Page Layout ⇒ How to change vertical space in abstract

[ldecaro]

Hello everyone.

I'm using the \begin{abstract} and \end{abstract} to define the abstract in my dissertation.

By default it writes on the top of the page the word Abstract, right? So far ok!

What I'd like to do is to change (reduce) the vertical space between the word Abstract (on top of the page) and the beginning of the text.

The changes must work _only_ for this section of the document.

Can anyone please help me out with this one? I appreciate any comments.

Thanks in advance,


:Luiz.

[gmedina]

Hi,

you could use the \vspace* command, as the following example suggests:

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\begin{abstract}
\vspace*{-.5em}
text text text text text
\end{abstract}

\end{document}

Of course, as the argument of \vspace* you can use the length that better suits your needs instead of -.5em.

[ldecaro]

No kidding

You saved my day!

Thank you very much.

Regards,


:Luiz.