{spacing} is about both horizontal and vertical white space, e.g. space between letters or words, or space between paragraphs. For adjusting the space between the lines of a document, use {line-spacing} or -- if your question is specifically about the package of the same name -- {setspace}.
25
votes
4answers
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Column padding in tables
How do you guys go about controlling column padding in tables?
UPDATE
To clarify, I'm looking for a way to control both vertical and horizontal padding. So, if I had a simple table like this
...
52
votes
4answers
3k views
Is there an easy way to have my whole document with a space between paragraphs rather than indentation?
I would like to have my whole document showing a blank line (or space) between paragraphs and no indentation. I know how to do it line by line, but is there a way to change that with just one or a few ...
41
votes
3answers
2k views
Spacing around \left and \right
Why does the addition of a \left and \right introduces an extra space around the formula? Specifically, why do $\cos(\theta)$ and $\cos\left(\theta\right)$ render differently?
Is there a way to use ...
16
votes
2answers
825 views
Print programs with its proper syntax
I have defined my own language whose syntax is very close to the one of Pascal. I would like to type the following program for instance. Many people use the packages algorithmicx or algorithm2e to ...
28
votes
3answers
7k views
Vertical space in lists
What is the best way to globally change the amount of vertical space between items in list environments?
31
votes
2answers
2k views
\newcommand and spacing
How can I define my own shorthand command, but making sure that the spacing afterwards is correct?
\newcommand{\abc}{\textsc{abc}} produces 'ABC,' but has the problem 'ABCmoretexthere' (i.e. no space ...
27
votes
3answers
2k views
Bad spacing of math letters within italic text
I use the standard AMS theorem style, which means that my theorems are set in italic. In combination with math variables, this sometimes gives horrible spacing: The input If $U$ or $V$ \dots yields
...
82
votes
4answers
11k views
Space after LaTeX commands
I have a definition
\newcommand{\arnold}{Arnold Schwarzenegger}
when I refer to it by
\arnold is a
it is rendered as
Arnold Schwarzeneggeris a
In order to have a space in front of "is" I ...
14
votes
5answers
847 views
No space following macro without argument
With a macro such as:
\def\naive{na\"{\i}ve}
I find that the space which I would hope to follow it, is absent. So, with
the \naive approach
I get
the naïveapproach
in the output. How do I ...
28
votes
2answers
1k views
Macros for common abbreviations
Common abbreviations are surprisingly tricky to format correctly. I'd like some simple macros for them, to be used like so:
You should eat more fruit, \eg apples, bananas, oranges, \etc.
There are ...
40
votes
16answers
7k views
Squeezing scientific paper to fit within page limits
I am submitting a paper to a conference that has a limit of 10 pages. I have edited and edited the text, but the paper still fills 11 pages, and I am reluctant to remove anything. What tricks can I ...
18
votes
4answers
2k views
Using display style fraction in a matrix environment
I'd like use the \dfrac command in a bmatrix environment as follows:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\[
\begin{bmatrix}
\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial x}
\\
...
23
votes
3answers
5k views
Adding vertical space at the start of a page
I'd like to, first thing before writing anything on a page, add some vertical space.
Minimal (non)working example:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\vspace{250px}
I want to be further down ...
7
votes
3answers
391 views
A \boxed alternative with minimal spacing?
The following code comes from this post. The problem is that I would like a way to automate the size of the box so as to be very small with a few of spacing, but the following solution doesn't work ...
4
votes
3answers
3k views
dynamic signature/date line
I'm trying to create a signature and date line in a document. I need the date line to always be in the same spot on the page no matter what name is under the signature line, such as:
...
25
votes
4answers
5k views
When one should use spacing line \quad or \,
In general, in most places, it is said that using TeX defaults is the best. However, TeX does provide things like \, and \quad etc. When one should use them? Both in general and in math mode in ...
24
votes
7answers
740 views
How to replace a large block of text by an empty block of the same size?
I know there exists the \phantom command, but does it work on large blocks of text (containing several paragraphs or even several pages)?
What I want is to have some commands, call them \hide and ...
16
votes
2answers
776 views
How to change default for spacing around binary relations?
In TeX and LaTeX, the math binary relations (like =, \parallel, <, \le ...) have a default (rubber-length) spacing to either side, which is too large for my liking. How can reduce it?
5
votes
1answer
1k views
PGFplot to occupy full \linewidth, and aligned y=axis across tikzpicture
How do I get the tikzpicture to occupy the full \linewidth, and also have the left and right axis aligned? I suspect that some \phantom spacing applied to the tick labels will do the trick, but don't ...
37
votes
2answers
3k views
Is a period after an abbreviation the same as an end of sentence period?
Does latex do anything special with periods? If so, is there a way to differentiate end-of-sentence periods from periods indicating abbreviation?
28
votes
11answers
4k views
Double space between sentences.
I've been reading a question on spaces between sentences on a sister site. The answers there seem to imply that the days of double spacing between sentences are over, and that this was a relic of the ...
12
votes
1answer
7k views
How to change the spacing between figures/tables and text?
I was wondering if there is any way to lessen the spaces between figures and text. In my paper I have a lot of figures (graphics) and it is inconvenient for me to have default (large) spaces between ...
23
votes
1answer
637 views
What is glue stretching?
I had a question about dynamic vspaces (Dynamic vspace depending on text height) and there was a hint I should use a stretchable glue.
Searching with Google didn't give me a helpful answer.
I would ...
19
votes
2answers
818 views
Proper use of \mathchoice
I am trying to learn how to use \mathchoice.
Before the solution was posted for Non-invasive replacement for \fbox?, I attempted to use mathchoice to adjust the size of the parameter before ...
12
votes
1answer
1k views
How can I adjust the horizontal spacing between legend entries in PGFPlots?
I am using legend columns=-1 to make a horizontal legend. However, the distance between the individual legend entries is too small for my taste. Is there a straightforward way to increase the ...
5
votes
4answers
4k views
Space before chapters and contents
I am using LaTeX to write my dissertation, and I have realised that on the table of contents and on every chapter page, LaTeX leaves a lot of empty space.
What I mean is that lets say in the page ...
5
votes
1answer
1k views
Including an itemized list within a tabular column using the paralist package
The paralist package offers the option of typesetting an itemized list with a \topsep length of zero, and this is especially useful in a tabular setting. However, the following minimal example does ...
28
votes
1answer
412 views
Drawbacks of xspace
I'm certain I have read that xspace can cause more problems than it solves. But I cannot find anything to that effect either on this site or the web. Are there any drawbacks or risks associated with ...
14
votes
1answer
807 views
How to preserve the same parskip in minipage
I have following structure:
\begin{document}
Paragraph1.
Paragraph2.
\begin{minipage}
Some paragraph1.
Some paragraph2.
\end{minipage}
\end{document}
How can I make the same spacing between ...
14
votes
3answers
475 views
How to replace all pictures by white rectangles?
I have a long document (800 pages) with lots of pictures (300 pictures).
I have to produce a version of this document without the pictures (for copyright reasons).
The solution I have found so far is ...
14
votes
1answer
809 views
How to change the interword spacing?
I'm trying to enlarge the interword spacing, because with ITC Kabel's default spacing it's sometimes hard to decide where is the space between two words. I read the manual of the microtype package, ...
9
votes
4answers
580 views
A \boxed alternative with nicer spacing?
I like using \boxed to emphasize my answers in homework problem sets. However, whenever I use superscripts/exponents inside the box, the box becomes taller than it seems it should. This causes two ...
9
votes
1answer
2k views
Increasing paragraph indentation in KOMA script
The default parindent in KOMA scrartcl is too small for me. I remember reading somewhere that just changing \parindent directly is not wise, since it also affects other things (like itemize etc). And ...
7
votes
1answer
742 views
Blank lines in align environment
Is there a way to insert a blank line between two equations in
align environment?
From what I understand a blank line is interpreted as \par and
\par is not allowed in align. Can I disable this ...
17
votes
2answers
3k views
How to modify spacing around quotation environment?
I am almost there in my quest to reproduce the rather compact layout of the book I'm translating... one thing to go, though:
I successfully used the enumitem package to modify the vertical and ...
7
votes
2answers
852 views
How to globally change the spacing around equations?
How could I go about setting the 'above' and 'below' vspaces around the equation environment?
If the same could be done for the subequations or gather environments, this would be a bonus.
7
votes
1answer
745 views
Enumerate/itemize without margins in table cell best practice
I want to use an itemize or enumerate list inside a table cell. For this there should be no margin around the list. My question is, what is best practice to do this? I found different solutions for ...
40
votes
5answers
4k views
Good practice on spacing
In various places, in passing, I've seen mention of various good practices regarding well-behaved spacing in LaTeX. For example, Dr. Who should really be written Dr.\ Who or Dr.~Who to get the right ...
25
votes
1answer
693 views
When should I use intersentence spacing (`\@')?
I've got a sentence that ends on an acronym:
blah blah WORD. Next sentence blah
Running this through chktex, I'm informed that:
Warning 13 in ./file.tex line 9: Intersentence spacing (`\@') ...
15
votes
3answers
8k views
Shift title and author text up?
What is the best way to shift the title text 'up' in a LaTeX document compiled with pdftex? When I do this:
\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper, onecolumn]{article}
\setlength{\topmargin}{0in}
...
27
votes
2answers
315 views
Why is there a \, space at the beginning of the “aligned” environment?
Near the beginning of the definition of the amsmath environments aligned and gathered (and also mathtools' multlined) there's an explicit thin space \,. This often has to be cancelled with \!, as ...
12
votes
1answer
6k views
How to add extra spaces between rows in tabular environment?
I couldn't find any option that lets me expand the vertical space between rows in tabular environment. For example,
\begin{tabular}{c c}
$f^{(n)}(x)$ & $f^{(n)}(0)$ \\
...
6
votes
1answer
2k views
Remove vertical space around align
I need to display math in my report, but is it possible to remove the vertical space around align*?
A little example is the following (where I just want the align* to have the same vertical space as ...
5
votes
3answers
585 views
Removing a backslash “\” when passing arguments to newcommand
Consider the following minimal example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
\newcommand{\NewS}[4]{
% Q1: How can I use argument #1 without the backslash in the ...
18
votes
2answers
2k views
Why should I put a ~ before \ref or \cite?
My question is in the title of this post, but extends to other referencing commands like \eqref, \citep, \citet (and the like) as well.
13
votes
2answers
739 views
\intextsep gives doubled space
If a float (black box) follows my {example} environment (gray left line) the skip between them is too big. I guess it’s twice \baselineskip but it should be only one \baselineskip plus some glue. It ...
11
votes
3answers
4k views
How to change the line spacing in my list of figures?
I am using the book documentclass and have a list of figures. After much trouble I noticed that there is a blank line to separate figures that are in different chapters, but not if they are within the ...
7
votes
1answer
965 views
Spurious space above align environment at top of page/minipage
It seems that the align environment adds additional vertical space if it starts at the top of a page or minipage. Below are two pages, and two minipages (on Page 1), where the first page/minipage has ...
4
votes
2answers
465 views
How to suppress vertical space between theorem heads and enumitem environments?
How can I suppress vertical space between a theorem head and an enumitem
environment?
I would like the output to look like version 3 below, but I hope there is an
automagical solution without ~ and ...
4
votes
5answers
1k views
How can I auto adjust a equation to appear in the entire page? (Scale to equations, is this exist?)
If I have a document like this:
\documentclass[landscape, 12pt]{report}
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, ...
