Create your first project

Start a project from scratch, from your own files, or from a template.

Click Create a project on the dashboard to see three options.

MenuWhat it does
Blank projectCreates an empty project and opens the editor
Upload projectCreates a project from your own LaTeX files
Explore templatesStarts from a conference or journal template

If you don't have any projects yet, you'll see "Let's start your paper" first. You can upload a file there too, or choose Start from a template or Blank project.

Blank project

Click Blank project to create a project named "New project" and open the editor.

Upload files

  1. Click Upload project.
  2. Drag a file into the window, or click Click to upload and choose a file.

You can upload:

  • Formats: .zip, .tex, .tar.gz, .tar, .gz, .tgz, .bz2, .xz, .bz
  • Size: up to 50MB
  • One file at a time

Folders can't be uploaded as-is. Compress the folder into a zip file first. The project is named after the uploaded file.

A zip file must contain at least one .tex file. Files that aren't in UTF-8 format may fail to convert.

Templates

Click Explore templates to see the list of conference and journal templates. Search by name and click a template card to create a project from it right away. The compiler is set to match the template. See LaTeX templates for details.

Rename a project

Click the project name at the top of the editor to edit it. Names can be up to 128 characters and can't contain \ / : * ? " < > |.