Librarian's Guide to Overleaf: Using Overleaf

Free online LaTeX course by John Lees-Miller, co-founder of Overleaf.

Part 1: The Basics

Part 2: Structured Documents & More

Part 3: Not Just Papers: Presentations & More

Video tutorials - a series of 21 short videos by Dr. Vincent Knight of Cardiff University.

Topics 1-5:

1. How to create a very basic hello world document using LaTeX
2. Including titles in your LaTeX document
3. Including an abstract in your article
4. How to create lists (bullet points and enumerations) in LaTeX
5. How to include tables in a LaTeX document

       More. . .

Collaboration tools

• One version of your project accessible to collaborators via a shared link or email invitation
• Easily select the level of access for collaborators (view, edit, or owner access)
• Real-time commenting speeds up the review process
• Tracked changes and full history view help to see contributions from collaborators
• Labels help to organize and compare different versions
• Chat in real time with collaborators right within the project



Overleaf is now offering free webinars! Topics and levels vary and more information can be found by visiting the

Overleaf Webinars page!

You will also find a number of recorded webinars for play on demand.

Search the help files, review video tutorials, learn more about LaTeX.

Tips, & FAQs

Try Out Official Publisher Templates

Add a Template to the Gallery

Use Tags to Organize Your Dashboard

Make the most out of your Overleaf Project Menu

Working Offline With Git

1. How do I use Overleaf?

2. I’m looking for an example of XYZ in LaTeX, can you help?

3. How do I rename a project in My Projects?

4. Can I upload files from Dropbox, Google Drive or similar?

5. I'm new to LaTeX - how do I use it?

6. Can I upload a zip file?

7. Can I create my own LaTeX templates?

8. How do I compile my tex file?

9. How do I insert an image into my document?

10. I've got further questions, where can I get answers?

Refer to this multilingual example document with Arabic, Sanskrit, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Greek and Thai.