Changes in version 1.1.8 (2026-09-15)                  

  - Kept format_data() as the package's sole public function.
  - Added text-safe import handling so leading zeros are preserved for
    file inputs.
  - Added validation for character institution codes and
    requester-return IDs.
  - Reduced package dependencies to readxl and stringi.
  - Updated package metadata, documentation, and CRAN source-build
    exclusions.