[OS X TeX] squeezing table rows

KL Tah kl_tah at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 7 08:28:24 CEST 2006


Hi Ross,

I've set the font size at the documentclass options.
However, I have a hunch that regardless of fontsize, there should be a  
control for the spacing between rows, analogous to \itemskip for lists.

KL


On Jun 4, 2006, at 3:31 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

> Hello KL,
>
> On 05/06/2006, at 8:15 AM, KL Tah wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Could someone enlighten me as to how to squeeze space between rows in  
>> the table? I need to use a smaller font size but changing the font  
>> size did not seem to scale the spaces in a similar manner, making the  
>> table look less than sastisfactory.
>
> How did you select the smaller font ?
> Just choosing, say  \small  within individual cells ?
>
> Or by applying the change to the whole table; e.g.,
>
>   {\small
>    \begin{tabular}{...}
>     ...
>     ...
>    \end{tabular}
>    }%  end of \small .
>
> The effect should be quite different between these two ways,
> since the \baselineskip amount will differ.
>
>>
>> I'm actually using the deluxetable environment from the aastex macro,  
>> so if you have tips specific to this, that would help even more!
>
> Sorry, I cannot help with that.
>
> Please provide a cut-down example of what you are trying to do.
> Include the commands to load packages, where relevant.
>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> KL
>>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> 	Ross Moore
>
>>
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