On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to export a document to PDF via LaTeX, but my tables appear with no preceding or trailing whitespace, even if I put several blank lines before and after. For example:
>
> ---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---
> blah blah blahbeddy-blah and still more blah
>
>
> |------------+------+--------|
> |            | Some | Stuff  |
> |------------+------+--------|
> | First row  | yes  | n/a    |
> | 2nd row    | no   | maybe  |
> |------------+------+--------|
>
>
> blah blah blahbeddy-blah and still more blah
> ---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---cut---
>
> In the resulting PDF, there's no space between the table and the surrounding text.

How much are you looking for? I just exported (emacs -Q with minimal
config, see attached) and get one blank line before and after. Is this
what you get, or are you stating that you get literally *no*
whitespace? If you just want more, then Charles' suggestion is the
easiest way to go, and what I use. You can reduce the verbosity
slightly with:

#+begin_src org

blah blah blah...

#+latex: \vspace{1cm}

| table |

#+latex: \vspace{1cm}

blah blah blah...


Best regards,
John

>
> I couldn't find anything here [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-latex-export.html#sec-13]] on how to fix this.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -pd
>
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