Umeå University on Overleaf
Overview
Some departments at Umeå University have decided to provide Overleaf Professional features for their employees 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.
The departments currently covered by this license are:
- Department of Computing Science
- Department of Physics
- Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Employees at other departments can login with Single Sign-On, but will not receive Overleaf Professional features.
Claim your Overleaf Professional upgrade by signing up (or signing in) below.
You'll need to link your account to your Umeå University single sign-on (Umu-id SSO).
Acceptable usage
Do not write or store sensitive data or personal identifiable information (PII) of other people without their consent.
Names and emails of yourself and your co-authors is acceptable use.
Join a community of authors at Umeå University
Quick 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 Visual Editor mode or directly in LaTeX
Overleaf provides an intuitive and easy-to-use manuscript editor (our Visual Editor 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.
Featured LaTeX Templates
Source: https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive This has been uploaded to Overleaf by Lian Tze Lim To search the document for the desired symbol, it is easiest to download the PDF from Overleaf and use a local PDF viewer, or to visit: http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf
Know the LaTeX command you want to use but can't remember how to write it? Here we present a great tips sheet produced by Dave Richeson; it's pre-loaded in Overleaf so you can see how the commands work instantly. Simply click on the button above to open a version in Overleaf for editing (and to quickly copy and paste the commands you need!). For more comments visit this page on Dave's site, or if you'd like to work through a fuller introduction to LaTeX why not check out our free online course?
FAQ & Help
Who can use Overleaf under the Umeå University license?
The license provides Overleaf Professional feature for employees at the following departments:
- Department of Computing Science
- Department of Physics
- Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Employees at other departments can link their accounts and login with Umu-id SSO, but will not receive Overleaf Professional features.
I'm a student, can I use Overleaf?
The license agreement covers employees at specific departments (CS, Physics, MaMS), students are not included. You can however of course still sign up and use the Free plan.
Are there any restrictions with using Overleaf in my work?
As with all cloud services: Do not write or store sensitive or personal identifiable information (PII) of other people without their consent.
Names and emails of yourself and your co-authors is generally acceptable use.
I'm an employee at one of the licensed departments, but my account did not get upgraded to Overleaf Professional when logging in, what should I do?
You must have a first.last@umu.se email address setup on your Umu-id account to be enrolled into the Overleaf subscription, talk to your HR or department administrator if you do not have one.
My employment is ending, what happens with my Overleaf account?
When your employment ends your Overleaf Professional account will revert to the Free plan.
Please ensure you add a private email address and make it your primary before losing access to SSO so that you're able to access the account without access to your first.last@umu.se email address.
You can find more information on what happens to your account when it's downgraded to the Free plan here.
My department wants to pay to be included in the license agreement
Contact the Department of Computing Science IT-Support for discussion.
Note that it's not possible to add individual employees from other departments to this license, for such usage you can purchase Individual or Group subscriptions from Overleaf directly.
Who should I contact if I have questions about Overleaf or the Umeå University license?
If you need technical support while working on any Overleaf projects, 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 :)
You can also watch upcoming and on-demand webinars.
How do I upload an existing LaTeX project into Overleaf?
Here's how to import existing LaTeX documents into Overleaf.
What packages does Overleaf support?
Overleaf supports the packages listed here.