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% Layout
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
% Other packages needed to put together the various pieces
\usepackage{import} % the "glue" of this project
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage[nonumberlist,nogroupskip]{glossaries} % allows creating a list of acronyms/glossaries
\usepackage{morewrites} % needed for more than 18k entries, consider if it's necessary
\usepackage{settings} % check if this package is available
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage{enumitem} % standard for lists
\usepackage{pdfpages} % allows including PDFs in your doc
% Bibliography
\usepackage[
backend=biber,
style=apa,
sorting=nyt
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
% Listings
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
% Quotes
\usepackage{csquotes} % no style option here, use \setquotestyle if needed
\usepackage{doi} % formats the DOI as a link
% Footnotes line spacing
\renewcommand{\footnotelayout}{\setstretch{1}}
% Caption format
\captionsetup{format=semanticnoodles} % make sure this style is defined or use a standard style
% Reiterate sans serif
\renewcommand*\ttdefault{lmvtt}
% Load glossary.tex
\loadglsentries{glossary}
\makeglossaries
%%%%%%%%% THE DOCUMENT %%%%%%%%%
\begin{document} % yay!
% Frontmatter
\frontmatter
% Cover page
\include{00-cover/cover-sample.tex}
\restoregeometry % margins are slightly different in the cover
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5} % same goes for line-height
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5} % White spaces in the table cells
\clearpage
% Credits
\include{credits.tex}
\clearpage
% Authorship Declaration
\include{02-frontmatter/authorship-declaration.tex}
% If the thesis follows the collection of articles format - External contributions
\include{02-frontmatter/datasets.tex}
% Acknowledgements
\include{02-frontmatter/acknowledgements.tex}
% Publications
\include{02-frontmatter/publications.tex}
% Abstract
\include{02-frontmatter/abstract.tex}
% Add the glossary
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\printglossary
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Glossary} % add item to the TOC
% List of figures
\listoffigures
% List of tables
\listoftables
% List of listings
\renewcommand\listoflistingscaption{List of source codes} % feel free to change this title, but remember to change the TOC title accordingly!
\listoflistings
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Source Codes}
% Compile TOC
\thispagestyle{empty}
\tableofcontents
% Mainmatter
\thispagestyle{empty}
\mainmatter
% Chapters
\chapter{Getting Started} % Add here the title of your chapter
\thispagestyle{empty} % Removes the page number on the first page
% Import Chapter 1 parts
\import{01-chapters/}{chapt-01/ch011.tex}
\import{01-chapters/}{chapt-01/ch012.tex}
% This way you can attach more than one file to a specific chapter - you can keep a file per each new section or just have a cumulative one.
\chapter{Painful tables and how to rule them} % Add here the title of your chapter
\thispagestyle{empty} % Removes the page number on the first page
% Import Chapter 2 parts
\import{01-chapters/}{chapt-02/ch021.tex}
% Backmatter
\backmatter
\clearpage
% Add references
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1} % same goes for line-height
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography}
\printbibliography
% Prevent the duplication of the DOI prefix
\renewcommand{\doitext}{}
% Add appendices
\clearpage
\appendix
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Alph{section}} % Alphabetic numbering from now on
\include{zz-appendices/appendices.tex}
\clearpage
\end{document}