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gkamel · Post by **gkamel** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:21 pm

Hello,

Does anyone know how to change the space after section headings in the book class? I am using a line spacing of 1.5, but this makes the space after section headings (and subsection headings etc) too large.

Many thanks.

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Post by **localghost** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:48 pm

Unfortunately you don't say how you set your line spacing. If not done yet, you should have a look at the setspace package. The described issue then should disappear.

Best regards
Thorsten¹

gkamel · Post by **gkamel** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:03 pm

Thanks for the reply, Thorsten.

Actually, this is the package I am using already, and I just noticed that \setstretch does not affect the space after section headings as you mentioned. But I would like to change the spacing nonetheless, as it's to large for my liking.

Thanks a lot.

Post by **localghost** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:09 pm

In this case you should take a look at the titlesec package. It provides commands to settings for all heading levels.

gkamel · Post by **gkamel** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:16 pm

Thank you very much, Thorsten; titlesec did the job..

Code: Select all

\titlespacing*{<cmd>}{<left sep>}{<before sep>}{<after sep>}[<right sep>]

Kind regards.

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