1,
+                  label == "projected_biomass") |>
+    dplyr::select(estimate) |>
+    as.numeric()
+
+  # total biomass for end year + 2
+  b_proj2 <- biomasses |>
+    dplyr::filter(year == end_year + 2,
+                  label == "projected_biomass") |>
+    dplyr::select(estimate) |>
+    as.numeric()
+
+  # TO DO: calculate female spawning biomass here
+  # (FSB = SB x proportion female, at age)?
+
+  flextable::flextable(dat) |>
+    flextable::font(fontname = "Times New Roman", part = "all") |>
+    flextable::fontsize(size = 11, part = "all") |>
+    flextable::add_header_row(value = c( "", "a", "b"), colwidths = c(1,2,2)) |>
+    flextable::compose(i=2, j=1,
+                       value = flextable::as_paragraph( "Quantity/Status"),
+                       part = "header") |>
+    flextable::compose(i = 1, j = 2:3,
+                       value = flextable::as_paragraph( "As estimated or " , flextable::as_i("specified last"), " year for:"),
+                       part = "header") |>
+    flextable::compose(i = 1, j = 4:5,
+                       value = flextable::as_paragraph( "As estimated or " , flextable::as_i("recommended this"), " year for:"),
+                       part = "header") |>
+    flextable::compose(i = 2, j = 2,
+                       value = flextable::as_paragraph(as.character(end_year)), part = "header") |>
+    flextable::compose(i = 2, j = 3:4,
+                       value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year + 1))),
+                       part = "header") |>
+    flextable::compose(i = 2, j = 5,
+                       value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year + 2))),
+                       part = "header") |>
+    flextable::align(align = "center", part = "header") |>
+    flextable::align(j=2:5, align = "center") |>
+    flextable::align(j = 1, part = "header", align="left") |>
+    flextable::bold(i = 2, j = 1, part = "header") |>
+    flextable::width(j = 1, width = 2.5) |>
+    flextable::width(j = 2:5, width = 0.65) |>
+    flextable::bg(j = 2, bg = "#f7f7f7", part = "all") |>
+    flextable::bg(j = 3, bg = "#f7f7f7", part = "all") |>
+    flextable::border_remove() |>
+    flextable::hline_top(part = "header") |>
+    flextable::hline_top() |>
+    flextable::vline_right(part = "body") |>
+    flextable::vline_right(part = "header") |>
+    flextable::vline_left(part = "body") |>
+    flextable::vline_left(part = "header") -> tbl
+
+
+
+  if(tier == 3){
+    tier = "3a"
+    flextable::font(
+      flextable::footnote(tbl, i=2, j=4:5, part = "header", ref_symbols = "*",
+                          value = flextable::as_paragraph(
+                            flextable::as_chunk(paste0("Projections are based on an estimated catch of ",
+                                                       prettyNum(c1, big.mark = ","), " t for ", end_year,
+                                                       " and estimates of ",
+                                                       prettyNum(c2, big.mark = ","),
+                                                       " t and ",
+                                                       prettyNum(c3, big.mark = ","),
+                                                       " t used in place of maximum permissible ABC for ",
+                                                       end_year+1, " and ", end_year+2, "."))),
+                          sep = "."),
+      fontname = "Times New Roman",
+      part = "all") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 2, j = 2:5,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(tier)) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 5, j = 1,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph("B", flextable::as_sub("100%"))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 6, j = 1,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph("B", flextable::as_sub("40%"))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 7, j = 1,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph("B", flextable::as_sub("35%"))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 8, j = 1,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph("F", flextable::as_sub("OFL"))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 9, j = 1,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_i("max"),"F", flextable::as_sub("ABC"))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 10, j = 1,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph("F", flextable::as_sub("ABC"))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 12, j = 1,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_i("max"),"ABC (t)")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 14, j = 1,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph("")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 14, j = 2:3,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph( "As determined " , flextable::as_i("last"), " year for:")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 14, j = 4:5,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph( "As determined " , flextable::as_i("this"), " year for:")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 15, j = 2,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year - 1)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 15, j = 3:4,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 15, j = 5,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year + 1)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=16, j=c(2,4),
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph("No")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=16, j=c(3,5),
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph("n/a")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=17:18, j=c(3,5),
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph("No")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=17:18, j=c(2,4),
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph("n/a")) |>
+      flextable::colformat_double(i = c(3:7, 11:13), j = 2:5,
+                                  big.mark=",", digits = 0, na_str = "N/A") |>
+      flextable::merge_h(i=14, part = "body") |>
+      flextable::bold(i = 15, j = 1) |>
+      flextable::bold(i = c(11,13), j = 4) |>
+      flextable::hline(i=13) |>
+      flextable::hline(i=15) |>
+      flextable::hline(i=18) |>
+      flextable::fix_border_issues()
+
+  } else if(tier==1){
+
+    if(nrow(tbl$body$dat)>17){
+      stop("this is not a tier 1 input, \nmaybe you have a tier 3 stock...")
+    }
+
+    tier = "1a"
+
+    tbl |>
+      flextable::footnote(i=2, j=4:5, part = "header", ref_symbols = "*",
+                          value = flextable::as_paragraph(as_chunk(paste0("Projections are based on an estimated catch of ",
+                                                                          prettyNum(c1, big.mark = ","), " t for ", end_year,
+                                                                          " and estimates of ",
+                                                                          prettyNum(c2, big.mark = ","),
+                                                                          " t and ",
+                                                                          prettyNum(c3, big.mark = ","),
+                                                                          " t used in place of maximum permissible ABC for ",
+                                                                          end_year+1, " and ", end_year+2, "."))),
+                          sep = ".") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 2, j = 2:5, value = flextable::as_paragraph(tier), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 4, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph("F", flextable::as_sub("OFL")), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 5, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_i("max"),"F", flextable::as_sub("ABC")), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 6, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph("F", flextable::as_sub("ABC")), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 7, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_i("max"),"ABC (t)"), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 13, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph("")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 13, j = 2:3,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph( "As determined " , flextable::as_i("last"), " year for:")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 13, j = 4:5,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph( "As determined " , flextable::as_i("this"), " year for:")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 14, j = 2,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year - 1)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 14, j = 3:4,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 14, j = 5,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year + 1)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=15, j=c(2,4), value = flextable::as_paragraph("No")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=15, j=c(3,5), value = flextable::as_paragraph("n/a")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=16:17, j=c(3,5), value = flextable::as_paragraph("No")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=16:17, j=c(2,4), value = flextable::as_paragraph("n/a")) |>
+      flextable::colformat_double(i = c(3:7, 10:12), j = 2:5, big.mark=",", digits = 0, na_str = "N/A") |>
+      flextable::merge_h(i=13, part = "body") |>
+      flextable::align(align = "center", part = "header") |>
+      flextable::align(j=2:5, align = "center", part = "body") |>
+      flextable::align(j = 1, part = "header", align="left") |>
+      flextable::bold(i = 2, j = 1, part = "header") |>
+      flextable::bold(i = 15, j = 1) |>
+      flextable::hline(i=12) |>
+      flextable::hline(i=14) |>
+      flextable::hline(i=17) |>
+      flextable::fix_border_issues()
+  } else if(tier == 5){
+
+    tier = "5"
+
+    tbl |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 2, j = 2:5, value = flextable::as_paragraph(tier), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 4, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph("F", flextable::as_sub("OFL")), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 5, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_i("max"),"F", flextable::as_sub("ABC")), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 6, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph("F", flextable::as_sub("ABC")), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 8, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_i("max"),"ABC (t)"), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 10, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph("")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 10, j = 2:3,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph( "As determined " , flextable::as_i("last"), " year for:")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 10, j = 4:5,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph( "As determined " , flextable::as_i("this"), " year for:")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 11, j = 2,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year - 1)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 11, j = 3:4,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 11, j = 5,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year + 1)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=12, j=c(2,4), value = flextable::as_paragraph("No")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=12, j=c(3,5), value = flextable::as_paragraph("n/a")) |>
+      flextable::colformat_double(i = c(3,7:9), j = 2:5, big.mark=",", digits = 0, na_str = "N/A") |>
+      flextable::merge_h(i=10, part = "body") |>
+      flextable::align(align = "center", part = "header") |>
+      flextable::align(j=2:5, align = "center", part = "body") |>
+      flextable::align(j = 1, part = "header", align="left") |>
+      flextable::hline(i=9) |>
+      flextable::hline(i=11) |>
+      flextable::hline(i=12) |>
+      flextable::fix_border_issues()
+  } else {
+    tier = "6"
+
+    tbl |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 1, j = 2:5, value = flextable::as_paragraph(as.character(tier)), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 3, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_i("max"),"ABC (t)"), part = "body") |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 5, j = 1, value = flextable::as_paragraph("")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 5, j = 2:3,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph( "As determined " , flextable::as_i("last"), " year for:")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 5, j = 4:5,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph( "As determined " , flextable::as_i("this"), " year for:")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 6, j = 2,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year - 1)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 6, j = 3:4,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i = 6, j = 5,
+                         value = flextable::as_paragraph(flextable::as_chunk(as.character(end_year + 1)))) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=7, j=c(2,4), value = flextable::as_paragraph("No")) |>
+      flextable::compose(i=7, j=c(3,5), value = flextable::as_paragraph("n/a")) |>
+      flextable::colformat_double(i = c(2:4), j = 2:5, big.mark=",", digits = 0, na_str = "N/A") |>
+      flextable::merge_h(i=5, part = "body") |>
+      flextable::align(align = "center", part = "header") |>
+      flextable::align(j=2:5, align = "center", part = "body") |>
+      flextable::align(j = 1, part = "header", align="left") |>
+      flextable::hline(i=4) |>
+      flextable::hline(i=6) |>
+      flextable::hline(i=7) |>
+      flextable::fix_border_issues()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#########################
+####    Utilities    ####
+#########################
+
+# -----format table numbers-----
+
+#' Format numbers to text with 1,000s of commas.
+#' This function was copied with permission from Ben Williams,
+#' a NOAA Research Fisheries Biologist, as part of the AFSC SAFE
+#' reporting tool.
+#'
+#' @param number value to format
+#' @noRd
+#'
+comma <- function( number ) {
+  format(round(as.numeric( number ), digits = 0), big.mark = ",")
+}
+
+# ----- -----