config.tex

% ============= ADDING PREAMBLES  =============%
% only enable this when using pdfLaTeX
% \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage[margin=2.5cm]{geometry}

\usepackage{amsmath, amsfonts, amssymb, cancel}
% set main font to Time New Roman, set math font to XITS
\usepackage{fontspec}
    \setmainfont{Times New Roman}
\usepackage[bold-style=ISO]{unicode-math}
\setmathfont[Extension=.otf, BoldFont=XITSMath-Bold]{XITSMath-Regular}

% insertion of graphics
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{float}

% use import function for word counting
\usepackage{import}

% insertion of tables
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{multirow}

% appendices
\usepackage[title]{appendix}

% import reference manager
\usepackage[sorting=none]{biblatex} 
\addbibresource{references.bib} %<== amend when necessary

% define Imperial blue
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{linkcolour}{rgb}{0,0.2,0.6}

% write PDF metadata
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{colorlinks,
            breaklinks,
            urlcolor=linkcolour,
            linkcolor=black,
            citecolor=black,
            pdftitle={\reporttitle},
            pdfauthor={\reportauthor}}

% override \autoref commands
\renewcommand{\sectionautorefname}{Section}
\renewcommand{\subsectionautorefname}{Section}
\renewcommand{\subsubsectionautorefname}{Section}

% disable paragraph indentation
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

% set line spacing to 1.2
\linespread{1.2}
% ============= END OF PREAMBLES  =============%