structure.tex

\usepackage[english]{babel} % English language hyphenation

\usepackage{microtype} % Better typography

\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amsthm} % Math packages for equations

\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor} % Enabling colors by their 'svgnames'

\usepackage[hang, small, labelfont=bf, up, textfont=it]{caption} % Custom captions under/above tables and figures

\usepackage{booktabs} % Horizontal rules in tables

\usepackage{lastpage} % Used to determine the number of pages in the document (for "Page X of Total")

\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for adding images

\usepackage{enumitem} % Required for customising lists
\setlist{noitemsep} % Remove spacing between bullet/numbered list elements

\usepackage{sectsty} % Enables custom section titles
\allsectionsfont{\usefont{OT1}{phv}{b}{n}} % Change the font of all section commands (Helvetica)

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%	MARGINS AND SPACING
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\usepackage{geometry} % Required for adjusting page dimensions

\geometry{
	top=1cm, % Top margin
	bottom=1.5cm, % Bottom margin
	left=2cm, % Left margin
	right=2cm, % Right margin
	includehead, % Include space for a header
	includefoot, % Include space for a footer
	%showframe, % Uncomment to show how the type block is set on the page
}

\setlength{\columnsep}{7mm} % Column separation width

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%	FONTS
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Output font encoding for international characters
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % Required for inputting international characters

\usepackage{XCharter} % Use the XCharter font

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%	HEADERS AND FOOTERS
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\usepackage{fancyhdr} % Needed to define custom headers/footers
\pagestyle{fancy} % Enables the custom headers/footers

\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.0pt} % No header rule
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt} % Thin footer rule

\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}} % Removes the section number from the header when \leftmark is used

%\nouppercase\leftmark % Add this to one of the lines below if you want a section title in the header/footer

% Headers
\lhead{} % Left header
\chead{\textit{\thetitle}} % Center header - currently printing the article title
\rhead{} % Right header

% Footers
\lfoot{} % Left footer
\cfoot{} % Center footer
\rfoot{\footnotesize Page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}} % Right footer, "Page 1 of 2"

\fancypagestyle{firstpage}{ % Page style for the first page with the title
	\fancyhf{}
	\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Suppress footer rule
}

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%	TITLE SECTION
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\newcommand{\authorstyle}[1]{{\large\usefont{OT1}{phv}{b}{n}\color{DarkBlue}#1}} % Authors style (Helvetica)

\newcommand{\institution}[1]{{\footnotesize\usefont{OT1}{phv}{m}{sl}\color{Black}#1}} % Institutions style (Helvetica)

\usepackage{titling} % Allows custom title configuration

\newcommand{\HorRule}{\color{DarkGoldenrod}\rule{\linewidth}{1pt}} % Defines the gold horizontal rule around the title

\pretitle{
\raggedright
	\vspace{15pt} % Move the entire title section up

  \HorRule

  \vspace{40pt} % Horizontal rule before the title
	\fontsize{47}{47}\usefont{OT1}{phv}{b}{n}\selectfont % Helvetica
	\color{DarkBlue} % Text colour for the title and author(s)
}

\posttitle{\par\vskip 40pt} % Whitespace under the title

\preauthor{} % Anything that will appear before \author is printed

\postauthor{ % Anything that will appear after \author is printed
	\vspace{40pt} % Space before the rule

  \par\HorRule % Horizontal rule after the title
	\vspace{15pt} % Space after the title section
}

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%	ABSTRACT
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\usepackage{lettrine} % Package to accentuate the first letter of the text (lettrine)
\usepackage{fix-cm}	% Fixes the height of the lettrine

\newcommand{\initial}[1]{ % Defines the command and style for the lettrine
	\lettrine[lines=3,findent=4pt,nindent=0pt]{% Lettrine takes up 3 lines, the text to the
\begin{verbatim}

\end{verbatim}
 right of it is indented 4pt and further indenting of lines 2+ is stopped
		\color{DarkGoldenrod}% Lettrine colour
		{#1}% The letter
	}{}%
}

\usepackage{xstring} % Required for string manipulation

\newcommand{\lettrineabstract}[1]{
	\StrLeft{#1}{1}[\firstletter] % Capture the first letter of the abstract for the lettrine
	\initial{\firstletter}\textbf{\StrGobbleLeft{#1}{1}} % Print the abstract with the first letter as a lettrine and the rest in bold
}

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%	BIBLIOGRAPHY
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\usepackage[backend=bibtex,style=authoryear,natbib=true]{biblatex} % Use the bibtex backend with the authoryear citation style (which resembles APA)

\addbibresource{example.bib} % The filename of the bibliography

\usepackage[autostyle=true]{csquotes} % Required to generate language-dependent quotes in the bibliography








\usepackage{amssymb}