# 6. Post-installation tasks ## Creating your first administrator account In a browser, open . You should see a form with email and password fields. Fill these in with the credentials you want to use as the administrator account, then click **Register**.

Then click the link to go to the login page (). Enter the credentials. Once you're logged in, you'll see the welcome page.

Click the green button at the bottom of the page to start using Overleaf. ## Creating your first example project Open in your browser and you will see a button prompting you to create your first project.

Click this button, select **Example Project,** and follow the on-screen instructions. You will be taken to the new project, where you will see a text editor and a PDF preview.

To finish you can click on the **Home** icon to return to your projects page.