🚀 Getting Started
- Register for a free account from the landing page.
- Click Templates in the toolbar to pick a starting template — IEEE, thesis, assignment, blank document and more.
- Start writing your LaTeX in the left editor panel.
- Click ▶️ Compile PDF (or press
Ctrl+Enter) to see your PDF on the right.
💡 Tip: Not sure where to start? Pick Blank Document from templates for a clean empty file.
💾 Saving Your Work
- Click Save Project or press
Ctrl+S to save.
- First save asks for a project name. After that, saves happen silently.
- Your project opens in the file tree sidebar on the left showing all your files and folders.
- To reopen a saved project, click 📁 My Projects and select it.
💡 Auto-save runs every second while you type — your work is never lost.
✍️ Writing LaTeX
- The editor has autocomplete — start typing
\sec and suggestions appear. Press Tab to accept.
- When you type
\begin{itemize} and press Enter, it automatically adds \item and \end{itemize} for you.
- This works for all environments:
enumerate, figure, table, equation, align etc.
💡 Common snippets available: \begin{figure}, \begin{table}, \frac{}{}, \sum_{i=0}^{n}
🖼️ Uploading and Using Images
- Click 🖼️ Upload Image in the toolbar and select your image (PNG, JPG, PDF).
- The image is saved to the
images/ folder of your project.
- In your LaTeX code, use:
\includegraphics{images/yourfilename.png}
- Make sure you have
\usepackage{graphicx} at the top of your document.
💡 Right-click any image in the file tree to Rename, Move, or Delete it.
📁 Multi-file Projects
- Click the 📄 New File button in the sidebar to create new
.tex files (e.g. chapter1.tex).
- Click 📁 New Folder to organise files into folders.
- Right-click any file to Rename, Move to Folder, or Delete.
- To include another file:
\input{chapter1} or \include{chapter1}
- Upload a full ZIP project using 📦 Upload ZIP.
📚 References and Bibliography
- Create a
.bib file in your project (e.g. references.bib).
- Add your bibliography in LaTeX:
\bibliography{references}
- Use
\cite{key} to cite a reference in text.
- The compiler runs pdfLaTeX twice automatically to resolve all references.
💡 BibTeX entries can be exported directly from Google Scholar → Cite → BibTeX.
⬇️ Downloading Your Work
- ⬇️ Download PDF — downloads the compiled PDF (appears after successful compile).
- 📄 Download .tex — downloads the current source file.
- 📦 Download ZIP — downloads the entire project including all files and images.
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
Ctrl + Enter | Compile PDF |
Ctrl + S | Save Project |
Ctrl + D | Download PDF |
Ctrl + Z | Undo |
Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
Ctrl + / | Comment / Uncomment line |
Ctrl + F | Find in editor |
Ctrl + H | Find and Replace |
Tab | Accept autocomplete suggestion |
🔧 Common Errors and Fixes
- Undefined control sequence — you used a command that needs a package. Add
\usepackage{packagename}.
- File not found — check image filename. LaTeX is case-sensitive. Use
images/photo.png not Photo.PNG.
- Missing $ inserted — you used math symbols like
_ or ^ outside math mode. Wrap in $ $.
- Missing \begin{document} — every file must have
\begin{document} and \end{document}.
💡 When compilation fails, click Show Full Log in the error panel to see the exact error line.