CatchTeXGuides
How to get tables, equations, plots, diagrams and references from papers into LaTeX, with CatchTeX and with other tools.
PDF table to LaTeX, without retyping
Snip a table in a PDF, get a booktabs table with the exact numbers, ready for Overleaf.
CatchTeX vs Mathpix: which one fits your work?
Offline vs cloud, pay once vs subscription, and what each does best. Includes where Mathpix wins.
Image to LaTeX, offline
Equation screenshots to amsmath on your own PC: no upload, no Python, compiled before you copy.
Plot image to pgfplots, with the real data
A line plot from a paper becomes a pgfplots figure with measured data, axes and legend.
Block diagram to TikZ
Block diagrams and flowcharts become editable TikZ nodes, arrows and labels.
Reference list to BibTeX, checked
A paper's reference list becomes BibTeX, each entry checked against Crossref, dblp, arXiv and OpenAlex.