We've recently had a number of users get in touch to ask how to do certain things with Overleaf, to which our answer has begun: "Firstly, create a custom latexmkrc file in your project...". Given that this isn't the most intuitive part of LaTeX, and documentation on the web (and...
my_cv.clscontained some formatting defaults, as well as some commands to use: \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}\ProvidesClass{my_cv}[6/6/2013 custom CV class]\LoadClass{article}\RequirePackage{titlesec}\titleformat{\section}% Customise the \section command{\Large\scshape\raggedright}% Make the...
In this section we briefly review the following LaTeX packages: Therelsizepackage Therelsizepackage provides commands to set font sizes relative to thecurrentfont size—i.e., the font size in use at the location where you want to make a size change; for example, when typesetting footnotes the...
folder to keep everything tidy. In the first post we prepared the document for images by loading up thegraphicxpackage and by informing LaTeX where the images are stored using the\graphicspathcommand. Whenever we add an image into our thesis, we will use thefigureenvironment. Here's...
run PowerShell as administrator: Set-VMProcessor <"VIRTUALMACHINENAME"> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true in case the Virtual Machine Name includes special characters, e.g. (), use quotation markshttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10...
Overleaf enables you to go from a location in the typeset PDF to the corresponding location in your LaTeX source code, and vice-versa.Note: This feature will not work if your project’s main.texfile is stored inside a folder (i.e., it must be placed at the top (root) level of ...
On a localLaTeXinstallation you may need to execute each intermediate step yourself, or you might use a build tool such asmake,latexmkorarara, to automate this chain of processes.Overleaf uses latexmk, and this video shows what happens every time you click the “Recompile” button in your Ov...
When Should You Use Em Dashes? 6 Places to Use an Em Dash Em dashes are versatile. They have uses both in formal and informal writing. They can take the place ofcommas,parentheses, colons,ellipses,semicolons, and even—for some writers—quotation marks. ...
Why reprex? Getting unstuck is hard. Your first step here is usually to create a reprex, or reproducible example. The goal of a reprex is to package your code, and information about your problem so that others can run it…
If you are familiar with LaTeXthen using Overleaf couldn’t be simpler because we provide full support for direct LaTeX editing and automatically compile your document for you on our servers—there’s nothing to install! All you need to do is create a document, select theCode Editorand begin...