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 Package: docorator
 Title: Docorate (Decorate + Output) Displays
-Version: 0.7.0
+Version: 0.7.0.9000
 Authors@R: 
     c(
       person(given = "Shannon", family = "Haughton", email = "shannon.l.haughton@gsk.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
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+# docorator (development version)
+
 # docorator 0.7.0
 Improvements
 * Added Word (.docx) output support with the new render_docx() engine. (#97)