IEEEtranplus.tex

% *** This file provides useful header content to be used in combination with IEEEtranplus.bst
% *** Version 1.0

% Allow for hyperrefs in Bibliography
\usepackage{hyperref}

% Indicates within each reference where in the document it is cited.
\usepackage[hyperpageref]{backref}

% Improves formatting of backrefs.
% See: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/183702/formatting-back-references-in-bibliography-bibtex
\renewcommand*{\backrefalt}[4]{ % Improves formatting of backrefs
  \ifcase #1
  \or
    \\CITATIONS: page #2
  \else
    \\CITATIONS: pages #2
  \fi
}


% The showkeys package provides an alternative mechanism for displaying the citation keys.
% Uncomment this line to enable:
% \usepackage[notcite]{showkeys}



% * The following entries fix glitches when searching in PDF's

% Fixes issues with searching when the text includes ligatures. It seems these both fix the search while maintaining the ligatures - I chose one of them.
% See https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67848/can-pdf-search-find-words-with-ligatures-in-xelatex-documents.
\usepackage{lmodern}
%\usepackage{times}

% Per https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/439651/how-do-i-disable-ligatures, the following lines are the preferred solution to disable ligatures, but the microtype package causes errors.
%\usepackage{microtype}
%\DisableLigatures{encoding = *, family = * }

% This fixes an issue where search in PDF does not work when text contains underscores.
% See: https://latex.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8891
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}