Pandoc version 1.12.1502 or higher required

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Just for follow up, it could be related to this issue

RStudio Win Installer for RStudio v1.2.1502-1 Preview does not install pandoc binaries...

RStudio v. 1.2.1502-1 does not install the pandoc binary folder. This occurred on both Win7 x64 and on Win10 x64 (in a Parallels VM). Here is a screen shot [no_pandoc] Manually creating the pandoc directory and copying the required file fixes the problem. Per Kevin Ushey, I needed special pandoc binaries (2.7.1), so to be sure this did not cause the problem, I did an uninstall and a clean install of 1502-1 and verified the installer did not install the pandoc binaries...