Comments on: Latex: Squeezing the Vertical White Space http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:24:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Sam http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-10706 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:07:30 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-10706 Thanks a bunch man! Thanks a bunch man!

]]> by: Fatima http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-10675 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:35:12 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-10675 How can you reduce the space following the table of contents title "Contents", i.e., the space between "Content" and the first item in the table of contents? Also, how can you reduce the space following the List of Figures and List of Tables titles? Thanks How can you reduce the space following the table of contents title “Contents”, i.e., the space between “Content” and the first item in the table of contents?

Also, how can you reduce the space following the List of Figures and List of Tables titles?

Thanks

]]> by: JGU http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-9716 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:50:46 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-9716 If you have figures and tables then \usepackage{wrapfig} which defines the wrapfigure and wraptable environments, is essential. It wraps the text around the typeset figure or table, allowing placement either at either left or right margins, or centered. If you have figures and tables then \usepackage{wrapfig} which defines the wrapfigure and wraptable environments, is essential. It wraps the text around the typeset figure or table, allowing placement either at either left or right margins, or centered.

]]> by: Alexmart http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-9709 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:17:41 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-9709 Very helpful tips. Thanks a lot! Very helpful tips. Thanks a lot!

]]> by: pravin http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-9643 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:06:40 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-9643 You're brilliant! Thank you. Saved me a lot of time. You’re brilliant! Thank you. Saved me a lot of time.

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-9407 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:15:19 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-9407 Hey, thanks for the tip. I didn't really know about the savetrees package. Heh. this is yet another example how comments can often be better than the contents of a blog post! :P Hey, thanks for the tip. I didn’t really know about the savetrees package. Heh. this is yet another example how comments can often be better than the contents of a blog post! P

]]> by: Serguei http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-9398 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:01:04 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-9398 This: <code>\usepackage{savetrees}</code> does most if not all of that is described above. The package is pretty much standard and is carried by most LaTeX distributions (I used in in Fedora's tetex, MacOS, and Windows (MiKTeX) standard distributions on a several occasions. Also, I've found this useful: <a href="http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/squeeze.html" rel="nofollow">http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/squeeze.html</a> Personally, what I could not find yet is how to reduce the blank space on the title page before the title and the top margin when using the standard article class. All I want is just that -- no extra slack space between the top margin and the title on the title page. Thanks, -s This:

\usepackage{savetrees}

does most if not all of that is described above. The package is pretty much standard and is carried by most LaTeX distributions (I used in in Fedora’s tetex, MacOS, and Windows (MiKTeX) standard distributions on a several occasions.

Also, I’ve found this useful:

http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/squeeze.html

Personally, what I could not find yet is how to reduce the blank space on the title page before the title and the top margin when using the standard article class. All I want is just that — no extra slack space between the top
margin and the title on the title page.

Thanks,

-s

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-8883 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:25:04 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-8883 Nice! Thanks for the tip! Nice! Thanks for the tip!

]]> by: Mikaël http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-8882 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:36:46 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-8882 Another possibility is to include the line "\setlength{\itemsep}{1ex or some other latex measure of length}" after the "\begin{enumerate}" or "\begin{list}" command. (Also works with the \begin{enumerate*} command from the mdwlist package) This allows you to choose the amount of spacing between the items for each separate itemization or enumeration. That way you can still have some spacing without it eating the whole page. This can also be more pleasant on the eyes if some of the items are comprised of a few lines of text. Another possibility is to include the line

“\setlength{\itemsep}{1ex or some other latex measure of length}”

after the “\begin{enumerate}” or “\begin{list}” command. (Also works with the \begin{enumerate*} command from the mdwlist package)

This allows you to choose the amount of spacing between the items for each separate itemization or enumeration. That way you can still have some spacing without it eating the whole page. This can also be more pleasant on the eyes if some of the items are comprised of a few lines of text.

]]> by: Brian http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-6685 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:46:43 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/19/latex-squeezing-the-vertical-white-space/#comment-6685 Thanks for these tips. Your method for eliminating space around sections is nice and clean. To get closer spacing in lists, you can also try redefining the enumerable environment as follows: <pre> % redefine enumerate env for closer spacing \renewenvironment{enumerate}% {\begin{list}{\arabic{enumi}.}% {\topsep=0in\itemsep=0in\parsep=0in\partopsep=0in\usecounter{enumi}}% }{\end{list}} </pre> Thanks for these tips. Your method for eliminating space around sections is nice and clean. To get closer spacing in lists, you can also try redefining the enumerable environment as follows:

% redefine enumerate env for closer spacing
renewenvironment{enumerate}%
  {begin{list}{arabic{enumi}.}%
    {topsep=0initemsep=0inparsep=0inpartopsep=0inusecounter{enumi}}%
   }{end{list}}
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