Removing whitespaces caused by separate source files

Question

I have an article which consists of multiple files, a main file with following section includes:

\include{Introduction}
\include{ProposedProtocol}
\include{Comparison}
\include{FutureWork}
\include{References}

But there is a problem when I see the output. There are extra white spaces at the beginning of every section. A minimal start of the section files looks like this:

%!TEX root = Main.tex

\section{Proposed Protocol}
Content of the section goes here

Is there any way to remove these white spaces and make every section start where the previous one ends?

Thanks. That's it. Would you please state your solution as an answer so that I can mark it as correct answer. — Yasser Sobhdel, May 26 '11 at 10:03

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered May 26 '11 at 10:16

The \include command always does a \clearpage, which is necessary to keep cross references in synch when the file is not really included (via \includeonly).

Changing \include into a simple \input cures the problem.

A comment. With modern machines, \include has only limited usefulness, since compilation is fast enough that the old way with \includeonly does not spare much time. Anyway, \include is best used for entire chapters, that will issue \clearpage also by themselves.

Removing whitespaces caused by separate source files

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