On Thu, 9 May 2002 at 16:45, Baskaran wrote: Without affect vline (broken), how to control the above below space (fixed space on above and below 10pt) of \hline in tables. but if i use \arraystretch command, all other text lines leading affected \usepackage{tabls} This has got sufficient hooks to control spaces without affecting vertical rules. -- Radhakrishnan