common.sty

% Required Packages
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[letterpaper, left=0.7in, right=0.7in, top=0.5in, bottom=0.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage{parskip} 						% disable the new paragraph indent
\usepackage{enumitem} 						% somehow fixes the linespacing for numbering
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor} 			% enable color
\usepackage[none]{hyphenat} 				% disable hyphenation, might clash with other package
\usepackage[document]{ragged2e} 			% don't justify text
\usepackage{gensymb}						% for generic degree commands
\usepackage{amssymb}						% more fancy arrows
\usepackage{graphicx}						% for adding images
\usepackage{float}							% to properly float image without causing a war
\usepackage[font=small,skip=0pt]{caption}	% required to better style the caption
\usepackage{hyperref}						% to allow hyperlink in document
\usepackage{lmodern}						% avoid font-size issue with Latin Modern font
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}					% enable a proper font encoding (8 bit, 256 glyphs)


% Overriding Defaults
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} 		% Sans Serif as the default font-family
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.25} 			% use 1.25 line-spacing
\pagenumbering{gobble} 							% turn off page numbering
\graphicspath{{./images/}}						% define the path for images
\renewcommand\textbullet{\ensuremath{\bullet}} 	% stop nagging about font size for bullet point
\captionsetup[figure]{font=small,skip=5pt}		% required to better style the caption
\hypersetup{colorlinks=true, linkcolor=blue, urlcolor=blue, citecolor=blue}
\newcommand{\bi}{\begin{itemize}[noitemsep, topsep=0pt]}     % itemize with noitemsep
\newcommand{\ei}{\end{itemize}}
\newcommand{\be}{\begin{enumerate}[noitemsep, topsep=0pt]}   % enumerate with noitemsep
\newcommand{\ee}{\end{enumerate}}


% Custom Shortcuts
\newcommand{\tred}{\textcolor{red}}
\newcommand{\tpurple}{\textcolor{Fuchsia}}
\newcommand{\tcyan}{\textcolor{cyan}}
\newcommand{\tsup}{\textsuperscript}
\newcommand{\tsub}{\textsubscript}
\newcommand{\pUpDown}{$\downharpoonleft$$\upharpoonright$}

% Colorboxes
\newcommand{\boxorange}[1]{\colorbox{orange}{\textcolor{white}{\textbf{#1}}}}
\newcommand{\boxred}[1]{\colorbox{red}{\textcolor{white}{\textbf{#1}}}}
\newcommand{\boxblack}[1]{\colorbox{black}{\textcolor{white}{\textbf{#1}}}}
\newcommand{\boxblue}[1]{\colorbox{cyan}{\textcolor{white}{\textbf{#1}}}}


% Simplified Units & Symbols
\newcommand{\ul}{$\mu$l} 				% define microliter
\newcommand{\ug}{$\mu$g}				% define microgram
\newcommand{\uM}{$\mu$M}				% define micromolar
\newcommand{\um}{$\mu$m}				% define micron
\newcommand{\dg}{$\degree$}             % define degree
\newcommand{\X}{$\times$}               % define multiplication