%% LaTeX macros
\usepackage{times}
%\usepackage{garamond}
%\usepackage{fourier} % math & rm
\usepackage[scaled=1.05]{helvet} % ss
\usepackage{relsize}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}

% Define underscore to be a regular character in text mode
\begingroup
  \catcode`\_=\active
  \gdef_#1{\ensuremath{\sb{#1}}}
\endgroup
\mathcode`\_=\string"8000
\catcode`\_=12

% Set version number
\newcommand\version{$3.1.1$}

\newcommand\copyrightfootnote{
\footnotetext{Copyright (2008-2018) of Einar Andreas R{\o}dland, distributed
under the \LaTeX{} Project Public License (LPPL).}
}

%TC:macroword \TeXcount 1
\newcommand\TeXcount{{\TeX}count}

% Text formats
\newcommand\codestyle[1]{\textsf{\color{Blue}#1}}
\newcommand\code[1]{{\smaller\codestyle{#1}}}
\newcommand\bigcode[1]{\codestyle{#1}}
\newcommand\codeline[1]{\begin{quote}\code{#1}\end{quote}}
\newcommand\bs[1]{\textbackslash#1}
\newcommand\URL[1]{\textsf{\small #1}}

% Description items: options, parameters, optional parameters
% These are also interpreted by dos2html.pl
\def\option[#1]{\item[\code{#1}]\hskip 0pt plus 10pt}
\def\parm#1{\textit{\color{OliveGreen}#1}}
\def\opt#1{\parm{[#1]}}
\def\alt#1{[#1]}
\def\optiontext#1{\textrm{\bfseries\color{black}#1}}

% Mark off notification in contents for good visibility
\newcommand\ContentsNote[1]{\addtocontents{toc}{\string\marginpar{\textsf{\color{red}\tiny #1}}}}

% Notabene: margin note
%TC:macro \NB 1
\newcommand\NB[1]{\ContentsNote{NB}\marginpar{\textsf{\tiny#1}}}

% Mark text as a notification
%TC:macro \NOTE [text]
\newcommand\NOTE[1]{\textit{\color{red}#1}}

% Mark text for update
%TC:macro \UPDATE [text]
\newcommand\UPDATE[1]{\ContentsNote{UPDATE}\textit{\textbf{\color{red}This needs to be updated:} {\color{blue}#1}}}

% Mark text as a notification
%TC:macro \TODO [text]
\newcommand\TODO[1]{\ContentsNote{TODO}\textit{\textbf{\color{red}#1}}}

% BUG
%TC:macro \BUG [text]
\newcommand\BUG[1]{{\color{red}#1}}

\makeatletter

\renewcommand\@maketitle{%
\newpage\null\vskip 2em%
\begin{center}%
\let\footnote\thanks
{\LARGE \@title \par}%
\end{center}%
\par
\vskip 1.5em
}

\renewcommand\abstractname{Abstract}
\renewenvironment{abstract}{%
  \begin{center}%
    {\slshape\bfseries\large\abstractname\vspace{-.5em}\vspace{\z@}}%
  \end{center}%
  \vskip 4pt
  \slshape
}{
\vskip 0.5em
}

\makeatother

.
