Back from an out-of -town crisis.
apljdi,
what happens is this, when I write a post and hit the preview button within the admin area, the post come up with all sorts of code above the actual text that I type. I thought this would not appear when posting, but it does. I then have to delete the post and try again. To keep the code from showing, I have to delete this code, leaving only the original text that I typed. This then causes my text to post 1 line below where it should start, leaving a larger than expected gap between the header and actual post.
Thanks for having a look. You did not see code because I had already removed it.