Helpful resources
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Helpful resources
- You do not need to memorise LaTeX. Everyone looks things up.
- Here are the places to look when you are stuck or curious.
Write and compile online
- Overleaf (overleaf.com) — write LaTeX in your browser, no install. Great for sharing.
- It has thousands of ready-made templates for reports, CVs, and theses.
Learn and look up
- Learn LaTeX in 30 minutes (on Overleaf) — a friendly first guide.
- The LaTeX Wikibook — a free, searchable handbook.
- TeX StackExchange (tex.stackexchange.com) — ask a question, get an expert answer.
Find a symbol or command
- Detexify — draw a symbol with your mouse and it tells you the command.
- CTAN (ctan.org) — the official archive of every LaTeX package.
A tip for this course
- Keep one of these open in another tab.
- When a lesson uses a command you want to explore, look it up — that is exactly how professionals work.