Take the 2-minute tour ×  Currently, the space between the
bottom of my header and the top of the chapter number is quite
large and I would like to be able to reduce the space between
the header and the chapter number. How would I go about doing
this?  I am using the report documentclass.  share|improve this
question add comment  2 Answers  up vote 3 down vote accepted  I
found the answer over at stackoverflow.com.  To recap, I had to
use:  \titleformat{ command }[ shape ]{ format }{ label }{ sep
}{ before }[ after ] \titlespacing{ command }{ left }{ beforesep
}{ aftersep }[ right ]  \titleformat must be specified in order
for the spacing to take effect.  share|improve this answer add
comment  You could also use the \vspace command. For example,
\vspace{-2ex} means "move the stuff immediately following up 2
lines worth of vertical space". (1ex is is the height of a line
in the current font).  share|improve this answer add comment
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