How to download Optica's LaTeX template in Overleaf
Fig. 1. Overleaf's user interface for the Optica journal template. The menu button is at the upper left corner. Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 1 (Feb 2023) Topic: Research Contents: Optica's directions for downloading LaTeX files Overleaf's menu button for downloading source files My rendered LaTeX code using pdflatex in TeXworks I was using the free Overleaf account and one of its deal-breaking restrictions is the one-minute compile time. I can increase the compile time to 4 min if I get the Personal (USD 129), Standard (USD 199), and or Professional ( USD 399) Overleaf plan . If your project has too many figures and style files, Overleaf would need more time to compile it, which can exceed the 1 minute mark. One way to go around these restrictions is to compile your LaTeX code in your computer using the journal style files from Overleaf. Optica, for example, states that this manual compilation is possible: Choose the journal-specific "Access on Overleaf" link