main.tex

\input{00_preamble/thesis}

% if not used with overleaf add data input here
\input{01_data/yourData}
\hypersetup{
    pdftitle={\yourThesisTitle},
    pdfsubject={\typeOfWork},
    pdfauthor={\yourNameInclTitle},
    breaklinks, % permits line breaks for long links
    bookmarksnumbered,        % ... and include section numbers
    linktocpage,        % "make page number, not text, be link on TOC ..."
    colorlinks,            % yes ...
    linkcolor=black,        % normal internal links;
    anchorcolor=black,        % don't make scientific papers too much colourful => "black"
    citecolor=black,
    urlcolor=blue,        % quite common
    pdfstartview={Fit},        % "Fit" fits the page to the window
    pdfpagemode=UseOutlines,    % open bookmarks in Acrobat
    plainpages=false,      % avoids duplicate page number problem
    pdflang={\PDFdocumentLang},
    pdfkeywords={\docversion}
}

% add the bibliography
\addbibresource{references.bib}

% important update for glossaries, before document 
%\makeglossaries % see https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/glossaries
%\loadglsentries{C_BackMatter/defns} 

\GlsXtrLoadResources[src={C_BackMatter/defns}]
% adjust indexgroup style:
\renewcommand{\glstreenamefmt}[1]{#1}
\renewcommand{\glstreegroupheaderfmt}[1]{\textbf{#1}}

\newcommand{\tabitem}{~~\llap{\textbullet}~~} %bullet points in table

%remove all the things you don't need and add all the things you need. you can also change the order of the elements at your will.
\begin{document}
%\makeindex % create an index

\input{A_FrontMatter/titlepage} %Creates the titlepage
\clearpage
\frontmatter{} % turns off chapter numbering and uses roman numerals for page numbers
\input{A_FrontMatter/acknowledgements} % adds the acknowledgements
\input{A_FrontMatter/kurzfassung} % adds the "Kurzfassung" in german.
\input{A_FrontMatter/abstracts} % adds the abstract
%\pagebreak

\microtypesetup{protrusion=false}
\tableofcontents{}

\mainmatter{} % turns on chapter numbering, resets page numbering and uses arabic numerals for page numbers
\input{B_Chapters/01_Introduction}
\input{B_Chapters/02_Fundamentals}
\input{B_Chapters/03_Methodology}
\input{B_Chapters/04_Empirical_work}
\input{B_Chapters/05_Discussion}
\input{B_Chapters/06_Synopsis}

\nocite{*} % includes complete bibliography, including entries that remain uncited, RMF
\printbibliography % bibliography

% Use an optional list of tables / figures / algorithms / listings(code).
\listoftables
\listoffigures
\lstlistoflistings
\cleardoublepage{}
%\listofalgorithms
%\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Algorithms} 
%\cleardoublepage{}
%\cleardoublepage{}
%\microtypesetup{protrusion=true}

%\printglossary[type=\acronymtype]
%\printglossary

%\printunsrtglossaries

%\printunsrtglossary[type=\acronymtype, style=tab_style, nonumberlist=true, title={Acronyms}]
%\printunsrtglossary[type=entry, style=tab_style_sym, title={Definitions}]

%\cleardoublepage{}
%\pagebreak

%add your end matter here
%\appendix{} % resets chapter numbering, uses letters for chapter numbers and doesn't fiddle with page numbering
%\backmatter{} turns off chapter numbering and doesn't fiddle with page numberin
%\input{C_BackMatter/glossary}
\input{C_BackMatter/acronyms}
\input{C_BackMatter/appendix}
\end{document}