Cheatsheet

  • Create sections or subsections
    • \section{name of section}
    • \subsection{name of subsection}
  • Document information
    • \title{name}
    • \author{name}
    • \date{April 2021}
    • \maketitle
  • Math LaTeX
    • \usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, amsthm}
    • Inline Math
      • \begin{equation} 5 + 5 = 10 \end{equation}
    • Multi-line equations: \begin{equation} \label{eq1} \begin{split} A & = \frac{\pi r^2}{2} \\ A &= \frac{1}{2} \pi r^2 \end{split} \end{equation}
  • Images
    • \usepackage{graphicx, float}
    • To tell graphicx the path of our images
      • \graphicspath{{images/}}
    • \begin{figure} will be autocompleted by overleaf
    • \begin{figure}[H] to improve picture placement
  • Customising page setup

Other resources

  • Detexify to learn what is the command for the math symbol