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If you Google it, you’ll find tutorials that can explain it much better than we can in an answer here.” </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="d-flex flex__allitems6 gs64 gsx mb24 md:fd-column"> <div class="flex--item"> <div class="d-flex md:mb12"> <div class="flex--item mr6"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="fc-red-500 svg-icon iconClear" width="18" height="18" viewbox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M15 4.41 13.59 3 9 7.59 4.41 3 3 4.41 7.59 9 3 13.59 4.41 15 9 10.41 13.59 15 15 13.59 10.41 9 15 4.41Z"/></svg> </div> <div class="flex--item"> “If you bothered to read my question, you’d know it’s not a duplicate.” </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex--item"> <div class="d-flex"> <div class="flex--item mr6"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="fc-green-400 svg-icon iconCheckmark" width="18" height="18" viewbox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M16 4.41 14.59 3 6 11.59 2.41 8 1 9.41l5 5 10-10Z"/></svg> </div> <div class="flex--item"> “I don’t think this is a duplicate. 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