Write a LaTeX CV in your browser with a live preview, or export clean LaTeX source that compiles on Overleaf without modification.
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Why LaTeX for academic and engineering CVs
Academic and research applications often expect a CV set in LaTeX — the typesetting system used across physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering departments. LaTeX gives precise control over publication lists, grant tables and multi-page academic CVs that a word processor struggles to keep consistent.
Live preview, no local TeX install
You do not need to install a TeX distribution to use this. Write visually or in LaTeX source, and see the compiled page update as you go — the same rendering that produces your final PDF.
The visual and LaTeX round trip
Switch to the LaTeX tab to edit source directly, or build visually and export LaTeX at any point. The two stay in sync, so you are never locked into one workflow.
Overleaf compatibility
Export clean LaTeX source that compiles on Overleaf without modification — no missing packages, no broken paths to fix before it builds.
Built for long-form academic CVs
The academic template includes dedicated sections for publications and grants, designed for CVs that run several pages rather than the single-page format most industry roles expect.
Frequently asked questions
Does the editor export real LaTeX?
Yes. The export is clean LaTeX source that compiles on Overleaf as-is, not a PDF with LaTeX styling. You can continue editing it in any TeX environment.
Do I need to install TeX?
No. Everything renders in your browser with a live preview. Installing a local TeX distribution is optional, useful only if you want to keep editing the exported source offline.
Will it compile unmodified on Overleaf?
Yes. The exported source is built to compile as-is on Overleaf, with no missing packages or broken references to fix first.
Is this free?
Yes, with no account and no watermark on the exported PDF or LaTeX source.
See also the online resume editor and our CV templates, including the academic layout.
Why write a CV in LaTeX at all
LaTeX CVs are the norm in academia and are common in research-heavy technical fields, because they typeset text with a level of spacing and alignment precision that word processors don’t reliably reproduce, and because many academic CV templates (particularly for postdoc and faculty applications) are distributed as LaTeX source. The tradeoff has always been the learning curve — writing raw LaTeX by hand means learning its syntax before you can produce a page.
This editor removes that barrier: you write your CV visually, the same way as in the regular CV Studio editor, and the tool generates the LaTeX source behind the scenes. You get a live preview as you edit, without needing to know a single LaTeX command.
What you get out
Download clean, human-readable LaTeX source that pastes directly into Overleaf and compiles with pdfLaTeX without modification — useful if you need to hand the source to a collaborator, a thesis advisor, or a template repository that expects raw .tex files rather than a finished PDF. If you don’t need the source itself, you can also export directly to PDF, Word, or plain text from the same editor, so the LaTeX output is an option rather than a requirement.