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From: v096my2q@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu (Mark A Wieczorek)
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Subject: Re: The space between the headline and the text..
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Date: 23 Mar 91 19:12:24 GMT
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In article <66929@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, v096my2q@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu 
(Mark A Wieczorek---that's me) writes...
> 
>	I've got a question.  Whenever I print out a document using
>TeX, I always get a little bit of extra space between the headline and
>the first line of text, on the FIRST page only. On all the following
>pages their is barely any space between these two.

	Well I found out what I was doing. In one of the files that I
input initially had the command \null in it. It seems that this was
starting the paper as if it was a new paragraph. I was told that
you should put \null at the beginning of any document. Should I? And 
what is the purpose of this command?

	Also, I am still looking for a command that will put extra space
between the headline and the main text. Is their any way of doing this
or should I just forget about it?

	Thanks for any help

Mark Wieczorek		V096my2q@ubvms