Page Layout ⇒ Modifications to the Footer

[dk1536]

hi guys,

i've been trying to find a way to get more space above and below the footer line as it looks too packed if i leave like it is...

does anyone know how to get more space in there?

thank you

[fatra2]

Hi there,

Have you tried something like:

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\setlength{\headheight}{XXpt}

This will, as the command says, increase the head/foot height to XXpt. Don't forget to set the paper height according though.

Cheers

[localghost]

The approach of fatra2 doesn't take two critical points into account.

1. There is no length register to control the foot height.
2. The footnotes belong to the text body and not to the footer.

There is the insertion register \footins that needs to be modified to get additional space above the footnote rule. The additional space below the rule is done by a small tweak of the \footnoterule command. See code below for an approach.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[uft8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\skip\footins=2\bigskipamount     % Determine the space above the rule
\renewcommand*{\footnoterule}{%
  \kern-3pt%
  \hrule width 2in%
  \kern 2.6pt%
  \vspace{\smallskipamount}       % The additional space below the rule
}

\begin{document}
  \blindtext\footnote{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}

  \blindtext[3]
\end{document}

Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[dk1536]

thank you thorsten

it worked!