Your first project

When logged in, to start a new project in the project dashboard, click the New Project button. You will see a drop-down menu.

Main page, New Project button

Two quick options for getting started are to begin with a Blank Project or the Example Project.

Starting with a blank project

Click Blank project. A box will open where you can enter the name of your new project, then click Create.

Chose Blank Project and provide a project name

The Overleaf Editor will open.

A blank project in the Overleaf Editor

A new document is created with some basic information already filled in. You can now start editing your .tex file. To view the changes, click Recompile. For more information on how to create a basic LaTeX document, see Learn LaTeX in 30 minutes.

Starting with the example project

Another option to start a new project is to use an Example project. In the Project Dashboard page, click the button New project and in the drop-down menu, click Example project.

You will see a text box where you can enter the name of your new project. Now click Create and you will be redirected to the editor where a sample document will open.

The example project in the Overleaf Editor

This sample document contains an image inside a float element and a basic bibliography file. You can use this sample as a guide to begin editing your project.

Your first LaTeX document

To learn more about the LaTeX code to include in your first project, please read: Learn LaTeX in 30 minutes.