Whitespace In Latex 2

Latex Horizontal Spacing

LaTeX handles spacing between words automatically, but in some cases, you need to adjust the horizontal spacing manually.

\ % - indicates a space that should not be stretched between words.

~ % - creates a non-breaking space and prevents line breaks between the words.

\hspace{length} % - inserts horizontal space of a specified length.

Latex Vertical Spacing

Use the next commands to manually adjust line breaks:

\\ % - to create a line break in a paragraph.

\newline % - for a line break similar to \\.

\linebreak % - makes a line break but tries to avoid excessive stretching of interword spaces.

\newline % - \newline command and \linebreak command are similar, but the latter is preferable when you want to avoid large gaps.

Use the next commands to manually adjust the paragraph spacing:

\par % - inserts a new paragraph.

Blank lines % - : Leave a blank line between paragraphs in your source code to create a new paragraph in the output.

Use the next commands to manually control vertical space:

\smallskip, \medskip, \bigskip % - Insert small, medium, or large vertical spaces respectively.

\vspace{length} % - To insert vertical space of a specified length use the \vspace command.

Use the setspace package to manually adjust the line spacing:

\usepackage{setspace} 

\singlespacing % Single spacing 

\onehalfspacing % 1.5x spacing 

\doublespacing % Double spacing

Latex Page Break

Use the next commands to manually control page breaks:

\pagebreak % - inserts a page break.

\newpage % - starts a new page.

\clearpage % - ends the current page and flushes all pending floats, starting a new page.

Latex Horizontal Alignment

Use the next commands to manage horizontal alignment:

center - centers the content.

flushleft- left-aligns the content.

flushright - right-aligns the content.

to read and learn about horizontal alignment, click Line Break And Paragraph In Latex

Notes

• Use \centering instead of \begin{center} and \end{center} center environment. \centering is a command that doesn’t create an environment and thus avoids some of the spacing problems.
• When dealing with nested environments, use braces {} or groups to limit the scope of certain commands. This helps prevent unintended effects on the outer environment.

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Bibliography

https://docs.aspose.com/tex/

https://www.overleaf.com/