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Collaborative writing and publishing
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Problems…
Dealing with multiple versions of the same document;Long email chains passing files around;Hours spent formatting & typesetting;Maintaining and formatting references & citations;Long revision cycles to incorporate comments, leading to more of the above.Slide11
It doesn’t have to be like this!Slide12Slide13
Online collaborative editing tools provide…
One version of the document, accessible by all;No need to email files – simply send the link;Typesetting done automatically in the background whilst you type (thanks LaTeX!);Automatic reference styles and citation links;Review tools to allow colleagues and supervisors to comment directly on the document.Slide14Slide15
It
makes beautiful documentsIt’s easy to spot a LaTeX document in a pile of Word docsIt was created by scientists, for scientistsA large and active communityIt is powerful | you can extend itPackages for papers, presentations, spreadsheets, . . .Why LaTeX?Slide16
50,000 authors in
170 countriesOver 500,000 documents createdIn use at over 1,000 universitiesand institutions worldwide.WriteLaTeX in 2013Slide17
“I'm
so proud of my project report… science I love you.”
Hannah & Cat
Manchester College Students
“It
really streamlined the process of writing the
paper… I
was happy to
find
a 21st century solution
.”
Artem
Kaznatcheev
Researcher at McGill UniversitySlide18Slide19
Overleaf
provides a rich text editor for non-LaTeX usersSlide20
Overleaf includes
rich commenting and track changes for reviewSlide21Slide22
The
full structured source and project files are always available Slide23
Authors submit their paper & data files directly to journalsSlide24
White label version of the editor allows for journal-specific customizationsSlide25
“The integration of Overleaf into our editorial workflow enabled the
swift processing of the authors' manuscripts and simplified the procedure for our pre-publication checks.”
Karen Rowlett, Managing Editor at F1000ResearchSlide26
Thanks!
Find out more at: www.overleaf.com