Export to LaTeX and Overleaf

Papero can export your document as a LaTeX project: a .zip you can compile on your computer or upload to a LaTeX editor. It can also send the project straight to Overleaf. Both work on Free and Plus.

What the project holds

The .zip holds:

• main.tex, your document, with its title, headings, tables, equations and citations;
• your figures, and the source files of your charts;
• on Plus, a references.bib file with the sources you cite;
• a latexmkrc file and a README.txt with build and upload advice.

Download the project

1. Open the document and press Document options, the three dots at the top right.
2. Choose Export document….
3. Next to Format, choose LaTeX (.zip).
4. Pick a layout and the options you need. They are the same as for Word: title page, page numbers, contents page, blind review, page setup and the rest. See Export to Word.
5. Press Download .zip.

Some fonts have no free LaTeX version, so the project uses free fonts that look alike. The dialog lists them under page setup. A paper in a script such as Cyrillic or Greek may need the XeLaTeX engine. The project is then set up for it, and the dialog tells you so.

Choose how citations work (Plus)

On Plus, the dialog shows Citations with two choices:

• biblatex (.bib): citations and the reference list are built from references.bib when the project compiles. Choose it if you want to keep editing your references in LaTeX.
• Fixed text: citations and the reference list are fixed text in your citation style, exactly as Papero shows them.

The nine common styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, Nature and ACS) start on biblatex (.bib), or on your last choice for the document. For any other style the dialog starts on Fixed text, because biblatex has no package for it and only comes close to it.

On Free, citations are plain text in your document's citation style. When the document cites sources, main.tex has the list's heading and one line saying the list is part of Plus in place of the reference list. The project has no references.bib file. See Reference list and compare the plans on pricing.

Open in Overleaf

You need an Overleaf account for this.

1. In the export dialog, choose LaTeX (.zip) and set your options.
2. Press Open in Overleaf. Papero builds the project.
3. When it says Your LaTeX project is ready., press Open in Overleaf again.

Overleaf opens in a new tab with your paper as a new project. The second press is needed because your browser only opens a new tab straight from a click.

If the project is too large to send to Overleaf directly, or your browser cannot prepare it, Papero offers the download instead. Download the .zip, then in Overleaf choose New Project, then Upload Project.

After the export

Papero tells you when part of your document could not go into the project as it is:

• An equation LaTeX would refuse is written as text in the file.
• An image that could not be added leaves a line in main.tex that marks its place.

For a blind-review copy, tick Leave out names, for blind review under More options. Your name, institution, course and instructor stay out of the project. Names you typed in the text stay, so check your acknowledgements and citations of your own work.

When the export does not work

• If Papero cannot save your latest changes, it offers Export last saved version.
• If the build fails, Papero says it could not build the project. Try again in a moment.
• If you export a lot in a few minutes, Papero asks you to wait before the next one.
• If LaTeX export is not available on your account at that moment, you can still download the Word file.

To edit the same paper with co-authors, export it and work on it together in Overleaf. To collect comments in Papero instead, see Share and comment.

Next: import a Word document.