Spread-LaTeX: Google Sheets and LaTeX tables in Harmony

tldr: try Spread-LaTeX addon to Google Sheets. It’s simple and amazing for generating table code for LaTeX documents.

I’m currently in the middle of writing my PhD proposal and subsequently optimizing my workflow to include a LaTeX-rendered PDF version of the document (I’m using Overleaf btw). Creating document elements like tables in LaTeX by typing code by hand is a pain, and frankly, I refuse to do it. I’ve been using https://www.tablesgenerator.com/ to generate LaTeX code for tables (also offers Markdown and HTML table generators) for a while now, but I found an alternative that may be more useful: Spread-LaTeX.

The advantage of this software over https://www.tablesgenerator.com/ for me is that I can save my tables to my Google Drive and come back to edit them later. This saves the step of having to copy and paste the table from Sheets or Excel into the online generator. Workflow optimized! 😎