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How much space is above the title of a chapter?
The \\p@ command is just an internal shorthand of pt. Thus there are 50 pt of vertical space above the chapter title, 20 pt between “Chapter nn” and the real title, and 40 pt after it. That’s all. P.S: Of course, this is not a titlesec example, but a direct approach. The CTAN lion is an artwork by Duane Bibby.
How to reduce space above chapter headings in Excel?
Copy the above code in the preamble, between \\makeatletter and \\makeatother, and change the corresponding commands at will. The \\p@ command is just an internal shorthand of pt. Thus there are 50 pt of vertical space above the chapter title, 20 pt between “Chapter nn” and the real title, and 40 pt after it. That’s all.
What’s the name of the command to make a chapter?
The \\@makechapterhead and \\@makeschapterhead commands are called, respectively, by \\chapter and \\chapter*. It may hard to fully understand what those lines do.
How to decrease spacing before chapter title?
I want to decrease the vertical space between the top of the page and the chapter heading. I have tried to follow the instructions for titlesec but I am not successful. I have tried the following two setups without any changes occuring.
Where to find spacing before and after chapters in scrbook?
If you use scrbook or scrreprt (KOMA-script) the space before and after the chapter title is given by \\chapterheadstartvskip and \\chapterheadendvskip. These “lengths” are not defined as lengths, but as commands instead. To change the settings you must use renewcommand:
What’s the default spacing between the chapters in a document?
This is the default behaviour of for \\chapter (and \\chapter*) in both book and report document class, so you’re doing nothing wrong. This default length is 50pt. You could use the etoolbox package to remove (or modify) the spacing above the chapter headings.