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TexPad

ON-BOARD LATEX TYPESETTING
Typeset your documents offline, from those using BibTeX, to TikZ to beamer.
LATEX BUNDLE MANAGER
Download LaTeX packages as you need them. Build a custom set of packages to suit your needs over time without taking up precious disk space unnecessarily.
For those rare occasions when you need an obscure package not supported locally, you can use our free cloud servers to typeset with a full TeXLive distribution.
PROJECTS OF ALL SIZES
Simply open your root* .tex file and let Texpad load your full project, including sub-files, bibliographies and stylesheets therein.
* Files containing \begin{document}...\end{document} blocks.
SAVE YOUR DOCUMENTS LOCALLY AND IN THE CLOUD
Sync your local files across to your other devices using Dropbox. Mark files as Favourites for offline access.
CLEAN, EFFICIENT WORKSPACE
Access your recent documents as well as create new ones quickly from the home screen.
PDF VIEWER
The integrated PDF viewer for viewing typeset PDFs.
GESTURES
Along with all the standard iOS gestures, use a handy two-finger scroll to move quickly around your LaTeX.
TROUBLESHOOTING LATEX ERRORS MADE EASY
LaTeX's error log is often cryptic and difficult to understand. In a complex multi-file project tracking down a subtle error can have a serious hit on productivity. Texpad parses the standard error log and presents you with a straightforward list of errors.
SHARE
Share your projects, LaTeX source and PDFs right from within Texpad.
SYNTAX-HIGHLIGHTING EDITOR
Texpad's editor is LaTeX and BibTeX aware and highlights your code to make it easy to write it. You can also customise fonts and font sizes.
GLOBAL SEARCH
The Global Search and Replace feature presents all instances of your search text in the source that you can readily jump to and forth between. This is particularly useful for large, multi-file projects such as theses, lecture notes and books.
CUSTOM KEYBOARD
Custom keyboard with extra LaTeX-specific magic for choosing LaTeX commands, symbols and your own snippets of code, as well frequently-used keys {,},[,],,^_, etc in a mini-keyboard.
DOCUMENT OUTLINE
Outline view makes Texpad perfect for large documents. When you open a LaTeX file in Texpad, it will scan through to find document sections across all your files and list them in a table so you can jump to a section quickly.
AUTO-COMPLETE
Use the magic of auto-complete* to write faster and with fewer LaTeX errors. Texpad auto-completes all common TeX commands and autofills \ref and \cite commands with the labels and cite keys defined elsewhere in your document.
* Not yet available on iPhone & iPod Touch.
TODOS
The outline lists any TODOs you've entered in the code as reminders, providing quick and easy access to them.
MULTI-LINGUAL INTERFACE
Thanks to the wonderful help of Texpad users, Texpad is now localised into languages other than English, with more languages being added This is just the beginning, and soon we'll be adding more languages. If you wish for Texpad to be talking your language and have a few hours to spare, please be in touch with us.