examspacing
How do I adjust the vertical space between the question titles and the text of the questions in the exam-class.
\documentclass{exam}
\qformat{\large\textbf{Question \thequestion}\hfill}
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
\question
Some text
\end{questions}
\end{document}
I've tried adding some \vspace to the end of the argument of \qformat but that doesn't work. I can't figure out what controls the spacing.
In order to achieve what you want:
leftmargin of the questions environment.labelsep of the questions environment.makelabel that is inside the parts environment.
leftmargin and labelsep of the parts environment.The lengths for parts 1 and 2 can be modified setting the variable questionshook, and for part 3 and 4 that command and those lengths must be set with the variable partshook (see section 4.10 "Customizing the list parameters" of the exam class manual).
So, your MWE should be the next one:
\documentclass[a4paper]{exam}
\renewcommand{\thepartno}{\roman{partno}}
%% For task 1 and 2
\renewcommand{\questionshook}{\setlength{\leftmargin}{2.5em}\setlength{\labelsep}{1.5em}}
%% For task 3 and 4
\renewcommand{\partshook}{\renewcommand\makelabel[1]{\rlap{##1}\hss}\setlength{\leftmargin}{2em}\setlength{\labelsep}{0.5em}}
\begin{document}
\firstpageheader{\large\textbf{Pure Mathematics: Number theory}}{}{\thepage}
\runningheader{}{}{\thepage}
\vspace*{0cm}
\begin{questions}
\question
For positive integers $a$, $b$ and $c$ \ldots
\begin{parts}
\part
For positive integers $a$, $b$ and $c$ \ldots
\part
For positive integers $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$ \ldots
\end{parts}
\question
For positive integers $a$, $b$ and $c$ \ldots
\begin{parts}
\part
For positive integers $a$, $b$ and $c$ \ldots
\part
For positive integers $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$ \ldots
\end{parts}
\end{questions}
\end{document}
And this is how it looks like:
The following seems to work:
\renewcommand{\questionlabel}{\makebox[1cm][l]{\thequestion}}
\renewcommand\partlabel{\makebox[1cm][l]{\thequestion.\arabic{partno}}}
\renewcommand{\questionshook}{%
\setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}%
\setlength{\labelsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\labelwidth}{0pt}%
}
\renewcommand{\partshook}{%
\setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}%
\setlength{\labelsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\labelwidth}{0cm}%
\def\makelabel##1{##1}%
}
Setting \leftmargin to 0pt arranges it so that when a question occupies more than one line, the lines after the first will begin at the left margin.
Setting \labelsep and \labelwidth to 0pt arranges it so that the label will stick out to the right of the 0pt space reserved for it, and no extra space will be left between the label and the beginning of the question.
Setting \questionlabel and \partlabel as above arranges it so that they'll take up 1cm of space, which will stick out to the right of the (zero) space reserved for the label.
The redefinition of \makelabel is needed for the parts environment to counteract the definition of \makelabel in exam.cls, which would otherwise make the label stick out to the left of the margin.
Best Answer
The format provided with the
qformatmarco is injected in a horizontal box; that's why\vspaceis not working.To add vertical space after the question, one option is to add depth to the box, for instance with: