diff --git a/.vscode/bibtex.code-snippets b/.vscode/bibtex.code-snippets
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+{
+  "Online reference": {
+    "prefix": ["online"],
+    "body": [
+      "@online{${1:citeKey},",
+      "    author = {${2:author}},",
+      "    title = {{${3:title}}},",
+      "    url = {${4:url}},",
+      "    year = {${5:updateYear}},",
+      "    month = {${6:updateMonth}},",
+      "    day = {${7:updateDay}},",
+      "    urldate = {$CURRENT_YEAR-$CURRENT_MONTH-$CURRENT_DATE}",
+      "}",
+    ],
+    "description": "Template for online reference"
+  },
+  "Article reference": {
+    "prefix": ["article"],
+    "body": [
+      "@article{${1:citeKey},",
+      "    author = {${2:author}},",
+      "    title = {{${3:title}}},",
+      "    journal = {{${4:journal}}},",
+      "    year = {${5:year}},",
+      "    volume = {${6}},",
+      "    number = {${7}},",
+      "    pages = {${8}},",
+      "    month = {${9}},",
+      "    note = {${10}},",
+      "}",
+    ],
+    "description": "Template for article reference"
+  },
+  "Book reference": {
+    "prefix": ["book"],
+    "body": [
+      "@book{${1:citeKey},",
+      "    author = {${2:author}},",
+      "    editor = {${3:editor}},",
+      "    title = {{${4:title}}},",
+      "    publisher = {{${5:publisher}}},",
+      "    year = {${6:year}},",
+      "    volume = {${7}},",
+      "    number = {${8}},",
+      "    pages = {${9}},",
+      "    month = {${10}},",
+      "    note = {${11}},",
+      "}",
+    ],
+    "description": "Template for book reference"
+  },
+  "Reference": {
+    "prefix": ["ref"],
+    "body": [
+      "@${1:kind}{${2:citeKey},",
+      "    author = {${3:author}},",
+      "    title = {{${4:title}}},",
+      "    year = {${5:year}},",
+      "}",
+    ],
+    "description": "Template for a reference "
+  },
+  //More templates are appreciated 
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
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+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "sygene.auto-correct",
+        "streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker",
+        "streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker-german",
+        "mhutchie.git-graph",
+        "waderyan.gitblame",
+        "shaharkazaz.git-merger",
+        "codezombiech.gitignore",
+        "yzhang.markdown-all-in-one",
+        "notzaki.pandocciter",
+        "tomoki1207.pdf",
+        "wayou.vscode-todo-highlight",
+        "spmeesseman.vscode-taskexplorer"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/markdown.code-snippets b/.vscode/markdown.code-snippets
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+{
+	// Place your snippets for markdown here. Each snippet is defined under a snippet name and has a prefix, body and 
+	// description. The prefix is what is used to trigger the snippet and the body will be expanded and inserted. Possible variables are:
+	// $1, $2 for tab stops, $0 for the final cursor position, and ${1:label}, ${2:another} for placeholders. Placeholders with the 
+	// same ids are connected.
+	// Example:
+	// "Print to console": {
+	// 	"prefix": "log",
+	// 	"body": [
+	// 		"console.log('$1');",
+	// 		"$2"
+	// 	],
+	// 	"description": "Log output to console"
+	// }
+	
+	"Code Block": {
+		"prefix": ["codeBlock"],
+		"body": [
+			"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{caption=\"${1:caption}\" .${2:fileExtension}}",
+			"$0",
+			"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+		],
+		"description": "Create Code Block"
+	},
+	"Todo": {
+		"prefix": ["todo"],
+		"body": [
+			"\\todo{${0:Text}}"
+		],
+		"description": "Create Todo"
+	},
+  "Comment": {
+		"prefix": ["comment"],
+		"body": [
+			"<!-- $0 -->"
+		],
+		"description": "Create comment"
+	},
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+    "cSpell.words": [
+        "AHWIN",
+        "colour",
+        "colours"
+    ],
+    "cSpell.language": "en,de",
+    "todohighlight.keywords": [
+        "\\todo"
+    ],
+    "PandocCiter.RootFile": "metadata.yaml",
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
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+{
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "Build PDF",
+            "command": "wsl make pdf -C HTLLE-DA-Vorlage SOURCEDIR='$(pwd)'",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "problemMatcher": [],
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Check Spelling",
+            "command": "wsl make spellcheck -C HTLLE-DA-Vorlage SOURCEDIR='$(pwd)'",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "problemMatcher": [],
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "test",
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
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