Overleaf Professional: Home
Getting Started with Overleaf
Fondren Library is very happy to offer a new subscription to the Rice Community!
Overleaf: New users with a rice.edu email will be directed to register via SSO. Existing users will be prompted to associate your account with SSO.
Need Help?
For technical support with Overleaf, email: support@overleaf.com
For local support, email the Fondren User Experience Office: fondrenux@rice.edu
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 you are free to remix them for your own use.
Overleaf Webinar Series
Overleaf offers free webinars, with various topics and levels of difficulty. Past webinars can be watched on demand.
Overleaf at Rice University
Overleaf is a collaborative cloud based LaTeX tool which makes writing, editing and publishing scientific papers much easier than other editors available.
All Rice University students, faculty and staff now have access to a free Overleaf Pro account. You can sign in at the Rice University home page for Overleaf to access your account.
Overleaf offers the following features that ease collaborative research, writing and publishing workflows:
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Real-time preview of projects to review your document while editing and writing - type on the left and see your finished document on the right.
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Integrated, streamlined publishing allows you to submit immediately and directly to the journal of your choice with an integrated submission system to dozens of publishing partners.
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Overleaf for Teaching - provide interactive demonstrations in class and easily create templated assignments on Overleaf for students, there's nothing to install for them to get started!
Collaborating with Overleaf
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
Learn LaTex in 30 Minutes
This text-based introductory tutorial does not assume any prior experience of LaTeX but, hopefully, by the time you are finished, you will not only have written your first LaTeX document but also acquired sufficient knowledge and confidence to take the next steps toward LaTeX proficiency.
Special Thanks
A special thanks to Paul Padley, Sara Lowman, and Denis Galvin for their support in the Overleaf subscription acquistion.
This guide is a collaborative effort by Raiya Myren, '23, and Debra Kolah of the Fondren Library User Experience Office.