Reduce vertical space between text and table and remove table indentation

Question

I want to reduce the vertical space between the first line text and the start of the table.

I also want to remove the indent on the table, so that all three lines start at exactly the same vertical point.

\documentclass[final,a4paper,notitlepage,10pt]{report}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % inputenc for encoding to utf8

\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}   % this page does not have a header

Testing some text on the first line.\\
\begin{tabular}{l l}\\
Lorem ipsum & dolor sit amet
\end{tabular}\\
Why was the table above indented? and how can I reduce the space between first line and start of the table?

\end{document}

I couldn't find any table indent command that I could simply reduce to 0. I am open to using a different tabular environment if it gets the job done easily.

This currently gives something similar to:

Table vertical space and indent MWE

Also how can I easily upload a picture of just the surrounding text instead of a full page pdf image? — dan2k3k4, Feb 28 '12 at 20:24
I personally just capture the image form the screen on a Mac, but see this on how to convert TeX to image over command line — Peter Grill, Feb 28 '12 at 20:45

score 46 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 11 '17 at 15:32

46

I eliminated the \\ and replaced it with a blank line as it is a new paragraph. The \vspace*{-\baselineskip} eliminates the space between the first line and the table. You can replace the size with some other value to adjust the vertical spacing, for example \vspace*{-5mm}.

Also, use @{} to eliminate the the column spacing on the left hand side.

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The \usepackage[showframe]{geometry} was used to show the margins.

\documentclass[final,a4paper,notitlepage,10pt]{report}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % inputenc for encoding to utf8

\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}   % this page does not have a header

Testing some text on the first line.

\vspace*{-\baselineskip}
\begin{tabular}{@{}l l}\\
Lorem ipsum & dolor sit amet
\end{tabular}\\
Why was the table above indented? and how can I reduce the space between first line and start of the table?
\end{document}

edited Jun 11 '17 at 15:32

Moriambar

11,466

answered Feb 28 '12 at 20:27

Peter Grill

223,288

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Perfect that worked, thanks! Is \par generally better to use rather than \? – dan2k3k4 Feb 28 '12 at 20:37
My preference is usually to leave a blank line (I will adjust this example). I think a blank line is easier to read than a \\ – Peter Grill Feb 28 '12 at 20:40
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\vspace{-5cm} or muliple of \baselineskip is a manipulation. There should be some logical way... – Jun 28 '15 at 17:46
How can I do this for an itemize. I mean reduce spaces between bullet points – Trect Oct 30 '18 at 19:33
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@41041729: That is totally unrelated to this question and I suggest you ask a new question so that you (and others) can find it in the future. – Peter Grill Oct 30 '18 at 20:12
Okay @Peter Grill – Trect Oct 31 '18 at 13:11

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