\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[right]{eurosym}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{xspace}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{todonotes}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\setparsizes{1em}{0.33em}{0pt plus 1fil}


% ========= HYPERREF & Colors ===========
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{darkblue}{rgb}{0,0,.65}
\definecolor{darkgreen}{rgb}{0.28,0.41,0.19}
\usepackage[%
  pdfauthor={Tilman Birnstiel},%
  pdfstartview=FitH,%
  breaklinks=true,%
  bookmarks=true,%
  colorlinks=true,%
  linkcolor= darkblue,
  anchorcolor=black,%
  citecolor=darkgreen,
  filecolor=black,%
  menucolor=black,%
  urlcolor=darkblue%
  ]{hyperref}

% ========== BIBLIOGRAPHY STUFF ============

\usepackage{natbib}
\bibpunct{(}{)}{;}{a}{,}{,}
\input{abbrev.tex}
\setlength{\bibsep}{0.0cm}
% ============== SOME MACROS ===============

\newcommand{\cont}{\textcolor{red}{\textbf{continue}}\xspace}
\newcommand{\myblindtext}[1][1]{\textcolor{red}{\Blindtext[#1]}}

% ==========================================
% save space before and after section
%###
\usepackage{titlesec} 
\titlespacing*{\section}      {0pt}{1.5ex}{1ex}
\titlespacing*{\subsection}   {0pt}{1.5ex}{0.8ex}
\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pt}{1.5ex}{0.8ex}
\titlespacing*{\paragraph}    {0pt}{1.0ex}{0.8ex}
%###
% ==========================================
% change font size of captions
\usepackage[font=small]{caption}

% ==========================================

%  consecutive figure numbers
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{figure}{chapter}

% page layout
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=0.8in,bottom=1in]{geometry}

% use arial
\usepackage{helvet}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

% use letters for chapter numbering
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Alph{chapter}}

% no chapter letter in section number 
\renewcommand*{\thesection}{\arabic{section}}

% numbering down to paragraph
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}

\newcommand{\comment}[1]{\textcolor{red}{#1}}

% =================== HEADER ====================
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lastpage}

\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{.5pt}% header rule

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[R]{\footnotesize page \thepage\ of \pageref*{LastPage}}
\fancyhead[L]{\footnotesize \textcolor{red}{Jane Doe}}
\fancyfoot{} 
\fancyhead[C]{\textsc{Project Description}}