Article template for TeXworks

article.tex

% !TeX program = pdflatex
% !TeX encoding = utf-8
% !TeX spellcheck = en_US

% Updates at <https://gist.github.com/3552618>

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage{ifluatex, ifxetex}
\newif\ifmoderntex
\ifluatex	\moderntextrue	\fi
\ifxetex	\moderntextrue	\fi

% Encoding & fonts
\ifmoderntex
	\usepackage{fontspec}
	\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX,Numbers={OldStyle,Proportional}]{Constantia}
	\setsansfont[Ligatures=TeX,Numbers={OldStyle,Proportional}]{Calibri}
	\setmonofont[Numbers={OldStyle}]{Consolas}
%	\usepackage{unicode-math}
%	\setmathfont{Cambria Math}
\else
	\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
	\usepackage[oldstylenums,largesmallcaps]{kpfonts}
\fi

%% Page Dimensions
%\usepackage{geometry} % to change the page dimensions
%\geometry{letterpaper} % or a4paper or…
% \geometry{margin=2in} % for example, change the margins to 2 inches all round
% \geometry{landscape} % set up the page for landscape
%   read geometry.pdf for detailed page layout information

%\usepackage{graphicx}

%% Packages
%\usepackage{booktabs} % for much better looking tables
%\usepackage{array} % for better arrays (eg matrices) in maths
%\usepackage{paralist} % very flexible & customisable lists (eg. enumerate/itemize, etc.)
%\usepackage{verbatim} % adds environment for commenting out blocks of text & for better verbatim
%\usepackage{subfig} % make it possible to include more than one captioned figure/table in a single float

%% Headers & Footers
%\usepackage{fancyhdr} % This should be set AFTER setting up the page geometry
%\pagestyle{fancy} % options: empty , plain , fancy
%\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % customise the layout...
%\lhead{}\chead{}\rhead{}
%\lfoot{}\cfoot{\thepage}\rfoot{}

%% Section Title Appearance
%\usepackage{sectsty}
%\allsectionsfont{\sffamily\mdseries\upshape} % (See the fntguide.pdf for font help)
%% (This matches ConTeXt defaults)

%%%% ToC Appearance
%\usepackage[nottoc,notlof,notlot]{tocbibind} % Put the bibliography in the ToC
%\usepackage[titles,subfigure]{tocloft} % Alter the style of the Table of Contents
%\renewcommand{\cftsecfont}{\rmfamily\mdseries\upshape}
%\renewcommand{\cftsecpagefont}{\rmfamily\mdseries\upshape} % No bold!


% Language & hyphenation
% Clear aux files when switching engines
\ifmoderntex
	\ifxetex
		\usepackage{polyglossia}
		\setmainlanguage[variant=american]{english}
	\fi
	\ifluatex
		\usepackage[english]{babel}
	\fi
\else
	\usepackage[english]{babel}
\fi

\usepackage[strict]{csquotes}
\MakeAutoQuote{“}{”}


\usepackage[all]{foreign}
\DeclareRobustCommand\etc{\xperiodafter{{{\itshape\&}\foreignabbrfont{c}}}}

\usepackage{hyphenat}

\newcommand{\parbreak}{\medskip\noindent}

\ifmoderntex
	\newcommand{\textemdashskip}{\textemdash\hskip0pt}
	\catcode`\—=\active
	\let—=\textemdashskip
	\newcommand{\textellipsisat}{\textellipsis\@}
	\catcode`\…=\active
	\let…=\textellipsisat
\else
	\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{00D7}{\ensuremath{\times}}
	\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{2014}{\textemdash\hskip0pt}
	\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{2026}{\textellipsis\@}
\fi

\title{Brief Article}
\author{The Author}
%\date{} % Activate to display a given date or no date (if empty),
         % otherwise the current date is printed

\begin{document}
\maketitle

%\section{First section}

%\subsection{A subsection}

\end{document}