[OS X TeX] Inter-section spacing

[Herbert Schulz]

On Feb 6, 2008, at 5:41 PM, jmm wrote:

> Can someone tell me if there is a straightforward way to manipulate  
> the amount of vertical spacing before a section header in a typical  
> document class. (In my current case, amsart.)  I need to squeeze out  
> a bit of white space for a 5-page, double-spaced proposal that  
> requires 9 different sections.  (That's a lot of space devoted to  
> the section headers!)
>

Howdy,

Try the titlesec package. I've used

\usepackage[small,compact]{titlesec}

for a smaller font and compact spacing.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)