[Tex/LaTex] Reduce space between enumerated items

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Background

All book figures are set to "here definitely" (as they must come after the text that introduces them).

Problem

The list types (enumerated and bullet) have too much space between them. The reason seems to be because the TeX engine wants to use up as much space on the page as possible, since the next page is essentially a large image that cannot fit on the current page. For example:

Question

What can be done to keep the text in lists together (even if it means plenty of space at the bottom of the page)?

Best Answer

As "plenty of space at the bottom of the page" seems to be acceptable to you, try to add \raggedbottom to your preamble (the default for the book class is \flushbottom).

A better solution is not to set every float to "here definitely", but to use \usepackage{flafter}. The flafter package ensures that floats won't be typeset before their in-text reference.

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Using the itemize environment inside a caption

From the caption manual:

If you want to typeset something special (like a tabular) as caption, you need to give an optional argument to \caption resp. \captionof for the List of Figures resp. List of Tables, too, even if you don’t use such list.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{caption}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\captionsetup{singlelinecheck=off}
\caption[foo bar]{foo
  \begin{itemize}
    \item bar
  \end{itemize}}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Latex multicol + itemize

Perhaps the multienum package could be an option:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amssymb} %for \blacksquare
\usepackage{multienum}

\newcommand{\rsqr}{\raisebox{0.4ex}{\tiny $\blacksquare$}}

\newlength\myindent
\newlength\mylen

\renewcommand{\itemxx}[2]{%
  \setlength\mylen{\remainxx}
  \addtolength\mylen{-\myindent}
  \hskip\myindent
  \parbox[t]{\labelwidth}{\hfill\labelenumi}%
  \hskip\labelsep
  \parbox[t]{0.5\mylen}{\raggedright #1}%
  \hfill\parbox[t]{\labelwidth}{\hfill\labelenumi}%
  \hskip\labelsep
  \parbox[t]{0.5\mylen}{\raggedright #2}\smallskip}


\newenvironment{listable}[1][0cm]
  {\begin{multienumerate}
    \setlength\myindent{#1}
    \renewcommand\labelenumi{\rsqr}
    \setlength\itemsep{-.5\baselineskip}
  }
  {\end{multienumerate}}

\begin{document}

\begin{listable}
    \mitemxx{Lots and lots of text, oh my!}{More and more text}
    \mitemxx{word}{All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy}
\end{listable}

\begin{listable}[4em]
    \mitemxx{Lots and lots of text, oh my!}{More and more text}
    \mitemxx{word}{All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy}
\end{listable}

\end{document}

The optional argument of the listable environment controls the indentation from the left margin (default value: 0cm).

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[Tex/LaTex] Reduce space between enumerated items

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