preamble.tex

\usepackage[letterpaper,margin=1.00in]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{paralist}
\usepackage{listings}
%\usepackage[colorlinks,linkcolor=blue, citecolor=blue]{hyperref}
\usepackage{doi} 	% For making DOI's clickable in bibliography
%\usepackage[numbers,sort&compress]{natbib}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{pdfsync}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames,svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{bbm}
\usepackage{verbatim} % Allows for comment environment
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{pdfpages}           % For inserting pdf pages and colors
\usepackage{mdwlist}
%\usepackage{refcheck}           % For checking references
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{outline}
\usepackage{xspace}
\usepackage{paralist}
\usepackage{pgfgantt}
\usepackage{pifont}
%\usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % added package to get strikeout font type (\sout{})
\usepackage{fancybox}

\usepackage{mdframed}
\newmdenv[
  topline=false,
  bottomline=false,
  skipabove=\topsep,
  skipbelow=\topsep,
  innertopmargin=0pt,
  innerbottommargin=0pt,
  splittopskip=0pt,
  splitbottomskip=0pt
]{siderules}

\newenvironment{myitemize}
{\begin{list}{{\small\ding{226}}}{
\topsep=0mm
\leftmargin=6mm
\labelwidth=3mm
\itemsep=0em
\labelsep=2mm
}}{\end{list}}

%\begin{list}{label code}{body code}

\newmdenv[
  topline=false,
  bottomline=false,
  leftline=false,
  rightline=false,
  skipabove=\topsep,
  skipbelow=\topsep,
  innertopmargin=0pt,
  innerbottommargin=0pt,
  splittopskip=0pt,
  splitbottomskip=0pt
]{nlsiderules}


\usepackage[belowskip=-2pt,aboveskip=4pt, font={small,bf}]{caption}

\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
%\titleformat{\section}
%  {\normalfont\Large\bfseries}{\thesection}{1em}{#1}[{\titlerule[0.8pt]}]
%\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{*1.7}{*1.25}
\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{*1.5}{*0.2}
\titleformat{\subsection}{\bfseries}{\thesubsection}{1em}{#1}
\titleformat{\subsubsection}{\slshape}{\thesubsubsection}{1em}{#1}
\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pt}{*1}{*0.2}
%\titlespacing{\subsubsection}{0pt}{*0.105}{*0.50}
\titleformat{\paragraph}[runin]{\slshape}{\theparagraph}{1em}{#1}[.]
\titlespacing{\paragraph}{0pt}{*0.105}{*1.00}

%\setlength{\intextsep}{-1ex} % remove extra space above and below in-line float
%\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{-1ex} % remove extra space above float caption
%\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{-0ex} % remove extra space below float caption

%\setlength{\intextsep}{10pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}

%\usepackage{titlesec}
%\titleformat{\subsection}[runin]{\normalfont\bfseries}{\thesubsection}{1em}{}[.~~]
%\titleformat{\subsubsection}[runin]{\normalfont\itshape}{\thesubsubsection}{1em}{}[.~~]

% The * version of titlespacing removes the indent on the first paragraph of a section
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{*2.5}{*1}
%\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{*1}{*0.15}
%\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pt}{*1}{*0.15}
%\newcommand{\subsubsubsection}[1]{\vspace{1pt} \noindent \textbf{#1}}
\usepackage{array,booktabs,tabularx}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3} 

\newcommand{\smallurl}[1]{{\small\url{#1}}} % For working version


%\newcommand{\sout}[1]{\textcolor{blue}{Strike: #1}} % For working version

%\newcommand{\pagebudget}[1]{\textcolor{blue}{#1}} % For working version
%\newcommand{\pagebudget}[1]{} % In final version

%\renewcommand{\cite}[1]{\citepri{#1}}

\newcommand{\itemsskip}{\vspace*{10pt}}
\newcommand{\tinyskip}{\vspace*{2pt}}

\epstopdfDeclareGraphicsRule{.gif}{png}{.png}{convert gif:#1 png:\OutputFile}
\AppendGraphicsExtensions{.gif}

\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames,svgnames]{xcolor}

%\newcommand{\zapspace}{\topsep=0pt\partopsep=0pt\itemsep=0pt\parskip=0pt}

%\usepackage{caption}
%\usepackage{subcaption}
\newcommand\code[1]{{\tt {\small #1}}}