[Tex/LaTex] Control space between paragraph and table in LaTeX

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I have large white space between paragraph and table in a LaTeX file, see the following figure.

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how to control this space?

MWE is uploaded in this link MWE

the paper should not exceed 1 page

Best Answer

To reduce the spacing, you can simply add h as a float specifier for your table environment, that is change the line

\begin{table}

to 

\begin{table}[h]

Then, if you want to reduce it a bit more, add a line (adjust -5pt to fit your needs)

\vspace*{-5pt}

just before the beginning of the table.

MWE

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% One Column
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 \documentclass[smallabstract,smallcaptions]{dccpaper}

\usepackage{epsfig}
%\usepackage{citesort}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{url}
%\usepackage{placeins}


\newlength{\figurewidth}
\newlength{\smallfigurewidth}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% One Column
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\setlength{\smallfigurewidth}{2.75in}
\setlength{\figurewidth}{6in}

\begin{document}

\title
{\large
\textbf{ minimal working example (MWE)  \\
}
}


\author{%
Khaled  $^{\ast}$ and  Sean Allred $^{\dag}$\\[0.5em]
{\small\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{c}
School of Computer Science, laTeX University \\
\url{{someting}@stackexchange.com}
\end{tabular}
\end{center}\end{minipage}}
}


\maketitle
\thispagestyle{empty}

Invented by Adobe Systems and perfected over 20 years, Portable Document Format (PDF) is now an open standard for electronic document exchange maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). When you convert documents, forms, graphics, and web pages to PDF, they look just like they would if printed. But unlike printed documents, PDF files can contain clickable links and buttons, form fields, video, and audio — as well as logic to help automate routine business processes. When you share a PDF file, virtually anyone can read it using free Adobe Reader® software or the Adobe Reader mobile app.

Invented by Adobe Systems and perfected over 20 years, Portable Document Format (PDF) is now an open standard for electronic document exchange maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). When you convert documents, forms, graphics, and web pages to PDF, they look just like they would if printed. But unlike printed documents, PDF files can contain clickable links and buttons, form fields, video, and audio — as well as logic to help automate routine business processes. When you share a PDF file, virtually anyone can read it using free Adobe Reader® software or the Adobe Reader mobile app.Invented by Adobe Systems and perfected over 20 years, Portable Document Format (PDF) is now an open standard for electronic document exchange maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). When you convert documents, forms, graphics, and web pages to PDF, Invented by Adobe Systems and perfected over 20 years, Portable Document Format (PDF) is now an open standard for electronic document exchange maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). When you convert documents, forms. When you convert documents, forms, graphics, and web pages to PDF, they look just like they would if printed.When you convert documents, forms.

\vspace*{-5pt}
\begin{table}[h]
  \scriptsize\centering
  \caption{Compression of several languages text using different compressors}
    \begin{tabular}{|ccccccccc|}
    \hline
    Language & Corpus & Size  & Bzip2 & ABC2.4 & Gzip  & PPMD& CS-PPM& BS-PPM \\
     &(bytes) & (bpc) & (bpc) & (bpc) &(bpc)&(bpc)&(bpc)&(bpc) \\
    \hline
    Arabic & BACC & 56633170 & 1.45  & 1.38  & 2.14  & 1.83  & 1.38  & \textbf{1.34} \\
    \hline
    Armenian & HC & 36700160 & 1.56  & 1.37  & 2.39  & 1.69  & 1.18  & \textbf{1.17} \\
    \hline
    Chinese & LCMC  & 4555457 & 2.65  & 2.57  & 3.47  & 2.49  & \textbf{2.37}  & 2.46 \\
    \hline
    English & Brown & 5998528 & 2.46  & 2.29  & 3.16  & 2.23  & 2.15  & \textbf{2.10} \\
    \hline
    English & LOB   & 5877271 & 2.43  & 2.27  & 3.14  & 2.21  & 2.13  & \textbf{2.08} \\
    \hline
    Persian & Hamshahri & 41567603 & 1.53  & 1.38  & 2.22  & 1.75  & \textbf{1.20}   & 1.26 \\
    \hline
    Russian & HC & 52428800 & 1.52  & 1.31  & 2.45  & 1.73  & \textbf{1.12}  & 1.12 \\
    \hline
    Welsh & CEG & 6169422 & 2.55  & 2.34  & 3.19  & 2.30   & 2.20   & \textbf{2.14} \\
    \hline
    \end{tabular}%
  \label{tab:addlabel}%

\end{table}%



\end{document}

Output:

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