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Same vertical spacing for chapter and chapter*
I use \chapter*{} in the \frontmatter and \chapter{} in the \mainmatter.
I use titlesec and the styling of the chapter headings is this:
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,openany,oneside]{book}
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5
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1answer
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Decrease space before and after chapter in fncychap
I would like to decrease the space before and after the chapter name due to space constraints. I am using the fncychap. Here is the MWE:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[Glenn]{fncychap}
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4
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1answer
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Spacing below section title
The document class acm_proc_article-sp seems to be incompatible with the package titlesec. At least I can not load it. It fails with
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/titlesec/titlesec.sty
! ...
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2answers
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Spacing before and after section titles
I know this subject has been mentioned before, but I'm still having a problem in creating a space under a section title. I used the titlesec package and then tried using the command ...
0
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1answer
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Question on top margin in chapter page
In my LaTeX template, there is a page contained the chapter part that is too far from top of the page like the following:
My LaTeX file uses amsbook: \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{amsbook}. This ...
0
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1answer
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Strict \titlespacing without glue
Problem Description
TeX seems to adjust the vertical space in a 2-column document, even though I have specified that no stretching or shrinking is to occur using \titlespacing. A short visualization ...
2
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\titlespacing* defaults using the compact option
Using the titlesec package with the compact option, what are the \titlespacing* defaults (for \section, \subsection, etc.) for the article document class? (I have the standard defaults from the ...
1
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1answer
55 views
retain space before \section heading in Memoir class at top of page
I am using xelatex and the Memoir class. By default, the empty vertical space before the section heading does not show after a pagebreak. How do I modify it if I want it to show instead, even if it ...
1
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1answer
57 views
Use headings in letters / vertical space
I need to use headings in a letter, more precisely in documentclass dinbrief.
Knowing that LaTeX does not support section or subsection commands in this document class I use the following workaround:
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15
votes
1answer
330 views
Different vertical spacing (parskip) between concurrent section titles and paragraphs
I'm trying to remove the spacing between section headings, but maintain the paragraph to section heading spacing.
Even though I set titlespacing before and after to *0, there is still spacing - quite ...
5
votes
1answer
96 views
Margin note beside heading
I would like to insert a hyperlink or two for each heading and I would like to have them inserted into the margin such that they are aligned with the header. I was hoping to create a command which ...
0
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1answer
75 views
How to reduce the space before & after \section and \subsection [duplicate]
How to reduce the space before and after titles specified by \section and \subsection
\subsection
\section
2
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1answer
115 views
nomenclature page formatting
I have a list of symbols generated throught the nomencl package. It works fine. The only problem I have is:
How can I redefine the margins for the page? by default it is using the margins for ...
4
votes
1answer
60 views
Is it possible to have a variable chapter header spacing?
I've noticed in my document class that when I have really long chapter titles, the title can end up mixing in with the first line of text on the page. My default spacing is 50pt. If I set it higher, ...
1
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1answer
75 views
Spacing problem at chapter end
For most of the chapters in my document, LaTeX lays out the text wonderfully.
The text goes right down to the page number.
However, for a few of the chapters, I have the problem pictured above.
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7
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3answers
296 views
How can I make \titlespacing not omit the top spacing?
In a multicols*{2} environment for 12pt linehight text, I use
\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{12pt}{12pt}
To create exactly 12pt of space before and after subsections. Together with a line height ...
7
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1answer
196 views
Translating custom \section format to titlesec
I have some custom \section formatting with a horizontal rule, and I'm trying to DRY out my code by using titlesec to define default formatting options. But I can't exactly reproduce what happens when ...
4
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1answer
119 views
Space length between the chapter number and the chapter title
How can I learn the horizontal distance between the chapter number and the chapter title both in ToC and the body text where I use \documentclass[12pt,reqno]{book}. Which keys hold these values?
3
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2answers
214 views
How do I eliminate extra vertical space between the title and the first section heading?
When I use the amsart class with a lot of in-text figures, I find that the section headings do not stand out quite as much as I would like. Thus, I have taken to adding the following to my preamble, ...
2
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1answer
155 views
Empty sections cannot be broken, making page look stretched out
This is almost duplicate to question Random unwanted space between paragraphs but I don't even use \par.
I'm using pdflatex to compile a .tex file. As I wrote my text I noticed a sudden change in how ...
11
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1answer
204 views
A zero \parskip and an unusual \paragraph result in overlapping paragraphs
I'm trying to debug a class provided by some journal. From times to times, the text appears completely garbled, or does not appear at all (I believe it is printed somewhere but probably out of the ...
1
vote
1answer
140 views
Chapter title placement
How can I delete the white space between the chapter's title and the beginning of the page? That is, how to place a chapter's title the higher possible? I am using the book class.
1
vote
1answer
209 views
titlesec - set top margin for the appendix and bibliography
A while ago I was helped using titlesec to format the chapter title for my thesis. Today a reviewer says that the appendix and the bibliography need 1in top margin. How do I do it? Thanks.
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2
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1answer
156 views
I am using Lyx to edit my document and would like to reduce the spacing between subsections
I am using floats throughout the text perhaps this messes with spacing. It seems such an easy thing to adjust, yet I find no answer.
1
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1answer
201 views
Make “Reference” in Bibliography Smaller / Spacing in Bibliography
I have trouble making my bibliography section smaller. This is important because I am applying for the NSF Graduate Fellowship and they want everything to fit 2 pages. Here is what it looks like right ...
5
votes
1answer
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Onecolumn vs. Twocolumn: spuriously different header spacing
In the following example, there's a spurious space in the one-column variant. The problem seems to be that in two-column mode, the \section command is at the "beginning of a column" and no space is ...
7
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2answers
230 views
No space between section heading and numbering
I'd like my section headings to be displayed directly after the section numbering with no space in between.
This should be the case regardless of the number.
Something like this:
1. A section heading
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0
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0answers
57 views
paragraph spacing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Space after section
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\setlength{\parskip}{5cm}
\setlength{\parindent}{2pt}
\begin{document}
How to ...
13
votes
1answer
314 views
Remove spacing above section in titlesec
I'm writing a document optimized for mobile usage, and as such I want to conserve my space. The spacing that titlesec adds to sections, subsections, etc. is getting somewhat annoying. Is there a ...
2
votes
0answers
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ConTeXt: How to adjust the space before and after a section with respect to gridset
I use
grid=yes
in my setuplayout. With \showgrid I can see, that the space before and after a section is the same as before and after a subsection (3 lines before, and 2 lines after). But it would ...
2
votes
1answer
132 views
\addvspace after \section in memoir always adds all its space
Knowing about \addvspace I wrote my own environment that adds a minimum space before and after it. But using memoir, if a \section precedes it, \addvspace always adds all its space to the space that ...
6
votes
2answers
121 views
How to append code to a section?
In my scrartcl document I want to change the spacing between sections and the first paragraph. Since I am using the parskip package, the parskip is set to a non-zero value. The \section command uses ...
7
votes
1answer
153 views
How to disable plus and minus (flexible space)
I am modifying a thesis template for graduate students at my university and would like to improve our class file to better meet the graduate school's desires. The lady that must ok the format of a ...
6
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1answer
101 views
\vspace inside a command to add space between paragraphs but not before sections
I'm using a custom command to typeset some phrases and I need to put some vertical space between them. Unfortunately, this adds vertical space also before section and subsection headings.
As I have ...
0
votes
1answer
144 views
Chapter titles distance
I am using the titlesec package to adjust the chapter titles/headings of my text. Yet, I have trouble with the resulting distance between these new titles and the body of the text. Namely, the ...
3
votes
1answer
148 views
Distance between chapter title and the baseline of the following text
Consider the code below. The distance between the chapter title and the baseline of the following text is font dependent. I assume that there is a glue between the chapter title and the top of the ...
7
votes
1answer
299 views
Space above chapter with titlesec
The following code gives me some space above the chapter title, that I'd like to avoid:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[frame]
{}
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5
votes
1answer
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When using multiple list-of on the same page they overlap
When list-ofs follow each other they overlap, at least with my setup. Here's an example:
test.tex
\documentclass[a4paper]{memoir}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
% New list of source ...
2
votes
1answer
220 views
Reduce space before header in scrbook class [closed]
In srcbook class, no matter how i set top margin (neither geometry nor \addtolength work) it always adds huge space before header. Some people suggested to change @makechapterhead definition but ...
4
votes
1answer
272 views
Space before and after section [no need for it]
I have additional space inside a text [see picture] between paraghraps. Beside of that it is diffrent size [this space]. What's more before Section, and after section title there is additonal space ...
8
votes
1answer
227 views
How can I add a subtitle to a section title?
I'd like to do this for some of my sections but not all. I'd also like to maintain the current spacing; for example, if the vspacing is 1cm from section title to body text (at 100% zoom), then I'd ...
0
votes
0answers
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Changing vspaces around section headings [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Tune space around section headings
How would one go about setting values for the vspaces above and below section titles?
I don't like the way the space above section ...
0
votes
0answers
132 views
Spacing in LaTeX [closed]
I have a little problem "spacing" with LaTeX. I had in the document a large space between the end of a "subsubsection" and the beginning of the "subsubsection" this is to let the title of "subsection" ...
0
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0answers
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How to insert space after numbers in document table of content [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to modify the indentation before sectioning titles in the table of contents?
I have a collision in table of content. How can I avoid it, by adding extra space?
1
vote
1answer
121 views
Best practices with \titlespacing?
I think my titles are too close to the text as they are set by default, but when I try to modify the distance, my document does not look nice. What are the best practices for \titlespacing options?
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3
votes
2answers
612 views
Eliminate space after section heading
I have set the spacing after subsubsection to 1sp, but there is still an appreciable space between the heading and the text (approx 1ex). Obviously, I can't set a negative value, and I don't want to ...
2
votes
1answer
104 views
Two margin woes
I have two problems with my margins. One is that when I print the margins, I can't seem to get them to come out properly. I have
\usepackage[top = 1in, bottom = 1in, left = 1.5in, right = ...
10
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1answer
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How to decrease spacing before chapter title?
I want to decrease the vertical space between the top of the page and the chapter heading. I have tried to follow the instructions for titlesec but I am not successful. I have tried the following two ...
3
votes
1answer
506 views
How to remove extra space between \vspace*{0em} and \section?
I want to add an exact amount of space between type area and a section:
\documentclass{scrbook}
\KOMAoptions{fontsize=10pt, paper=14cm:21cm, DIV=calc, pagesize=auto, BCOR=5mm, twoside=true, ...
3
votes
1answer
342 views
Change the vertical spacing above unnumbered sections headings
How can I change the vertical spacing above the section heading that dont have a number (like for instance the table of contents, the list of figures and the bibliograpy) while keeping the spacing of ...
