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From: xiaofei@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: RE: LaTeX line spacing...
Message-ID: <9102141822.AA04286@autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 91 18:22:13 GMT
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To make my answer complete, I added two tables [one ruled one unruled]
in the single spaced paragraph and it works fine.
 
%%% Cut Here %%%
\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}
 
\multiply\baselineskip by 2
 
I am not a \LaTeX user so I don't know much about \LaTeX. I think \LaTeX
is designed the way it is, if you ask it to do something it was not designed,
it is not fair.
 
\baselineskip=0.5\baselineskip
\bigskip
 
In that case, I think you need to use Plain \TeX\ instead of \LaTeX.
Thanks for eplain, we Plain \TeX users have both the \LaTeX's convenience
and Plain \TeX's flexiblility.
 
{\halign to 1.0 in{\hfil#\hfil&\hfil#\hfil\cr
 cattle&herd\cr
 fish&school\cr
 lion&pride\cr}}
 
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline
\begin{tabular}{c} Column \\ \#1 \end{tabular} &
\begin{tabular}{c} Column \#2 \end{tabular} \\ \hline
1985 & 43.2 \\ \hline
1992 & 51.6 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
 
\multiply\baselineskip by 2
 
As I said in the first paragraph, I am not a \LaTeX user. The solution I
provide here used \TeX\ commands. Is this waht the original post asks?
 
\end{document}
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