How do I use overleaf with a GitHub or GitLab project?
There are two main ways to use Overleaf with a project on GitHub, GitLab or BitBucket using our raw git access feature: add your Overleaf project as a remote, or add it as a submodule. The instructions below reference GitHub, but the process is the same GitLab, BitBucket or other hosted git providers.
How do I Move projects from overleaf V1 to Overleaf v2?
You will need to move projects from Overleaf v1 to Overleaf v2 and update their git remotes and/or submodules in order to keep working on them. Overleaf v2 also requires you to log in using your Overleaf email address and password, whereas v1 did not.
How do I Find my Git remote on Overleaf v2?
On Overleaf v2, the git remote format has changed, compared to Overleaf v1. You can find the new git remote for your project by opening the project, going to the Menu in the top left, and choosing Git from the Sync section.
What can I do if my overleaf script is not loading?
Try to access your Overleaf account via a different computer/device. Connect using a different network (home/work/mobile). Switch to a different DNS, e.g. Google’s public DNS servers. This may help resolve DNS resolution failures, which can prevent some scripts from loading properly.
Can you work offline with Overleaf?
Overleaf provides a number of integrations which enable you to create and sync local copies of your projects, so that you can work offline using local text editors, and can keep these copies in sync with Overleaf when you're back online.
Can two people edit Overleaf at the same time?
Yes! Overleaf supports simultaneous collaborative editing like Google Docs.
Does Overleaf use TeXLive?
TeX Live is also used by Overleaf, enabling our compile servers to provide the real time preview of the typeset PDFs created by your projects.
Why is Overleaf not working?
Things to try before contacting Overleaf Refresh your browser page. Clear your browser's cookies and cache (especially the cookies). Use the Incognito/Private mode of your browser. Temporarily disable any browser extensions/plugins especially ad-blockers, download managers or firewalls/proxies that you may be running.
Can you collaborate on Overleaf?
One of the main features of Overleaf is the ability to share projects and collaborate on them with other users.
Can you share Overleaf with others?
Overleaf v2 allows sharing with links, or confidentially via email.
Does Overleaf use latex2e?
overleaf is an online installation of the standard texlive tex distrubution, so you are using latex2e there.
What is the difference between Overleaf and LaTeX?
LaTeX offers two types of lists: itemized and enumerated lists. For itemized lists, you specify itemize in the beginning and at the end of your environment. Overleaf has a nice drop-down menu for specific environments and automatically provides you with the most basic set-up of the environment you have selected.
What is TeX Live used for?
TeX Live is a free distribution of the TeX typesetting system that includes many TeX-related programs, fonts and macros packages, including LaTeX. At Overleaf we use TeX Live on our compile servers to power the real time preview and produce your project's PDF output.
Is LaTeX Overleaf down?
No incidents or maintenance related to this downtime. No incidents reported today.
Why is Overleaf taking so long to compile?
If your project is taking a long time to compile, or reaching compile timeout limits, here are some suggestions to speed things up. If you have large, high-resolution images, consider resizing them, or changing the format.
How do I start Overleaf?
0:102:53An Introduction to Overleaf - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipAnd examples you can sign up for an account if you want to upload your own template to get startedMoreAnd examples you can sign up for an account if you want to upload your own template to get started or you can just hit create a new paper right from the home page to head straight into overleaf.
Can you collaborate on LaTeX?
As the LaTeX system uses plain text, you can use synchronous collaborative editors like Gobby. In Gobby you can write your documents in collaboration with anyone in real-time.
How do you write two authors in LaTeX?
“how to set two authors latex” Code Answer\author[1]{Alice Smith}\author[2]{Bob Jones}\affil[1]{Department of Mathematics, University X}\affil[2]{Department of Biology, University Y}
How do I add multiple authors to BibTeX?
How to use the author field in BibTeX? The author field is used to store the list of authors of a work. Multiple authors can be included in this list by using the “and” separator.
Is Overleaf and LaTeX same?
With Overleaf you get the same LaTeX set-up wherever you go. By working with your colleagues and students on Overleaf, you know that you're not going to hit any version inconsistencies or package conflicts. We support almost all LaTeX features, including inserting images, bibliographies, equations, and much more!
Does Overleaf v2 require a password?
Overleaf v2 also requires you to log in using your Overleaf email address and password, whereas v1 did not. Editing projects on Overleaf v2 now requires you to log in first.
Can Overleaf be synced with GitHub?
You can configure your Overleaf project to sync directly with a repository on GitHub, or you can use raw git access as described below.
Can you push GitHub repo to Overleaf?
If you have an repo on GitHub that you would like to create as a project on Overleaf, you can push it to Overleaf as a new project via git.
Can you add a git repository to Overleaf?
Each project on Overleaf gets its own git repo, but if you want to organise several such projects into one git repo on GitHub, you can add the repo for each project as a git submodule in the usual way. You can then push and pull each submodule repository to/from Overleaf individually and still have them collected together as submodules in the project on GitHub.
