Linebreaks after tables in RoboHelp HTML WYSIWYG Area

Thanks so much for attempting to help solve this issue, RoboColum(n) !!  I have a small amount of HTML knowledge from a beginner course and a long ago HTML admin guide which I was asked to format from the raw info provided for a dot.com company many years ago -- so I do understand this to a certain extent. I'm just not a coder extraordinairre at this point (lol).

Here's the equivalent markup code which includes a smattering of the code before and after the linebreak "<br />" (I highlighted the linebreak code in bold type before the next line of code -- "<?rh-list_start level...") :

<p class="Bodytext">&#160;</p>
<table style="vertical-align: Center;" cellspacing="0" width="95%" align="center">
<col style="width: 9.407%;" />
<col style="width: 90.593%;" />
<tr style="vertical-align: center; height: 100px;">
  <td style="width: 9.407%; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"><p
    class="Note" style="text-align: center;"><img src="Notepad - use for notes.jpg"
                alt="" style="border: none;"
                width="40"
                height="39"
                border="0" /></p></td>
  <td style="width: 90.593%; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;"><p
    class="NOTE">If some corporate forms should be signed at this
   point, the activity will be finished by the Signature Step on
   site. The Hiring Manager signs the corporate forms package and
   the activity is placed in the Work Queue if the I-9 form is not
   completed in the Signature Step.</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

<?rh-list_start level="1" an="1" class="rl-p-Procedurestep" ?><p class="Procedurestep1"
  style="margin-top: 0pt;">If the New Employee provides proof of eligibility
documents within the 3 business days timeframe, the Hiring Manager may
initiate the I-9 3 Business-Days Step by clicking on the New Employee’s
name associated with the I-9 3 Business-Days activity in the I-9 3 Business-Days
process tab of the Work Queue (example shown below).</p><?rh-list_end ?>
<p class="Graphic"><img src="WQ (Click activity to launch  I-9 3 Bus-Days Step wizard).jpg"
       alt="" style="border: Solid 1px #000000; border-width: 1px;
       border-style: solid;" width="1300" height="644"
       border="1" /></p>