Myriam Abramson wrote:
I've
\setlength{\parskip {-1pt}}
but that seems only to affect the vertical space between
paragraphs. How can I set the vertical space length between sections
and figures?
It's quite urgent as I am trying to fit this paper into a ridiculous
6-page limit.
Wider margins (both side margins and the top/bottom ones)
and a smaller font helps a lot. Unless they specified all of these too.
Many don't specify top/bottom margin.
And if they specify a certain font height, consider a narrow one,
or making the linespacing somewhat smaller :-)
Ridiculous workarounds for ridiculous limits . . .
Helge Hafting