If you have ever prepared a mathematics assignment, research paper, or technical document in Google Docs, you probably know how difficult formatting certain equations can become.

A basic expression is easy to type, but things get more complicated when you need fractions, square roots, summations, or equations with multiple subscripts and superscripts.

Manually formatting every symbol can take a lot of time, especially when your document contains dozens of formulas.

One way to simplify this process is to use LaTeX .

LaTeX lets you describe mathematical expressions using a compact text-based syntax.…