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Overleaf and ShareLaTeX have joined forces to bring you Overleaf v2, which combines the best of both services. Coming from ShareLaTeX, Overleaf v2 will be very familiar, because it's built around the ShareLaTeX editor. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="deprecated-sl-long-cta content-alt"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="card"> <h3>For Current ShareLaTeX Users</h3> <p> <strong>If you only had a ShareLaTeX account</strong>, we've transferred your account to Overleaf, and you can now <a href="https://www.overleaf.com/login">Log In to Overleaf</a> directly using the same email address and password you used for ShareLaTeX. </p> <p> <strong>If you had an Overleaf account and a ShareLaTeX account</strong> with the same email address, we've now merged your accounts. You can <a href="https://www.overleaf.com/login">Log In to Overleaf</a> and access both your Overleaf and ShareLaTeX projects. You will be prompted to confirm your email address the first time you log in. </p> <p> If you had an Overleaf account and a ShareLaTeX account with different email addresses, we've moved your ShareLaTeX account to Overleaf, so you now have two Overleaf accounts. </p> <p> <strong>If you have a paid subscription, group license or institutional site license</strong>, it will continue to work in Overleaf v2 automatically. </p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="card"> <h3>For New Users</h3> <p> <strong>If you are looking for a great open source online LaTeX editor</strong>, head over to <a href="https://www.overleaf.com/">Overleaf</a>. Overleaf is now based on the ShareLaTeX editor, and it supports all the same features and more. </p> <p> <strong>If you have an invitation to collaborate on a ShareLaTeX project</strong>, please <a href="https://www.overleaf.com/signup">sign up for Overleaf first</a>. Your invitation will work in Overleaf, too. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pattern-container"> <div class="container"> <div class="long-form-features"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="card row-spaced"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 col-xs-2 text-center"> <i class="fa fa-group fa-4x"></i> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-xs-10"> <h2 class="h1">Collaboration</h2> <p>Work together on a single version</p> <p>View collaborator edits <span class="real-time-example"></span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="card row-spaced"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 col-md-push-9 col-xs-2 text-center"> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up fa-4x"></i> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-md-pull-3 col-xs-10"> <h2 class="h1">Ease of Use</h2> <p>No complicated LaTeX installation</p> <p> All the packages and <a href="https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates">Templates</a> you need </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="card row-spaced"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 col-xs-2 text-center"> <i class="fa fa-history fa-4x"></i> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-xs-10"> <h2 class="h1">Document history</h2> <p class="track-changes-example"> See what has been <span class="added">added</span> and <span class="removed">removed</span> </p> <p>Restore to any older version</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="card row-spaced"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 col-md-push-9 col-xs-2 text-center"> <i class="fa fa-globe fa-4x"></i> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-md-pull-3 col-xs-10"> <h2 class="h1">Work from anywhere</h2> <p>Access your work from anywhere in the world</p> <p> Work offline and sync your files via Dropbox and GitHub </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-spaced"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content content-alt"> <div class="container"> <div class="card"> <div class="page-header"> <h2>Ease of Use</h2> </div> <div class="row row-spaced"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-md-4 pull-right"> <div class="alert alert-info"> <p> There are thousands of Templates in our template gallery, so it's really easy to get started, whether you're writing a journal article, thesis, CV or something else. </p> <p class="text-center"> <a class="btn btn-info" href="https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates" >View templates</a > </p> </div> <p> </p> </div> <p> There's nothing complicated or difficult for you to install, and you can <strong>start using LaTeX right now</strong>, even if you've never seen it before. ShareLaTeX comes with a complete, ready to go LaTeX environment which runs on our servers. </p> <p> With ShareLaTeX you get the same LaTeX set-up wherever you go. By working with your colleagues and students on ShareLaTeX, you know that you're not going to hit any version inconsistencies or package conflicts. </p> <p> We support almost all LaTeX features, including inserting images, bibliographies, equations, and much more! Read about all the exciting things you can do with ShareLaTeX in our <a href="https://www.overleaf.com/learn">LaTeX guides</a>. </p> </div> <div class="col-md-6"></div> </div> </div> <div class="card row-spaced"> <div class="page-header"> <h2>Collaboration</h2> </div> <div class="row row-spaced"> <div class="col-md-12"> <blockquote> <p> Waiting for changes to be emailed back before carrying on wastes a huge amount of time. <strong>The ability to track changes and the real-time collaborative nature is what sets ShareLaTeX apart.</strong> </p> <footer>Professor Erdogmus, Northeastern University.</footer> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <p> ShareLaTeX makes sure that you're always up to date with your collaborators and what they are doing. There is only a single master version of each document which everyone has access to. It's impossible to make conflicting changes, and you don't have to wait for your colleagues to send you the latest draft before you can keep working. </p> <p> If multiple people want to work on a document at the same time then that's no problem. You can see where your colleagues are typing directly in the editor and their changes show up on your screen immediately. </p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="real-time-example-code"> <span class="highlight"> \begin</span>{document} <br /> <br /> Work directly with your collaborators <span class="real-time-example"></span> <br /> <br /> <span class="highlight">\end</span>{document} </div> </div> </div> <h3>Work with Word users</h3> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p> ShareLaTeX is so easy to get started with that you'll be able to invite your non-LaTeX colleagues to contribute directly to your LaTeX documents. They'll be productive from day one and be able to pick up small amounts of LaTeX as they go. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card row-spaced"> <div class="page-header"> <h2>Document history</h2> </div> <div class="row row-spaced"> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="real-time-example-code track-changes-example"> <span class="highlight">\begin</span>{document} <br /> <br /> View which changes have been <span class="added">added</span> and <span class="removed">removed</span>. <br /> <br /> <span class="highlight">\end</span>{document} </div> </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <p> ShareLaTeX includes a history of all of your changes so you can see exactly who changed what, and when. This makes it extremely easy to keep up to date with any progress made by your collaborators and allows you to review recent work. </p> <p> In a collaboration or on your own, sometimes mistakes are made. 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