LaTeX help!

Number_25 · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:07

Hey guys,

Got a assignment that needs to be in tomorrow, insanely ridiculous rules on how many pages we can utalise and the amount of content the question asks.

Wondering how I would remove the spacing between the top of the page and the \maketitle!

This is what I've got so far.

\documentclass{article}[11.5pt]
\usepackage[compact]{titlesec}
\titlespacing {\section}{0pt}{2ex}{1ex}
\titlespacing{\subsection}{0pt}{1ex}{0ex}
\titlespacing {\subsubsection}{0pt}{0.5ex}{0ex}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage [hmargin=2cm,vmargin=2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\title {Derp}
\author{Derp}
\date{Monday 3rd December 2012}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\onehalfspace
\fancyhead[CO,CE]{---asdasdas ---}
\fancyfoot[C]{asdas}
\fancyfoot [RO, LE] {\thepage}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

So if anyone can help, I'd be truly grateful!

trojan698 · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:15

Mrs Seabiscuit · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:23

If those are links they dont work.

antijoke · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:38

I thought you were going to say you have a problem with condoms on your Johnson.

JonJ678 · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:41

There's still time to redo it in Word. Sad times I know, but that really does seem to be quicker than fighting TeX

Thorper · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:51

I thought he was asking for help from LateX'Dog... I was scared for a moment

Dunks · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:54

Use the titling package for the header, \setlength{\droptitle}{-10pt}

I did my 4th year dissertation in LaTeX, it's awesome once you get used to it. Been a while since then, so the above help is quite hacky and probably wrong!

Google is your friend, I'm sure it's a common issue.

Dave · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:54

Looks like your space-saving is at an extreme!

I've done this in the past by either making my own title (rather than using /maketitle) or by adding in negative vertical spaces around the \maketitle, i.e. \vspace{-0.5cm) or something. This will reduce the amount of white space between the top of the page and the title. Have you also redone the margins to give you more space?

Gman · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:55

It should be define in whatever style you applying to the code

Dunks · 13 Dec 2012 at 12:57

Gman said:
It should be define in whatever style you applying to the code

http://code.google.com/p/classicthesis/

I used this one, with some tweaks to comply to my dissertation format rules, it's awesome!

Mmmm, lovely LaTeX.

londonbairn · 13 Dec 2012 at 13:23

Ahh yes, I remember discovering this at uni and doing every piece of work possible in it.

Nothing beats a dissertation done nicely in LaTeX!

Number_25 · 13 Dec 2012 at 14:28

rafster said:
Ahh yes, I remember discovering this at uni and doing every piece of work possible in it.

Nothing beats a dissertation done nicely in LaTeX!

Used to think it was crap, since coming to Uni I've fallen in love with it.

I'll have a go of what was listed earlier, I'm trying to finish up for Christmas, too bad tomorrow is my last day...

A.N.Other · 13 Dec 2012 at 15:41

Just don't use the maketitle macro. Change the styling and font sizes manually. Simples.

One · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:06

As soon as I found out about LaTeX i used it for every pieve of coursework after. You can have a piece of work that is crap but put it in LaTeX and it instantly looks good.

I use pdfLaTeX.