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Suppress vertical space at beginning of macro when there is no preceding paragraph

I want to create a variant of the itemize command for Beamer that spreads the items vertically. This should increase the space between items as well as to preceding text. With other words, I want a ...
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Ensure Vertical Spacing between Successive tikz pictures

I need to generate a figure comprising 3 successive tikz pictures with vertical spacing in between. I've tried the following code: \begin{figure}[h] \caption{Cross-Validation with Three-Segmented ...
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Inconsistent spacing in itemize environment inside tikz node inside center environment

I have noticed inconsistent spacing when using itemized lists in a TikZ node when the tikzpicture is inside a centering environment. I have the following code: \documentclass{memoir} \usepackage{tikz} ...
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Vertical spacing around plain display math vs `amsmath` environments such as `gather`

Let us have a look at the following minimal example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} This is the first line. % \begin{gather*} x^2 + y^2 = z^2. \end{gather*} \begin{...
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Should one ever use \bigskip?

I am wondering whether one is ever justified in using \bigskip in LaTeX (specifically in overleaf)? I have recently drastically reduced my use of it, due to my teacher's recommendation. But I tend to ...
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Define a heading style command, which ignores leading white space if it is used at the beginning of an environment

I want to define a kind of heading, that i can use in a shaded environment. I want this "heading" have a bit of leading vertical space, but would like to eliminate this space if the command ...
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Slightly bigger line spacing after introducing vertical adjustment

I use snotez package to produce margin notes. I found that the vertical space between the first and the second lines became a little bit larger when I used vertical offset to shift the margin note. ...
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how to remove small amount of space between two images [closed]

My code is just two vertically placed images: but it outputs like this: I tried \vspace{-1pt} and \vspace{-\lineskip} but both messed things up. Does anyone know why this space is there?
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Expex \vskip before example does not disappear at a page break

I have a book document with \flushbottom. I use expex for linguistic examples. When an example is the first item on a page, the previous page ends with some spurious whitespace, as can be seen in the ...
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Would it make sense to use the "plus" and "minus" components of \baselineskip?

According to latexref.xyz: The \baselineskip is a rubber length but also The \baselineskip’s value is reset every time a font change happens and so any direct change to \baselineskip would vanish ...
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Removing space generated by box of multiline sum subscript

I have the following equation \begin{equation} \begin{split} \sum_{\mathclap{\substack{T_i \in \\ \{T_1,T_2, T_4,\\ T_5,T_6,T_7\}}}} T_i W^i_\mu &\equiv T_{+}W^+_\mu + T_{-}W^-_\mu +\\ &+ T^\...
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How to remove extra whitespaces after paragraphs when adding Arabic text in IEEE template?

I am using \raggedbottom for my document. For some reason, when I add Arabic text between English text, it thinks that there isn't enough space in the end so it moves the text to another page. I tried ...
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vertical "justification" of tcolorboxes in a multicol environment

I'm making exercice sheets with breakable tcolorboxes and multicols. When a box breaks, it goes as bottom as possible in its column, which is perfect. However, it's not the case for the boxes who don'...
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caption package: vertical space at top of page

I include pics in my document using just: \begin{center} \includegraphics{...} \end{center} However, I want captions with the captions package and correct hyperlink anchors, so I end up with ...
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Vertical spacing inconsistencies around equations

This seems to be a topic of many questions on here already, but no single answer seems satisfying. I am working with the document below and would like the vertical spacing around each equation to be ...
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\raggedcolumns won't work within Exercise environment

I am writing a document that has a number of datasets presented in pairs, of different lengths, which I would like to have the same vertical spacing (and thus possibly white space at the bottom of one ...
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Combining \vfill and \vskip at end of page results in blank line(s)

I want to define an environment, that uses \vskip to put some space before and after. Usually it will be used in the normal text, but sometimes I want to push to the bottom of a page with \vfill. When ...
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Issues with spacing writing answer boxes/lines for an exam between items in enumerate

I am writing an exam and I'm having some spacing issues with creating answer lines/rules between items in enumerate. If I use \vfill\hfill in between the items, sometimes it does not print the answer ...
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Too much spacing between text and equations with the twoside option

I am writing a thesis and I have a problem with the spacing between text and equations. In particular, this problem occurs when I use the twoside option in the specification of the document class. I ...
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Too much vertical spacing after `\hline` in `array` environment

I have the following equation system: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{flalign*} \begin{array}{lllclllr} & 2x &-& 9y &+& 5 &=& 0\\ ...
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Is there other ways in writing this macro (centered dotfill)?

I'm using a little macro found on Stack Exchange to define a vertically centered dotfill, but I don't understand it at all and it feels like an "hack" to me. Is there other ways in writing ...
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Inconsistent vertical spacing beetwen multiple tcolorbox environment

I am using a template to create an E-pub from this link In this template, some environments are defined using tcolorbox, but I have found that the vertical space is inconsistent when using multiple ...
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How do I set the distance between equations to be equal to the distance to the surrounding text?

I would like to display a set of equations divided into subsets, where the spacing between two subsets is the same as between the first line and the text above (and between the last line and the text ...
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Vertical spacing in KOMA

This question was revised on the basis of the comments. I use the KOMA script to create the style of my textbook based on the instructions of the typesetter (who never used LaTeX but has designed many ...
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Vertical space in table (not arraystretch)

I want a vertical space in one row of a table without stretching out all rows of the table. The suggestions I see all involve \arraystretch{}, but I want the text-only row to still be small. \...
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Achieving consistent item separation in itemized list with and without tcolorbox in LaTeX Beamer

How can I achieve consistent separation between each item in a list, regardless of whether a tcolorbox is used or not? I want to ensure that the vertical spacing between items remains the same, ...
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How to bring entire title area up?

Here is an example: \documentclass[10pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv} % possible options include font size ('10pt', '11pt' and '12pt'), paper size ('a4paper', 'letterpaper', 'a5paper', 'legalpaper', '...
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Vertical space that is ignored at bottom of page or column

How can I get a vertical space that behaves at the end of a page or column like \vspace{} does at the beginning of a page, that is, is ignored. And how would I get a vertical space that combines the ...
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How can I align vertically/on top tikz pictures (circuitikz) in minipage/figure/tabular environment?

I am trying to align vertically this 3 circuits. I would like to align the on top, instead of bottom part (they automatically align bottom with that code). Also, if possible, to know how to align the ...
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How to add vertical space inside a \framebox

Consider the MWE below. I would like to add some vertical space above the blue square, inside the framebox (indicated by red arrow). Why is \vspace ignored? Which command should I use? MWE: \...
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Adding vertical whitespace after equation

\documentclass[12pt] {article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{booktabs} \def\baselinestretch{2.0} \setlength{\textwidth}{18cm} \setlength{\textheight}{21cm} \setlength{\...
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how to reduce vertical space before parts and increase chapter size in table of contents

currently writing a Geometry textbook and the start of the table of contents looks like this: With this code, using the tocloft package for my TOC: Edit: Here is what the beginning of each chapter ...
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How to adjust a proof tree using bussproofs?

I used bussproofs.sty to create this natural deduction rule: Source: \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{bussproofs} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \AxiomC{$A\vee B$} \AxiomC{[$A$]} %...
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Adjust intextsep for wrapfigure only (continued)

In Adjust intextsep for wrapfigure only, @Peter Grill provided an option to modify \intextsep for wrapfigure only and leave figure unaffected. However it does not really work for me: as soon as a ...
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How to remove extra space at the bottom introduced by includestandalone

I am trying to move a table to a standalone file (s.tex) in my LaTeX document (a.tex). However, I realize that when I use \includestandalone{s}, LaTeX includes an extra vertical space after the table (...
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memoir: Add "part space" before backmatter chapters

I would like the vertical space before the backmatter chapters in the table of contents to be the same as before a part. I would have thought that the code below would have resulted in this, but the ...
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Reducing vertical space in `align` environment locally

I wanted to reduce the vertical space between text and the first line in align* environment locally. But setting \setlength{\abovedisplayskip}{-28pt} allows it to work globally (I think) and that's ...
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Strange vertical spacing in tcolorbox after center

This is a sequel to this question, which was partially resolved and it was suggested there that I start a new question. I've created a box with tcolorbox, which should not float and I want to attach a ...
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Defining a vskip that possibly becomes vfill

I hope this is not a duplicate; I tried to search around and didn't find anything, but perhaps I used the wrong keywords. I'm using Plain TeX and have the following defined: \newskip\hugeskipamount \...
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prevent expression under \min from affecting vertical space below line

In a two-line align environment, I am trying to put a math expression under a \min on the top line without it affecting the vertical spacing between the top and bottom lines. I started with \begin{...
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Different space above and below mathtools \intertext

Is there a command like \intertext or \shortintertext that has different vertical space above and below the "intertext"? It would be nice in situations such as a few of those in the example ...
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How to undo the extra vertical gap at the start of an enumitem enumerate but maintain elasticity?

Let's say we have a piece of text that introduces some vertical spacing of its own at the end (say, the head of some environment). After that space, an enumeration comes, which also introduces a ...
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Adjusting the Vertical Spacing Between Consecutive Lines with a Scaled Typewriter Font [duplicate]

Consider the code \documentclass[12pt]{book} \usepackage{scalefnt} \begin{document} \thispagestyle{empty} \begin{description} \item {\fontfamily{lmvtt}\selectfont{No one should be ashamed to admit ...
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Issues with vertical spacing and \addcontentsline

The code \vskip\baselineskip\addvspace{0.5\baselineskip} produces a vertical space equal to \baselineskip, as it should. However, when I add \addcontentsline in the middle, I get a bigger space: \...
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Nice spacing of equation in tcolorbox

I'm using tcolorbox to highlight equations in my document. Here's a typical use (I want the whole thing centered and pulled in a bit from the margins, so I start with a center environment, then ...
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With svmono, how to introduce more horizontal space between a theorem head and the theorem contents without occasionally introducing vertical space?

Continuing http://topanswers.xyz/tex?q=3768 , for all the theorem-like environments in our document, we wish to have a little bit more horizontal space (than the default space) separating the head of ...
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svmono: introduce more horizontal space between a user-given theorem name and the theorem contents without occasionally introducing vertical space?

Continuing How to suppress vertical space between theorem heads and enumitem environments? (as opposed to them, we use a Springer class here), for all the titled theorem-like environments in our ...
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When changing \arraystretch and nesting tabular-environments, vertical gaps occur in the resulting table. How do those come into being?

Minimal compilable example: \documentclass{article} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5} \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{|@{}c@{}|@{}c@{}|} \hline \begin{tabular}{c|c}A&B\end{tabular}&\begin{...
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Frontespizio package: how to set names height

I'm writing my master's thesis and I'm having troubles with frontespizio package, since it puts names at a default height that I don't know how to change. I would like to be able to move the names at ...
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Change color of a paragraph containing aligned equations

I would like to color a paragraph in blue. As my text contains some equations, I followed the advice given in this answer. However, I get extra vertical space when the paragraph ends with an align ...
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