overleaf.md

Migrate a Google Doc (w/ Paperpile references) to Overleaf (LaTeX)

Export document from Google Docs

1. Add-ons > Paperpile > Manage citations
2. {cog} > Export
3. Export document
   • BibTeX citation codes
4. Export references
   • BibTeX

Copy-paste from BibTeX Google Doc into Overleaf

- Escape literals in the text 
	%	\%

- insert Figure cross-references

	Figure 1	Figure \ref{fig:1}
	
- use the right citation prefix

	\cite{					\citep{
	
	Name et al. \cite{		\cite{
	
	(e.g., \cite{


- correct italicisation

	\textit{a priori}


- search and replace all non-ascii chars

	[^\x00-\x7F]		


	≤	$\leq$

Fix issues in the BibTeX references

- upload "references.bib"  

- fix bioRxiv preprints where the journal is "Cold Spring"
  
  journal       = "arXiv",
  

- every "@UNPUBLISHED" entry must have a note field

  note     = "~",


- resolve auto-conversion errors:

	% The entry below contains non-ASCII chars that could not be converted
	% to a LaTeX equivalent.
	
	- search and replace all non-ascii chars

		[^\x00-\x7F]


		~		\textasciitilde{}
		∼		\textasciitilde{}
		‐		-
		…		\ldots

Export archive for upload to arXiv

• Overleaf Menu > Download > Source

• download the compiled version of the bibliography

  • Download PDF > output.bbl

  • rename output.bbl to Article.bbl and add to the zip file

• upload zip file to arXiv!!