About Overleaf
"Overleaf is an online LaTeX and Rich Text collaborative writing and publishing tool that makes the whole process of writing, editing and publishing scientific documents much quicker and easier."
The Allen School has centrally funded an Overleaf Commons agreement that provides Overleaf Pro+ accounts for all CSE faculty, PhD students and research staff.
Eligibility
Overleaf Pro+ accounts are available to all current Paul G. Allen School Computer Science & Engineering PhD students, research staff and faculty who register for an account with their UW email address (@uw.edu) at the following URL:
Policies
- If you have a previously registered an Overleaf account with a personal email address*, you can associate your @uw.edu address under "Account Settings" in Overleaf to take advantage of the Pro+ benefits while your CSE affiliation remains active. Limit one registered Overleaf account per person.
- Access to Overleaf Pro+ features are not ensured following graduation from the Allen School.
Things to Consider
- Overleaf, like any other service (cloud or otherwise) DOES NOT guarantee 100% up time of their service. Therefore, you should always consider routinely backing up your work to a location other than the service itself (ie. if you're under submission deadline). The service itself has built in version control, but we strongly recommend using their git integration in your workflow such that you always have a local copy.
- Although Overleaf provides a "Quick save to Dropbox" feature, we remind you that the University has no agreement with Dropbox. Use at your own peril.
Getting Started
- Register for an Overleaf account via the Allen School Overleaf portal @ http://overleaf.com/uwcse Be sure to use your UW email address, [user]@uw.edu. If you believe you are eligible and the Overleaf Pro features do not display, please email support@cs
- Link your Overleaf account with your CSE Google Apps identity so there's no need to recall another password.
See: https://www.overleaf.com/help/194-how-do-i-use-google-or-twitter-to-sign...
References
- Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions (Overleaf.com)
- Introduction to Overleaf (on youtube.com, narrated by Overleaf CEO)
- I'm new to LaTeX - how do I use it? (short course for new LaTex users on Overleaf.com)
- How do I push a new project to Overleaf via git? (Overleaf.com)
- How do I connect an Overleaf project with a repo on GitHub, GitLab or BitBucket? (Overleaf.com)
How do I use CSE Google Apps to sign in to my existing Overleaf account? (Overleaf.com)