How to add whitespace to an RMarkdown document?

Question

Is there a way to do it by adding latex code in the text or does the solution lie in (R)Markdown?

No sign of a solution here: http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/pdf_document_format.html

At present I'm bodging a solution by adding my monospace signature to the bottom of the 1st page, to force the next section to start on page 2: https://github.com/Robinlovelace/Creating-maps-in-R/blob/master/intro-spatial-rl.pdf

Answer 1

Another easy way to do this is to just use HTML tags. Adding <br> will give a single line break and I've used that when, for whatever reason, using the (two-space indentation) is ignored.

Answer 2

To create vertical space (Markdown to PDF), I use  

This command works like \vspace{12pt} for latex.

Answer 3

You can use latex inside your Rmd file. To have a page break, just add \newpage.

example.Rmd

Title
====================

This is a test Rmd document. 

\newpage

Second page
====================

This text is on the second page

You make a pdf using render("example.Rmd", output_format='pdf_document')

Hope it helps,

alex

Answer 4

You can also use inline LaTeX to create a 1-inch vertical space like this:

text text text

$$\\[1in]$$

text text text 

Note that you have to leave a blank line before and after the $$\\[1in]$$