Page Layout ⇒ Abstract margins - HELP!

[malvi237]

Hello, I'm new to latex and I have a problem with the abstract margins. The topmargin is way to large and I can't fit my abstract on one page. Further I'd like to have an equal top and bottom margin for the abstract. I've pasted my preamble below. Can someone please please help me?

Thanks Malvi

\documentclass[pdftex,11pt,twoside]{report}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
\geometry{a4paper}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\DeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{`convert #1 `dirname #1`/`basename #1 .tif`.png}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}
\usepackage{longtable}
\setlength\LTleft\parindent
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{float}
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}

\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[LE]{\leftmark}
\fancyhead[RO]{\rightmark}
\fancyfoot[CEO]{\thepage}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\usepackage[]{natbib}

\linespread{1.5}
\usepackage{setspace}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\@makechapterhead}[1]{%
\vspace*{50 pt}%
{\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \raggedright \normalfont
\bfseries\Huge
\ifnum \value{secnumdepth}>1
\if@mainmatter\thechapter.\ \fi%
\fi
#1\par\nobreak\vspace{40 pt}}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

[frabjous]

Have you tried customizing with, e.g., the abstract package?

[malvi237]

The \setlength commands I found in the abstract package are:

\absleftindent
\absrightindent
\absparindent
\absparseptext

I'm afraid they won't do the job....

[frabjous]

\abstitleskip is certainly relevant too.

What else do you need?

If you want the abstract to appear higher on the page, couldn't you use a negative \hspace before it? I guess that's kind of an ugly hack. Someone else might have another idea, though.

[malvi237]

The \vspace as well as \abstitleskip move the abstract title and the body closer together (if I use \vspace before \begin{abstract} nothing happens). It solves the problem but looks quite ugly. Is there no possibility to move the entire abstract including text and title higher in the page or to set a different textheight just for the abstract environment? Sorry, for the many questions, but as is said im new