Welcome to the world of LaTeX! Here you'll find a short step-by-step to creating your first documents and/or making use of our templates.
Overleaf, for those that don't know, is essentially an online editor and compiler for LaTeX that allows you to store, access, and share like you would a Google Doc ! It even allows live-editing by multiple users at the same time.
You can either make your own account or login using your @gatech.edu email. If you use your Georgia Tech login, there are a few templates that you'll have access to from the getgo which may be useful until you get a stronger grasp. You can also link your two accounts so you have access to all the Gatech files.
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| Go to overleaf.com and click "login" at the top right. |  |
| Click at the bottom where it says "Log In with SSO" and follow the instructions using your GT Login. You can link your personal email too later or create an account using that. |
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| Now, when you go to overleaf.com, it should take you to the 'projects' page at overleaf.com/project. Here you tinker around and add tags, shared files, etc. |
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| Click 'new project' to get started. You'll see plenty of template options including the For now though, click the 'Blank Project' option and name it. |
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| You can treat this project as a folder that contains all your documents. I personally create one of these for a class and call it a day, using folders to sort it if needed. |  |
To upload our template, you can click upload button at the top left and drag-and-drop the .tex file in. This is also how you add images. |
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| You also have the option of importing files from other projects and uploading entire folders of files (e.g. if you have a folder of images you want to use). |  |
And there you go. Press compile or ctrl + s to compile the template for the first time. More info and tips can be found on other pages in this wiki. |
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Go to the Overleaf tips page for more details on how to make the best use of the site.