Working with LaTeX online using Overleaf

Installing LaTeX on your computer is recommended, but it can take up about 8 GB on your hard drive and two hours to install it.

How about simply using LaTeX in your internet browser? Here comes Overleaf. It's a pure online LaTeX service that mathematicians enthusiastic about TeX started in 2011. You can access it through this link: https://www.overleaf.com.

In this section about Overleaf, we will do the following:

• Check the Overleaf requirements
• Look at the benefits of Overleaf
• Evaluate possible caveats
• Use the Overleaf editor
• Try out Writefull

Let's go online now.

What Overleaf requires and delivers

To use Overleaf, you need the following:

• Any internet browser, such as Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or Edge.
• You don't need any other local software such as a LaTeX compiler, editor, or PDF viewer.

It is free for basic usage, and that covers a lot. It provides a complete TeX...