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{\boxorange}{\colorbox{orange}{\textcolor{white}{\textbf{Note}}}}
\newcommand{\boxred}{\colorbox{red}{\textcolor{white}{\textbf{Note}}}}
\newcommand{\pUpDown}{$\downharpoonleft$$\upharpoonright$}


% Simplified Units
\newcommand{\ul}{$\mu$l}      % define microliter
\newcommand{\ug}{$\mu$g}      % define microgram
\newcommand{\uM}{$\mu$M}      % define micromolar
\newcommand{\um}{$\mu$m}      % define micron