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From: lear@athos.rutgers.edu (eliot lear)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: vertical spacing in LaTeX
Message-ID: <973@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 24 Feb 88 04:46:46 GMT
References: <4445@sigi.Colorado.EDU>
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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In article <4445@sigi.Colorado.EDU> michael@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Michael Schmidt) writes:
>   How can I influence the vertical spacing in LaTeX? Say to
>   achieve double spacing?

The way we do it around here is as follows:

\newcommand{\doublespace}{\baselineskip 2\baselineskip}
and 
\newcommand{\halfspace}{\par \baselineskip .5\baselineskip}
to undo it.
-- 
Eliot Lear
[lear@rutgers.edu]