Brno University of Technology on Overleaf
Overview
The Faculty of Information Technology of the Brno University of Technology is providing Overleaf Professional features for its students, teachers and staff who would like to use a collaborative, online LaTeX editor for their projects. Teachers from other faculties and other external teachers working at the faculty can contact the vice-dean for information systems for the Overleaf Professional upgrade.
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.
Claim your Overleaf Professional upgrade by signing up (or signing in) below. You’ll need to link your account to your Brno University single sign on.
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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 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.
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 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.
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 Teachers
Introducing Students to LaTeX
Overleaf has several on-demand webinars available that address a variety of beginner, intermediate, and advanced topics.
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.
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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FAQ & Help
My email has changed, how do I change it on Overleaf?
If your email address has been changed on your institutional (Single Sign-On) account, you may notice that Overleaf does not yet handle this change automatically. To update your email on Overleaf, there are a few steps you need to follow:
1. Add a new email address to your Overleaf account. Not one that belongs to Brno University of Technology, but perhaps a personal email address. Please confirm that email address by clicking on the link emailed to that account.
2. Make the new email your primary email address.
3. Remove your old, Brno University of Technology Faculty of Information Technology email address.
4. Add your new Faculty of Information Technology email address - you should see a prompt to confirm that by logging in through SSO.
Read more about managing email addresses in Overleaf here.
Who should I contact if I have questions about Overleaf or the FIT license?
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.