How do I vertically center the text on a page?
[Tex/LaTex] Vertically center text on a page
vertical alignment
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Edit: The existence of this new answer has made my answer now obsolete and embarrassing. Please proceed to the new answer and vote it up.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[a4paper,vmargin=2cm,hmargin=1cm,showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{longtable}
\parindent=0pt
\def\correction#1{%
\abovedisplayshortskip=#1\baselineskip\relax\belowdisplayshortskip=#1\baselineskip\relax%
\abovedisplayskip=#1\baselineskip\relax\belowdisplayskip=#1\baselineskip\relax}
\arrayrulewidth=1pt\relax
\tabcolsep=5pt\relax
\arrayrulecolor{red}
\fboxsep=\tabcolsep\relax
\fboxrule=\arrayrulewidth\relax
\newcolumntype{A}[2]{%
>{\minipage{\dimexpr#1\linewidth-2\tabcolsep-#2\arrayrulewidth\relax}\vspace\tabcolsep}%
c<{\vspace\tabcolsep\endminipage}}
\newenvironment{Table}[4]{%
\longtable{%
|A{#1}{1.5}% for figure
|>{\centering$\displaystyle}A{#2}{1}<{$}% for inline equation
|>{\correction{-1}\strut\[}A{#3}{1}<{\]\strut}% for displayed equation
|>{\centering}A{#4}{1.5}% for text
|}\hline\ignorespaces}{%
\endlongtable\ignorespacesafterend}
\newcommand{\dummy}{%
It is practically a big lie that \LaTeX\
makes you focus on the content without
bothering about the layout.}
\newcommand{\Row}{%
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{newton}&
\frac{a+b}{a-b}=0&
\int_a^b f(x)\, \textrm{d}x=\frac{b-a}{b+a}&
\fcolorbox{cyan}{yellow}{\parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule\relax}{\dummy}}
\tabularnewline\hline}
\begin{document}
\begin{Table}{0.25}{0.25}{0.25}{0.25}
\Row
\Row
\end{Table}
\def\x{\centering$\displaystyle\int_a^bf(x)\,\textrm{d}x=\frac{a-b}{a+b}$}
\longtable{|A{0.2}{1.5}*2{|A{0.25}{1}}|A{0.3}{1.5}|}\hline
\x & \x & \multicolumn{2}{A{0.55}{1.5}|}{\x} \tabularnewline\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|A{0.45}{1.5}|}{\x} & \x & \x\tabularnewline\hline
\x & \multicolumn{2}{A{0.5}{1}|}{\x} & \x\tabularnewline\hline
\multicolumn{4}{|A{1}{2}|}{\x}\tabularnewline\hline
\endlongtable
\end{document}
As Aditya already answered, the most common way is to use \startstandardmakeup, as in:
\starttext
\startstandardmakeup
\startalignment[center] % or \centerline{...}
{\definedfont[Bold at 40pt] Title}
\stopalignment
\stopstandardmakeup
document text
\stoptext
Best Answer
The memoir document class provides, among a lot of other excellent things, the
vplaceenvironment.Try:
[0.7]is an optional parameter specifying the ratio of space above to space below. The default value is[1].