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I added a new slide to the demo. Then I tried my best to legibly write \"TEST SLIDE\" with a simple smiling face underneath. When I clicked preview, my poorly…",{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},"18509745","lewisjoe","Much needed. I usually draw them into a tablet, export them as images and then put them into slides. This is much neater. I couldn't test it in a tablet right now. 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