#Tl 2015 texshop software#
#Tl 2015 texshop series#

Instead, I had to go to the project where the files are and change those files directly. You see, I had only “linked” the new template’s files to my project, so I could not change them in my project. Customization was not the problem, per se, the problem is how Overleaf handles these documents. sty file to conform to political science norms. The most frustrating part, however, was customizing the new. For example, I had to tell the now updated document to use natbib, booktabs, and various AMS packages, as they were not part of the preamble of the new template.

#Tl 2015 texshop software#

Problem solved? Of course not, we’re dealing with computers and old software here! Because all style files are different, many of the commands I had in the old template needed to be changed and packages added to the front matter. I then added the files I wanted and changed the document class in my document preamble. This other project is the template I want, saved as a new project in my Overleaf account. Instead, I used a second approach, which is to navigate to Files -> Add -> File from other Project. Because I tend to misname things in small ways that take forever to figure out, I did not use this approach. bib content into the corresponding new files.

#Tl 2015 texshop series#

First, you could create a series of new documents in the current project and paste the necessary. There are a couple of tricks I had to learn, however. Unfortunately, this step was not as easy as expected. The second approach, the one I implemented, is to add the appropriate files from the desired template to the current project’s directory. Since my project already had an extensive bibliography and figures folder, I did not want to do this. The first approach is to create a new project with the new template and paste everything from your old project into the appropriate files in the new project. There is no easy way to tell Overleaf to change the entire style of your document, so I found two approaches.

I understand that and disagree, but conformity pressures won and I decided to switch to a neutral template. Feedback from a few colleagues, however, suggested that people may assume one is being presumptuous in using such a template. Cool!, I thought, an easy method of making my drafts look extra polished. I started a project using the submission template for a major journal. One area, however, I find unnecessarily difficult: switching article styles. It is cloud-based, has a ton of templates, nice text editing features that go beyond TexShop and other desktop editors I know, and the rich text editor (using a GUI, like a word processor) has been robust the times I tested it out. Overleaf is the best tool I have found for collaborating on Latex documents. TL DR: Just use generic style files for new projects.