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 ## New features
 
-*  ENRAM VPTS data exchange format added in package data as `vpts_schema.rda`
+* ENRAM VPTS data exchange format added in package data as `vpts_schema.rda`
 
-*  VPTS files are now able to be validated with `validate_vpts()` which uses the schema to check for min/max constraint violations for specific fields, regex and datetime formatting
+* VPTS files are now able to be validated with `validate_vpts()` which uses the schema to check for min/max constraint violations for specific fields, regex and datetime formatting
 
 * speed up `integrate_to_ppi()` and `project_as_ppi()` by using native `sf` functions (#669)