diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index a146ac080..8648e882b 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ export(html_book)
 export(html_chapters)
 export(html_document2)
 export(kindlegen)
+export(markdown_document2)
+export(odt_document2)
 export(pdf_book)
 export(pdf_document2)
+export(powerpoint_presentation2)
 export(preview_chapter)
 export(publish_book)
 export(render_book)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ba1f11b96..c63905a87 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # CHANGES IN bookdown VERSION 0.13
 
+## NEW FEATURES
+
+- Added `odt_document2` and `powerpoint_presentation2` (thanks, @atusy, #742).
 
+- Added `markdown_document2` which enables to use cross references in an arbitrary format specified in `base_format` argument (e.g., `markdown_document2(base_format = prettydoc::html_pretty)`) (thanks, @atusy, #742).
 
 # CHANGES IN bookdown VERSION 0.12
 
diff --git a/R/html.R b/R/html.R
index d3c537964..811d18c9f 100644
--- a/R/html.R
+++ b/R/html.R
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ tufte_html_book = function(...) {
 #' \code{rmarkdown::\link{html_document}()}, and they added the capability of
 #' numbering figures/tables/equations/theorems and cross-referencing them. See
 #' References for the syntax. Note you can also cross-reference sections by
-#' their ID's using the same syntax when sections are numbered.
+#' their ID's using the same syntax when sections are numbered. In case you want
+#' to enable cross reference in other formats, use \code{markdown_document2} with
+#' \code{base_format} argument.
 #' @param ...,fig_caption,md_extensions,pandoc_args Arguments to be passed to a
 #'   specific output format function. For a function \code{foo2()}, its
 #'   arguments are passed to \code{foo()}, e.g. \code{...} of
diff --git a/R/word.R b/R/word.R
index 898fda8a2..4a456d54c 100644
--- a/R/word.R
+++ b/R/word.R
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #' @rdname html_document2
 #' @export
-word_document2 = function(fig_caption = TRUE, md_extensions = NULL, pandoc_args = NULL, ...) {
+markdown_document2 = function(
+  fig_caption = TRUE, md_extensions = NULL, pandoc_args = NULL, ..., base_format
+) {
   from = rmarkdown::from_rmarkdown(fig_caption, md_extensions)
 
-  config = rmarkdown::word_document(
+  base_format = get_base_format(base_format)
+  config = base_format(
     fig_caption = fig_caption, md_extensions = md_extensions, pandoc_args = pandoc_args, ...
   )
   pre = config$pre_processor
@@ -18,7 +21,25 @@ word_document2 = function(fig_caption = TRUE, md_extensions = NULL, pandoc_args
     if (is.function(post)) output = post(metadata, input, output, clean, verbose)
     move_output(output)
   }
-  config$bookdown_output_format = 'docx'
+  config$bookdown_output_format = config$pandoc$to
   config = set_opts_knit(config)
   config
 }
+
+#' @rdname html_document2
+#' @export
+word_document2 = function(...) {
+  markdown_document2(..., base_format = rmarkdown::word_document)
+}
+
+#' @rdname html_document2
+#' @export
+odt_document2 = function(...) {
+  markdown_document2(..., base_format = rmarkdown::odt_document)
+}
+
+#' @rdname html_document2
+#' @export
+powerpoint_presentation2 = function(...) {
+  markdown_document2(..., base_format = rmarkdown::powerpoint_presentation)
+}
diff --git a/man/bookdown-package.Rd b/man/bookdown-package.Rd
index ba6178e8c..8dc9ae598 100644
--- a/man/bookdown-package.Rd
+++ b/man/bookdown-package.Rd
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Other contributors:
   \item Albert Kim [contributor]
   \item Alessandro Samuel-Rosa [contributor]
   \item Andrzej Oles [contributor]
+  \item Atsushi Yasumoto (0000-0002-8335-495X) [contributor]
   \item Aust Frederik (0000-0003-4900-788X) [contributor]
   \item Bastiaan Quast [contributor]
   \item Ben Marwick [contributor]
diff --git a/man/html_document2.Rd b/man/html_document2.Rd
index a4c2c9e9a..8e84b2661 100644
--- a/man/html_document2.Rd
+++ b/man/html_document2.Rd
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
 \alias{pdf_document2}
 \alias{tufte_handout2}
 \alias{tufte_book2}
+\alias{markdown_document2}
 \alias{word_document2}
+\alias{odt_document2}
+\alias{powerpoint_presentation2}
 \title{Output formats that allow numbering and cross-referencing
 figures/tables/equations}
 \usage{
-html_document2(..., number_sections = TRUE, pandoc_args = NULL, 
-    base_format = rmarkdown::html_document)
+html_document2(..., number_sections = TRUE, pandoc_args = NULL,
+  base_format = rmarkdown::html_document)
 
 tufte_html2(..., number_sections = FALSE)
 
@@ -21,8 +24,14 @@ tufte_handout2(...)
 
 tufte_book2(...)
 
-word_document2(fig_caption = TRUE, md_extensions = NULL, pandoc_args = NULL, 
-    ...)
+markdown_document2(fig_caption = TRUE, md_extensions = NULL,
+  pandoc_args = NULL, ..., base_format)
+
+word_document2(...)
+
+odt_document2(...)
+
+powerpoint_presentation2(...)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{..., fig_caption, md_extensions, pandoc_args}{Arguments to be passed to a
@@ -48,7 +57,9 @@ These are simple wrappers of the output format functions like
 \code{rmarkdown::\link{html_document}()}, and they added the capability of
 numbering figures/tables/equations/theorems and cross-referencing them. See
 References for the syntax. Note you can also cross-reference sections by
-their ID's using the same syntax when sections are numbered.
+their ID's using the same syntax when sections are numbered. In case you want
+to enable cross reference in other formats, use \code{markdown_document2} with
+\code{base_format} argument.
 }
 \note{
 These function are expected to work with a single R Markdown document