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Rance D. Necaise

Spacing And Layout

Several plugins are provided that allow you to control the layout and spacing of text and blocks and the flow of text around page elements.

document module
\hspace{length}
Leave horizontal space within a line or before/after a block.
Argument:
length

The amount of horizontal space to skip. Must be specified as an html dimension.

Plugin:  TextSpacing
document module
\vspace{length}
Leave vertical space between paragraphs or blocks.
Argument:
length

The amount of vertical space to skip. Must be specified as an html dimension.

Plugin:  TextSpacing
document module
\parkskip
Inserts additional structure spacing between adjacent paragraphs. This command only works following a blank line which ensures the end of the preceding block or paragraph.
Plugin:  ParSkip
document module
\linebreak
\newline
Inserts a line break which terminates the current line of text and advances down to the next line.
Plugin:  LineBreak
document module
\clear
\clear{which}
Forces a layout break that clears floating elements, pushing subsequent content below them.
Argument:
which

An optional argument that can be used to specify which type of floating element to clear.

ValueDescription
leftclears left floating elements
rightclears right floating elements
allclears both left and right floating elements
Plugin:  ClearFloat
  August 15, 2026 at 02:10 PM