Extra paragraph added to header in Word output

I'm using RoboHelp 2015 and Word 2013, and my SSL outputs to a Word doc using my RH css. The header and footer content and styles I specified in the SSL are coming through OK,but there's one problem: there's an extra paragraph that gets inserted after the header and footer. This leaves an unsightly gap between the header and the body in the Word document.

I can't figure out how to get rid of the extra paragraphs. (Except manually in the Word doc, of course, but I want to eliminate that extra step.) I've fiddled with margins and padding in the nearby styles, but that doesn't help.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of these unwanted hitchhiking paragraphs?

Thanks,

G.