Suggested Packages

This is a list of suggested packages that you can install to enhance your experience with LaTeX or have a base preamble to start with.

\usepackage{standalone} % Required for including standalone files

\usepackage{geometry} % Required for adjusting page dimensions and margins
\geometry{verbose,tmargin=2.54cm,bmargin=2.54cm,lmargin=2.54cm,rmargin=2.54cm} % Set the margins

\usepackage{amssymb} % For math symbols
\usepackage{amsmath} % For math extended mode
\usepackage{amstext} % For text in math mode
\usepackage{arevmath} % For math symbols
\usepackage{mathtools} % Allows for additional math symbols

\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for including images
\usepackage{float} % Allows putting an [H] in \begin{figure} to specify the exact location of the figure

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,patterns.meta,shapes}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix,positioning}

\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.18}
\usepackage{pgfplotstable}
\usepgfplotslibrary{groupplots}
\usepgfplotslibrary{colormaps,statistics}

\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} % Define the default font family

\usepackage[l3]{csvsimple}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage[fitting,most]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{refstyle}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\usepackage{zref-clever} % Clever zref support
\usepackage{zref-xr} % Cross-referencing between documents
\usepackage{hyperref} % Hyperlinks

\usepackage{tabularray} % Current preferred package for tables
\usepackage{etoolbox} % Provdies a list of tools for programming in LaTeX
\usepackage{setspace} % Provides the \onehalfspacing command
\onehalfspacing
\usepackage{polyglossia} % Required for multilingual documents

\usepackage{glossaries} % Required for creating glossaries
\setacronymstyle{long-sc-short} % Set the acronym style

\setdefaultlanguage[variant=british]{english} % Set the default language
\usepackage[obeyFinal,textsize=scriptsize]{todonotes} % Required for adding todo notes/comments
\usepackage{pdfpages} % Required for including PDFs
\usepackage{datetime2} % Required for date and time formatting

If you want to use subfiles make sure you load it after your bibliography and glossaries packages, but before any files that require it. Such as a subfix command. More information on the subfiles package can be found in Multi-file Documents and their documentation.