common-preamble-start.tex

\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf, .jpg, .tif, .png}

%\usepackage{pslatex}
\usepackage{tabularx,dcolumn, graphicx, amsfonts,amsmath}  
\usepackage[sectionbib]{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{apalike}
\usepackage{picinpar}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{paralist} %compactenum
\setlength{\voffset}{-0.5in}
%\setlength{\hoffset}{-0.5in}
%\setlength{\textwidth}{10.5in}
\setlength{\textheight}{7in}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
%\pagestyle{empty}
%\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2.0}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\expect}{\mathalpha}{AMSb}{'105}
\def\p{\rm p}
\def\pp{\rm P}
% this are commands that come with the color package
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}


\pagestyle{empty}
%define colors
\definecolor{mediumblue}{rgb}{0.0509,0.35,0.568}
\definecolor{blue}{rgb}{0.0109,0.15,0.468}
\definecolor{black}{rgb}{0.04,0.06,0.2}
\definecolor{darkblue}{rgb}{0.03,0.1,0.2}
\definecolor{darkgreen}{rgb}{0.03,0.5,0.2}
\definecolor{lightblue}{rgb}{0.85,0.9333,0.95}
\definecolor{lightblue2}{rgb}{0.270588, 0.45098, 0.701961}
\definecolor{white}{rgb}{1.0,1.0,1.0}
\definecolor{yellow}{rgb}{0.961,0.972,0.047}
\definecolor{red}{rgb}{0.9,0.1,0.1}
\definecolor{orange}{rgb}{1.0,0.4,0.0}
\definecolor{grey}{rgb}{0.5,0.5,0.5}
\definecolor{violet}{rgb}{0.619608, 0.286275, 0.631373}
\definecolor{mybackgroundcolor}{rgb}{1.0,1.0,1.0}


\newcommand*{\mathcolor}{}
\def\mathcolor#1#{\mathcoloraux{#1}}
\newcommand*{\mathcoloraux}[3]{%
  \protect\leavevmode
  \begingroup
    \color#1{#2}#3%
  \endgroup
}

%\definecolor{light}{rgb}{.5,0.5,0.0}
\definecolor{light}{rgb}{.3,0.3,0.3}

% sets backgroundcolor for whole document 
\pagecolor{mybackgroundcolor}
% sets text color
%\color{black}
% see below for an example how to change just a few words
% using \textcolor{color}{text}

\font \courier=pcrb scaled 2000
\newcommand{\notetoself}[1]{{\textsf{\textsc{\color{red} #1}}}\\}

\newcommand{\answer}[1]{{\sf \color{red} #1}}

\usepackage{pdfpages}