Library Guides: LaTeX and Overleaf: Overleaf Resources

Contact Information

Jennifer Hart
Librarian for Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics
Ryerson Physical Laboratory 156
773-702-7569
Email Jenny

Overleaf Resources

Overleaf Documentation
Introduction to using LaTeX and the LaTeX compiler in Overleaf.
Short Tutorials on Overleaf Features
Short video tutorials on how to use Overleaf to create and edit different kinds of documents.
Overleaf Webinars
Overleaf offers beginner and intermediate webinars.

Interactive Online Introduction to Overleaf

Below is a free online LaTeX course by John Lees-Miller, co-founder of Overleaf. This course was developed for the University of Bristol and the slides are open source, so they can be remixed and reused.

LaTeX Course
Three part video course on features of Overleaf. Part 1 covers basic typsetting; part 2 includes creating documents with figures, tables and bibliographies; part 3 focuses on creating presentations with Beamer, drawing in LaTeX with TikZ, and how to track changes in Overleaf.

Templates

University of Chicago Templates in Overleaf
All University of Chicago LaTeX templates available in Overleaf.
Finding Templates in Overleaf
Overleaf offers many templates including ones for academic journal articles, books, a CV, and presentations.
Create Templates in Overleaf
Resources for creating your own template in Overleaf

Collaborating with Overleaf

Overleaf was created to be a collaboration tool and offers robust collaboration features including document sharing, version tracking and a group chat feature.

Sharing a project
Information on how to share your project with collaborators both to view and edit.
Tracking changes
All collaborators in a project are able to use the Track Changes feature.