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 Type: Package
 Package: autoslider.core
 Title: Slide Automation for Tables, Listings and Figures
-Version: 0.2.3
+Version: 0.2.3.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Joe", "Zhu", , "joe.zhu@roche.com", role = c("cre", "aut"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-7566-2787")),
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+# autoslider.core 0.2.3.9000
+
 # autoslider.core 0.2.3
 
 ### Miscellaneous