diff --git a/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss b/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
index 997ff8384b..24ef4628b4 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
+++ b/collects/scribble/latex-render.ss
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
           (let ([no-number? (and (pair? number) 
                                  (or (not (car number))
                                      ((length number) . > . 3)))])
-            (printf "\\~a~a~a"
+            (printf "\n\n\\~a~a~a"
                     (case (length number)
                       [(0 1) "sectionNewpage\n\n\\section"]
                       [(2) "subsection"]
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
                                                     (car flowss)))))))
                        (if boxed? 
                            (if (equal? tableform "bigtabular")
-                               (format "~a \\endfirsthead\n" boxline)
+                               (format "~a \\SEndFirstHead\n" boxline)
                                (format "\\multicolumn{~a}{@{}l@{}}{~a} \\\\\n" 
                                        (length (car flowss))
                                        boxline))
diff --git a/collects/scribble/scribble.tex b/collects/scribble/scribble.tex
index e346c5faed..e5e9b8eb97 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/scribble.tex
+++ b/collects/scribble/scribble.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \usepackage{hyperref}
 \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm}
-\usepackage{longtable}
+\usepackage{stabular}
 \usepackage{relsize}
 \usepackage[htt]{hyphenat}
 \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color}
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@
 
 \newcommand{\bibentry}[1]{\parbox[t]{0.8\linewidth}{#1}}
 
-\newenvironment{bigtabular}{\begin{longtable}}{\end{longtable}\vspace{-3ex}}
+\renewcommand{\Scribtexttt}[1]{{\texttt{\textbf{#1}}}}
+
+\newenvironment{bigtabular}{\vspace{0ex}
+
+\begin{stabular}}{\end{stabular}
+
+\vspace{0ex}}
+\newcommand{\SEndFirstHead}[0]{ \nopagebreak \\ }
 
 \newenvironment{schemeblock}{}{}
 \newenvironment{defmodule}{}{}