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I am trying to add a List of Equations to my dissertation that matches the style of the list of tables and list of figures. I am very close but am hung up on the last step. How can I reduce the vertical space between the "EQUATION .. PAGE" line and the line that shows the first equation?

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I am using the tocloft package and the code to generate this table is shown below

\newcommand{\listequationsname}{LIST OF EQUATIONS \vskip 0.0in \noindent     \textnormal{EQUATION} \hfill \textnormal{PAGE}}
\newlistof{myequations}{equ}{\listequationsname}
\newcommand{\myequations}[1]{%
\addcontentsline{equ}{myequations}{\protect\numberline{\theequation}#1}\par}
\setlength{\cftmyequationsnumwidth}{2.5em}% Width of equation number in List of Equations
\setlength{\cftmyequationsindent}{2em}

I think I am looking for another \setlength command but have scoured the tocloft documentation and cant seem to find what parameter to set.

Werner
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JHowIX
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  • in some circumstances, the "\listof..." inserts extra space between entries for separate chapters. in situations i'm familiar with, this takes the form of \addvspace {10\p@ } in the .lo* file. while this shouldn't accumulate, there may be something else in that file that suppresses the add check. compare your new .lo* file to the comparable .lof' to see what might be different. it also looks like you might be using\doublespacing`; you should probably turn that off until after all the lists are output. – barbara beeton Jul 15 '14 at 15:05

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You should use \cftafterequtitle to place your EQUATION...PAGE headings, and set an appropriate length \cftafterequtitleskip to establish the distance between the entire heading and your first entry (see section 2.2 Changing the titles in the tocloft documentation):

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[paper=a6paper,margin=2cm]{geometry}% Just for this example

\usepackage{tocloft}
\newcommand{\listequationsname}{List of Equations}
\newlistof{myequations}{equ}{\listequationsname}
\newcommand{\myequations}[1]{%
  \addcontentsline{equ}{myequations}{\protect\numberline{\theequation}#1}}
\setlength{\cftmyequationsnumwidth}{2.5em}% Width of equation number in List of Equations
\setlength{\cftmyequationsindent}{2em}
\renewcommand{\cftafterequtitle}{\par\noindent \textnormal{EQUATION} \hfill \textnormal{PAGE}}
\setlength{\cftafterequtitleskip}{0pt}% Space between \cftafterequtitle and first list entry

% Just for this example, redefine \listofmyequations to keep the list entries for re-use.
\let\oldlistofmyequations\listofmyequations
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\listofmyequations}{{%
  \@fileswfalse\oldlistofmyequations}}
\makeatother
\usepackage{multido}% Just for this example

\begin{document}
\listofmyequations
\begin{equation} A\myequations{test1} \end{equation}
\begin{equation} B\myequations{test2} \end{equation}
\begin{equation} C\myequations{test3} \end{equation}
\begin{equation} D\myequations{test4} \end{equation}

\multido{\i=1+1}{10}{% Print 10 \listofmyequations, each with different \cftafterequtitleskip
  \clearpage
  \setlength{\cftafterequtitleskip}{\i\baselineskip}
  \listofmyequations
}

\end{document}
Werner
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  • fantasic. Thank you for your help. Would you mind looking at this question as well? http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/191848/centering-list-of-x-and-following-with-text – JHowIX Jul 17 '14 at 01:56