Overleaf

Session Overview

  • What is Overleaf and LaTeX?
  • Why is it helpful?
  • Getting Started…

Overleaf

An Integrated Development Environment for LaTeX

Google Docs with Git for Publications

LaTeX

  • Typesetting Language
  • Markup Language for Publications
  • High Quality PDFs
  • Plain Text -> Version Control!

Advantages of LaTeX

  • High Quality, Publication Ready Scientific Documents with low overhead
    • Journal Templates!
  • Super easy reference management (and easy reformatting)
  • Tight integration with Git and Figure generation pipeline for reproducible research
  • Excellent symbol, math, formula support
  • Fine control over layout
  • Classes!

Advantages of Overleaf

  • Visual and source editor
  • Integration with Journal Templates and publishing pipelines
  • Team Collaboration and Sharing
  • Nice Editing features for comments, etc.

Resources

  • Overleaf Documentation
  • Quick Guide to Latex
  • LaTeX Reference Guides
  • Mendeley and Zotero Integration

Getting Started

  1. Create a new project in your OverLeaf account from this template.
    • Click Open as a Template
  2. Look for: Comments, Sharing, Menu Options, etc.

We will work through setting up this up more and connecting to git in our Team Project Time.

Course Reference Guide

Earth System Data Science in the Cloud

Overleaf

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  2. Tools

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  • Overleaf
  • Session Overview
  • Overleaf
  • LaTeX
  • Advantages of LaTeX
  • Advantages of Overleaf
  • Resources
  • Getting Started
  • f Fullscreen
  • s Speaker View
  • o Slide Overview
  • e PDF Export Mode
  • ? Keyboard Help