University of California, Santa Barbara on Overleaf
Overview
UCSB is providing free Overleaf Professional accounts for selected research faculty engaged in collaborative projects who would like to use the online LaTeX editor for their projects. Overleaf Professional accounts provide real-time track changes, unlimited collaborators, and full document history.
Other UCSB users of Overleaf can continue using their free Overleaf accounts and link them to the UCSB instance. Linking your free account to UCSB will enable Overleaf access through the UCSB landing page and will enable the campus to provide additional support.
Overleaf is designed to make the process of writing, editing and producing your research papers and project reports much quicker for both you and your collaborators. Overleaf can also be linked to other services to best fit into your workflow.
Confirm your UCSB affiliation by linking your Overleaf account to your single sign identity. Eligible research faculty who would like access to the UCSB Professional account may send a request to ets-overleaf_admin@ucsb.edu.
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Quick Start
Welcome to the quick start guide to Overleaf. We've put together some useful resources and links in the sections below, and if you have any questions about how to get started please let us know and we'll be happy to help!
For Faculty
Try out the Overleaf editor with built in tutorial
If you'd like to dive straight into the editor, simply click the button to create a new paper using our quick-start template. A short tutorial will walk you through the main features to quickly get you started.
Browse the Overleaf template gallery
You can find a selection of featured templates, or check out our full template gallery for more ideas and inspiration.
Take our free course to quickly master the LaTeX essentials
If you're new to LaTeX, we've put together a free online course to help you learn the basics. If you have never used LaTeX before, or if it has been a while and you would like a refresher, this is the place to start.
For Researchers
Find a journal template
Through our partnerships within the publishing community, we provide a selection of academic journal templates for articles and papers. These templates automatically format your manuscripts in the style required for submission to that journal.
Edit in Rich Text mode or directly in LaTeX
Overleaf provides and intuitive and easy-to-use manuscript editor (our rich text mode), which is especially useful if you or your co-authors aren't familiar with writing in LaTeX.
If you prefer to edit directly in LaTeX, you can! Overleaf provides a full collaborative online LaTeX editor you can switch to at any time.
Submitting your articles to journals, repositories and more
You can also submit your paper directly to a number of journals and other editorial and review services via the publish menu in the editor. Simply open the publish menu from any document and follow the appropriate 'Submit to ...' link.
For Postdoctoral Scholars
Publishing your projects in the Overleaf gallery
A quick way to share your course templates or lecture notes is to publish them in the Overleaf gallery. You can publish any project from Overleaf to the gallery in just a few clicks.
Submitting your articles to journals, repositories and more
You can also submit your paper directly to a number of journals and other editorial and review services via the publish menu in the editor. Simply open the publish menu from any document and follow the appropriate 'Submit to ...' link.
Collaboration Features
Overleaf offers features that make it easy to comment and track changes.
Overleaf offers features that make it easy to collaborate with remote colleagues.
For Graduate Students
Learn more about LaTeX and Overleaf
Overelaf provides extensive documentation and pointers to LaTeX resources.
View our on-demand and live webinars
These webinars showcase use of Overleaf and LaTeX for beginners and experienced users
Templates LaTeX Destacados
FAQ & Help
Who should I contact if I have questions about Overleaf or the UCSB license?
If you have a UCSB-specific question or need assistance with your professional account please email ets-overleaf_admin@ucsb.edu.
If you need technical support while working on any Overleaf projects, please use our contact form and we'll make sure your question gets to the right person in our team.
I'm new to Overleaf, how should I get started?
We've put together a short How do I use Overleaf help page to give you pointers on exactly that :)
How do I upload an existing LaTeX project into Overleaf?
Here's an FAQ on how to import existing LaTeX documents into Overleaf.
What packages does Overleaf support?
Overleaf supports the packages listed here.