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In This Issue:
- TeX Live 2019 Update
- Intro to LuaTeX Part 2
- New Customer Appreciation
- Save The Date
- Popular Resources
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TeX Live 2019 is now available! Following swiftly on from our upgrade to TeX Live 2018 in September last year, we're pleased to announce that we've now upgraded our LaTeX compile servers to make TeX Live 2019 available. In our TeX Live 2019 blog you'll find some notes on important changes in TeX Live 2019 together with some observations based on our own testing.
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An Intro To LuaTeX Part 2
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Have you ever wondered about LuaTeX or wanted to learn more about it? We previously shared the first part of an informative article titled An Introduction to LuaTeX (Part 1) : What is it - and what makes it so different?
In this article we reviewed LuaTeX as an extremely versatile TeX engine: a sophisticated, programmable, typesetting system which provides a wide range of tools for constructing document engineering and production solutions.
We are now happy to release the concluding installment, where we take a close look at the most vital component of the LuaTeX toolbox: the \directlua command. This command provides the gateway to programmatic control of LuaTeX''s typesetting through the Lua scripting language.
Read the full article: An Introduction to LuaTeX Part 2: Understanding \directlua
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New Customer Appreciation
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As our userbase continues to grow, we are seeing more and more organisations support their members through institutional or group accounts, which are easy to set up and manage.
We now have over 80 institutional customers with Overleaf Commons, our cloud-based site licence, plus many more smaller group accounts in university departments and labs around the world.
We've also seen a growing use of Overleaf in commercial organisations and nonprofits, with many new teams starting to use Overleaf over the past month.
We're delighted to feature: Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg and University of Naples Federico II (UNINA)
The soft matter physics research group at the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI), an interdisciplinary research institute of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Fribourg, has subscribed to Overleaf to provide access to our Overleaf Group Collaborator subscription. Access to Overleaf's premium accounts enables their researchers to collaborate easily across their LaTeX projects, whilst accessing the power of track changes & document history, advanced reference search and integrations with Dropbox, Github, Mendeley and Zotero.
Founded in 2008, AMI is in many aspects unique in the landscape of Switzerland's research institutions. Their research combines fundamental and application-oriented aspects in a multidisciplinary setting. Through collaborations with industrial partners, AMI aims to stimulate innovation, foster industrial competitiveness and more generally, improve the quality of life.
Their researchers are currently organized in five research groups, which offer complementary expertise and interests in strategically important areas: BioNanomaterials, Macromolecular Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Materials, Soft Matter Physics, and Biophysics. Interdisciplinary collaborations between our researchers are the basis for the successful and efficient execution of complex research projects that transcend the boundaries of traditional scientific disciplines.
University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), one of the oldest and largest universities in the world, has joined Overleaf to provide our Overleaf Commons solution to their 3,000+ academics. The Overleaf Commons solution provides Overleaf Professional Accounts to UNINA professors, researchers and staff supplying them with the full power of Overleaf in their writings and collaborations.
Founded in 1224, UNINA is the oldest public non-sectarian university in the world and boasts notable alumni including Renato Caccioppoli (Mathematician), Umberto Nobile (Aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer), Giuseppe Mingione (Mathematician), Samantha Cristoforetti (Astronaut), Luca Parmitano (Astronaut) and Cinzia Verde (Marine Biochemistry Researcher). Today UNINA works hard to create a vibrant intellectual environment as the appropriate milieu for world class research.
Agostino De Marco, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II says:
"Overleaf was chosen because of its popularity as a cloud-based collaborative tool and for its ease of use. These two factors provide enhanced collaboration possibilities and, at the same time, offer an appealing entry-level option for LaTeX novice users."
If you're interested in a Group or Institutional account for your organization or if you'd like to be highlighted in our next newsletter - please let us know!
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Save The Date
ECEDHA 2020 - 18-21 March
We'll be at booth 209 during the 2020 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo on 18-21 March in Orlando, Florida, United States.
UKSG 30 March - 1 April
We''ll be at stand 58 throughout the UKSG 43rd Annual Conference and Exhibition on 30 March to 1 April in Brighton, United Kingdom.
If you're going to either of these events and would like to book in for a one-to-one chat with our team, just email us - alternatively just pop by our stand and say hi - we''d love to hear from you!
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Resources
We're always interested in the topics you find most useful in working on Overleaf, whether they be help articles on a particular LaTeX topic, one of our how-to guides to using Overleaf, or a particular template you always come back to!
Here are some of the highlights that have proven popular over recent months:
Getting started with LaTeX:
- Basic Mathematical Expressions for LaTeX
- An Introduction to LaTeX Tables
- Creating Lists
Using Overleaf:
- Creating a Project from a Template
- How to Download a Project
- How to Transfer Project Ownership
Popular template collections:
- Project/Lab Report Templates
- Academic Journal Templates
- Formal Letter Templates
You can find more useful help files in our learn wiki! If you have a particular guide or template that you always seem to use, and would like to recommend it to others, do let us know!
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