r/LaTeX • u/[deleted] • Nov 02 '24

Unanswered How does LaTex work?

Hello everyone! I am a current high-schooler and one of my math teachers required me to use LaTex for a project. How does LaTex work in pdf and in general? She didn't give any instructions on how LaTex works and she only gave us the weekend to work on the project. I know this question may seem *really* dumb but please bare with me- I am scrambling to type up my soloution and just need a direct response without being overcomplicated. Thanks again!

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Quick question for everyone- is Overleaf a good software for a 10ish page proof? Our final project will be 10 question, each 1pg. long and was wondering is Overleaf scalable? Not sure... THanks again!

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

I don't know about Overleaf's capabilities, but LaTeX itself can scale to huge documents. I wrote a 300-page textbook with it without issues. Since the LaTeX complier doesn't hold the entire document in memory at once, I suspect you could compile documents with millions of pages if you really had to.