Synopsis, one of:
\vspace{length} \vspace*{length}
Add the vertical space length. The length can be positive, negative, or zero. It is a rubber length—it may contain a plus
or minus
component (see Lengths).
This puts space between the two paragraphs.
And I slept. \vspace{1ex plus 0.5ex} The new day dawned cold.
(See \bigskip & \medskip & \smallskip, for common inter-paragraph spaces.)
The *
-version inserts vertical space that non-discardable. More precisely, LaTeX discards vertical space at a page break and the *
-version causes the space to stay. This example leaves space between the two questions.
Question: Find the integral of \( 5x^4+5 \). \vspace*{2cm plus 0.5cm} Question: Find the derivative of \( x^5+5x+9 \).
That space will be present even if the page break happens to fall between the questions.
If you use \vspace
in the middle of a paragraph (i.e., in horizontal mode) then the space is inserted after the line containing the \vspace
command; it does not start a new paragraph at the \vspace
command.
In this example the two questions will be evenly spaced vertically on the page, with at least one inch of space below each.
\begin{document} 1) Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp? \vspace{1in plus 1fill} 2) Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong? \vspace{1in plus 1fill} \end{document}
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