Once you have completed your project in Overleaf, you can either chose to download the final PDF output or the entire project in a .zip file. This article explains how.
To download your final PDF file, in the editor click the Menu icon |
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then in the download area click the PDF icon |
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after that and depending on your web browser, a window will pop up to open the file, save it to your Downloads folder or select a different location for the downloaded file. Unless you enter a different name, the downloaded PDF will have the same name as your project. |
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If you need to download the entire project, click the Menu button |
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now click on the "Source" icon |
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and depending on your web browser, a window will pop up to open the file, save it to your Downloads folder or select a different location for the downloaded file. The default name for your .zip file will be that of the project. |
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Some journals require that the .bbl file (an auxiliary file containing the formatted bibliography data) is included with submissions. On Overleaf, the .bbl and other auxiliary files created during compilation are 'cached', and can be accessed from the Other logs and files dropdown menu. You can get to this by clicking the file icon beside Recompile. |
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The full project including the .bbl file can also be downloaded by
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To download several projects, if you are in the editor, click the "Back to projects" icon |
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There you will see a list of your projects. Tick the boxes of the ones you want to download, then click the "Download" icon |
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and depending on your web browser, a window will pop up to open the file, save it to your Downloads folder or select a different location for the downloaded file. The downloaded zip file contains a .zip file for each project. |
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