Take your academic formatting to the next level. Whether you are a Math or Physics undergraduate tired of fighting with word processors for homework, or a graduate student preparing a complex dissertation, this workshop will give you the tools to create professional, publication-ready documents.

Why LaTeX?

Unlike standard "What You See Is What You Get" editors, LaTeX allows you to focus on your content while it handles the heavy lifting of formatting. It ensures your fonts, margins, and line heights remain consistent.

What We’ll Cover:

• Getting Started in Overleaf: Navigate the industry-standard collaborative cloud platform for creating LaTeX documents.

• Structural Elements: Create organized lists, professional tables, and figures with descriptive captions that automatically update their numbering.

• Automated Citations: Take the manual work out of bibliographies, footnotes, and cross-referencing.

• Adding Mathematical Equations: Learn to typeset complex equations, matrices, and symbols with ease.

• The Brandeis Standard: Using official Brandeis University templates to jumpstart your thesis or dissertation.

• Beyond the Page: Brief overview of other materials you can create with LaTeX including presentations.

Who Should Attend?

• Undergraduates: Streamline your Math/Physics homework and senior theses.

• Graduate Students: Simplify formatting for journal articles, theses, and dissertations.

• Researchers: Anyone looking to automate the tedious aspects of academic writing.

What to Bring

To get the most out of this hands-on session, please come prepared with the following:

• A Laptop: You will be live-coding your own document during the workshop. There are also laptops available to borrow from the Library and a limited number will be available in the classroom. Please email Tess, grynoch@brandeis.edu, if you will need one of the classroom laptops and plan to arrive early to login. 

• A "Starter" Text (Optional): If you are currently working on a problem set, a research draft, or a thesis chapter, bring a snippet of your text or some equations you’d like to practice formatting.

• Your Bibliography: If you use a reference manager like Zotero or EndNote, have it ready so you can practice importing your citations.