In regular latex you might be able to use \vspace{0.5cm}, or \vspace{-0.5cm} (for example), before or after each equation. You might be able to put that in ERT ("Insert -> TeX code") in LyX.
HTH. -Gwen On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Barak Shoshany <bara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I'm preparing a formula sheet, and would like to get as many formulas as I > can inside a limited number of pages. I've already used most of the tricks > in the book: 3 columns, narrow margins, small paragraph & line spacing, etc. > However, one important thing I want to change is the spacing before and > after equations, which is disproportionately large but seems to be oblivious > to the settings for paragraph and line spacing. > How can I manually set the spacing for the equations? > Thanks in advance, > Barak