[Tex/LaTex] Inserting a small vertical space in a table

positioningspacingtables

Is there a way that I can insert a small space in a table?
When I use a superscript, the number touches the \hline.

\documentclass[9pt,letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{helvet}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

\begin{document}
\begin{picture}(0,0)

\put(20,-136){\mbox{    
        \footnotesize   
        \begin{tabular}{ p{8em}  r  r  l }  
        \hline      
                        & Total     & Average   & Unit   \\
        \hline      
        Area1           & 419773    &   9.15        &  \emph{m$^2$}      \\      
        Area2           & 0     &   0       &  \emph{m$^3$}      \\
        \hline  
        \end{tabular}
    }}  

\end{picture}

\end{document}

I tried inserting \vspace but this does not move everything, just one cell.

\vspace{0.001 in} Area1 & \vspace{0.001 in} 419773  &   \vspace{0.001 in} 9.15      & \vspace{0.001 in} \emph{m$^2$} \

My preference would be to adjust this without an external package, as I am using an old version of LaTeX on a server that I cannot replace.

Best Answer

use

\rule{0pt}{4ex}

in the first column of that line.

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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}

[Tex/LaTex] Vertical space between chapter heading and table

You can remove that gap either issuing

\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{-12.75pt}

or (after loading caption)

\captionsetup[table]{aboveskip=-12.75pt}

Note that both the above commands affect only the code that follows them, so you can simply put them after you start with the appendices.

MWE

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, headsepline, smallheadings,]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\renewcommand*{\chapterheadstartvskip}{\vspace{-1\baselineskip}}
\begin{document}
\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{-12.75pt}
\chapter{Chapter}
\begin{table}[h]
\caption[title table 1]{description table 1}
\fbox{content}
\end{table}
\chapter{Chapter}
aaa
\end{document}

Output

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