In the Format | Style dialog, there is a setting for "Style for following
paragraph." By default, this is set to the same style for most styles and to
Normal for the built-in heading styles, but you can choose any style you
like to be the "following style."

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> I've just completely followed Shauna Kelly's clear instructions for creating
> outlining styles
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> thanks,