Text Formatting ⇒ Update: Add a line above/below section title (titlesec pkg)

[jjmm]

Hi

The question on my previous post seems to be solved. My present question is how to adjust the space between the line "above" the title and the end of the paragraph. Now the space is too wide, and I would like to narrow it. Could someone tell me how to do it? Thanks!

codes:

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
\definecolor{Blue}{rgb}{0,0,0.8}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{5pt plus 1pt}
\setlength{\headheight}{1pt}
\numberwithin{equation}{section} 

\titleformat{\section}
{\normalfont\large\bfseries\color{Blue}}
{\titlerule\vspace{1pt}}
{1em}
{\vspace{0.1in}\hrule\hspace{-12pt}\thesection\hspace{1pt}{.}\hspace{1pt} #1}
[{\titlerule[0.4pt]}]


\newcommand\question[2]{\vspace{.25in}\hrule\textbf{#1. #2}\vspace{.5em}\hrule\vspace{.10in}}
\renewcommand\part[1]{\vspace{.10in}\textbf{(#1)}}
\pagestyle{fancyplain}
\lhead{\textbf{\NAME}}
\chead{\textbf{Econ 100A HW\HWNUM}}
\rhead{\today}
\begin{document}\raggedright

\newcommand\NAME{John Smith}  
\newcommand\HWNUM{3}              
\section{First section}
kkk
\section{Lucas puzzle}
yyy
\section{PPP}
\section{Capital Control and NDF}
xxxx
\section{Cagan variant and exchange rates}
\begin{enumerate}[(a)]
	\item\item  Cagan model
	\begin{eqnarray}
m_t-p_t=-\eta i_{t+1}+\phi y_t,	
	\end{eqnarray}
	where money demand 
\end{enumerate}


\end{document}

[cgnieder]

Hi

I'm not sure I correctly understood your question:

My present question is how to adjust the space between the line "above" the title and the end of the paragraph.

You mean the spacing between a paragraph and a following section title?

You can use \titlespacing for adjusting such spaces. In the example below I also provide an alternative definition for your title format:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
\definecolor{Blue}{rgb}{0,0,0.8}

\titleformat{\section}
  {\normalfont\large\bfseries\color{Blue}}% format
  {}% label
  {0pt}% sep
  {\titlerule\newline\llap{\thetitle. }#1}% before code
  [{\titlerule[0.4pt]}]% after code

\titlespacing{\section}
  {0pt}% left
  {0pt}% before sep
  {\baselineskip}% after sep

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1]

\section{Section Title}
\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

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