Stanford University on Overleaf

Overview

The Stanford University Libraries are providing Overleaf Professional features for all students, faculty and staff who would like to use a collaborative, online LaTeX editor for their projects. Overleaf Professional features include real-time track changes, unlimited collaborators, and full document history.

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.

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Quick Start

Welcome to the Stanford University 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 Students

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.

Create a new paper

Browse the Overleaf template gallery

You can find more Stanford-related templates, or check out our full template gallery for more ideas and inspiration.

Go to the template gallery

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.

Teach me LaTeX!

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.

View the academic journal templates

Edit in Rich Text mode or directly in LaTeX

Overleaf provides an 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.

Open editor in
Rich Text mode

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.

Open in LaTeX mode

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.

View the article submission guide

For Teachers

Introducing Students to LaTeX

Overleaf has several on-demand webinars available that address a variety of beginner, intermediate, and advanced topics.

Watch our webinars

Help students understand LaTeX errors

Addressing errors as they happen helps ensure that your LaTeX project continues to compile and look the way it should.

Learn to recognize errors

Show your class how to turn on track changes for review

Overleaf offers an impressive collection of collaboration features, and your institutional subscription provides all users with access to the powerful track changes feature.

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Featured LaTeX Templates

Stanford University PhD Thesis Template (suthesis-2e.sty)

Stanford University PhD thesis style (suthesis-2e.sty) LaTeX template. This is unofficial so you should always double check against the Registrar's office rules; see http://library.stanford.edu/research/bibliography-management/latex-and-bibtex This template contains an example of use to help you get started, and further documentation can be found within the suthesis-2e.sty file.

Emma Pease (Original by Joseph Pallas)

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - Large 2-Column Format TemplateOfficiell

This is a sample file for ACM large trim, 2-column journals, specifically showing an example of a paper for ACM Transactions on Graphics, using acmart.cls v1.87 (2022/08/27). It is provided by the ACM as a template for submissions, and pre-loaded in Overleaf (formerly writeLaTeX) for ease of editing online. Please see the ACM Submission Guidelines page for more details on manuscript preparation. This large double column format is used for submissions to ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG). Once your article is complete, you can use 'Submit to ACM' button at the top of the Overleaf editor bar to quickly download your paper files and go straight to the appropriate ACM submission site. Important information regarding submission versions for review: After finalizing the formatting of your paper you must use the option “manuscript” with \documentclass[manuscript]{acmart} command. This will generate the output in single column review format which is required. Accepted manuscripts will be transformed during production to produce properly formatted output accord to the publication specifications. Authors will be provided the opportunity to review and approve the formatted output before the article is published to the ACM Digital Library.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

IEEE Demo Template for Computer Science JournalsOfficiell

The IEEE provides guidelines for the preparation of papers and presentations for their conference proceedings, including a series of LaTeX templates. A number of templates using the IEEE style are available on Overleaf to help you get started - click above to use this template for Computer Science journals, or use the tags below to find more. IEEEtran.cls version: 1.8b

Michael Shell

SPIE journal papers: sample manuscript showing style and formatting specificationsOfficiell

This template is for authors submitting a manuscript to an SPIE journal. The Overleaf template allows journal authors to write, edit, and collaborate online. Authors can then submit the paper to an SPIE journal by downloading the PDF and source files generated from Overleaf. Detailed author guidelines for SPIE journals can be found at http://spie.org/AuthorGuidelines.

SPIE

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - Large 1-Column Format TemplateOfficiell

This is a sample file for ACM large trim, single column journals, using acmart.cls v1.87 (2022/08/27). This template is provided by the ACM - please see the ACM Submission Guidelines page for more details on manuscript preparation. Important information regarding submission versions for review: After finalizing the formatting of your paper you must use the option “manuscript” with \documentclass[manuscript]{acmart} command. This will generate the output in single column review format which is required. Accepted manuscripts will be transformed during production to produce properly formatted output accord to the publication specifications. Authors will be provided the opportunity to review and approve the formatted output before the article is published to the ACM Digital Library. This large single column format is used for submissions to: Digital Threats: Research and Practice (DTRAP) ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare (HEALTH) The Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH) PACM on Programming Languages (PACMPL) Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems (POMACS) ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP) Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI) Once your article is complete, you can use 'Submit to ACM' button at the top of the Overleaf (formerly writeLaTeX) editor bar to quickly download your paper files and go straight to the appropriate ACM submission site.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

NSF Grant Proposal Template

This template provides a style file for the easy preparations of NSF grant proposals. As part of the template, a list of pre-defined journal abbreviation commands are included, for easy reference in your proposal. See also the NSF biographical sketch ("biosketch") template available here.

Originally by Stefan Llewellyn Smith and Sarah Gille, this version on Overleaf by John Hammersley

NSF Grant Proposal LaTeX Template (MIT-MATH)

This template provides a structure for preparing NSF grant applications according to their formatting guidelines It is provided by MIT-MATH to help you use LaTeX for writing your NSF proposals. Please start by reading MIT-MATH's instructions in the Guide to Using the NSFmaster Template, and then click the button above to open the template for editing online with Overleaf.

MIT-MATH

Template for preparing your submission to GENETICS using OverleafOfficiell

Overleaf and the Genetics Society of America (GSA) have created this template for authors submitting manuscripts to GENETICS. The template allows authors to easily prepare and edit their manuscripts using Overleaf. Authors can then submit manuscripts to GENETICS by using the PDF and source files generated from Overleaf. To begin writing online (in your browser), simply click the Open as Template button, above. The Overleaf template will be loaded, and additional guidelines for preparing your submission are included within the template itself. If you're new to Overleaf and LaTeX, check out our free introductory course for help getting started. (Updated: 1 April 2022)

Overleaf and the Genetics Society of America (GSA)

LaTeX template for NSF-style Biographical Sketch

This is a template created by Ted Pavlic to help researchers prepare the senior personnel 2-page biographical sketch ("biosketch") that is required by the NSF for large multi-university NSF grant proposals. You can read Ted's original post here.

Dr. Theodore P. Pavlic

FAQ & Help

Who should I contact if I have questions about Overleaf or the Stanford license?

Please use our contact form and we'll make sure your question gets to the right person in our team. You can also direct Stanford-specific questions to the Engineering Library.

I'm new to Overleaf, how should I get started?

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More resources from Stanford Libraries

The library's Bibliographic Management page which also includes general information on LaTeX and BibTeX.
The School of Engineering's Technical Communication Program (TCP), a resource for students seeking to strengthen their technical writing and/or speaking skills.
The official Stanford guidelines for dissertations.