[Tex/LaTex] Reduce the spacing of the Table of Contents

line-spacingtable of contents

How do I reduce the line spacing in my Table of Contents?
I tried with \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1} but it doesn't…

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Instead of the spacing environment, you can use also the tocloft package for a more granular control. See the MWE:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\setlength{\cftbeforechapskip}{.1ex}
\setlength{\cftbeforesecskip}{-.5ex}
\usepackage{lipsum} % placeholder text
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{The chapter one}
\chapter{The chapter two}
\section{Lore ipsum}
\lipsum[1]
\section{Nam dui ligula}
\lipsum[2]
\section{Nulla malesuada}
\lipsum[3]
\chapter{The chapter three}
\section{Lore ipsum}
\lipsum[1]
\chapter{The chapter four}
\section{Lore ipsum}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Remove vertical space before table of contents title

I figured it out by using the \usepackage{tocloft} package:

\setlength{\cftbeforetoctitleskip}{-3em}

Which didn't work before since I forgot to change Z to toc: \cftbeforeZtitleskip to \cftbeforetoctitleskip

I believe Z can be changed to other things, other than 'toc'

[Tex/LaTex] Reduce spacing in table of contents (beamer)

The internal command \beamer@sectionintoc (defined in the file beamerbasetoc.sty) controls how the section entries will be typeset in the ToC; it issues a \vskip1.5em that adds vertical spacing between section entries. With the help of the etoolbox package you can easily patch the command to add less vertical spacing. A little example:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\beamer@sectionintoc}{\vskip1.5em}{\vskip0.5em}{}{}
\makeatother

\title[Short Title]{My very long title that doesn't fix into the footer}
\author{Me}
\date{\today}
\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}

\AtBeginSection[]
{
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Outline}
\tableofcontents[currentsection, hideothersubsections]
\end{frame}
}

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\clearpage

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Outline}
\tableofcontents[hideothersubsections]
\end{frame}


\section{Intro}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Welcome}
...
\end{frame}

\section{Topic 1}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Topic 1}
...
\end{frame}

\section{Topic 2}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Topic 2}
...
\end{frame}

\subsection{Red}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Red}
...
\end{frame}

\subsection{Green}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Green}
...
\end{frame}

\subsection{Blue}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Blue}
...
\end{frame}

\section{Topic 3}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Topic 3}
...
\end{frame}

\section{Topic 4}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Topic 4}
...
\end{frame}

\section{Topic 5}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Topic 5}
...
\end{frame}

\section{The end}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{The end}
End of file :-)
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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