Secondary Style Overrides Initial Style of Same Paragraph For "After Spacing".

Scenario:

This issue just came up the other day.  For those of you that use a Third Party Software such as MacPac and Soft Wise for your Multi-Level Outlines this is not really an issue for you.  But, for those of you that use generic MS Word to generate your Multilevel Outlines, then you will find this both interesting and you will gain additional knowledge if this same scenario should arise for you at work or on a test:

The scenario was the following:

We were dealing with a four level Multi-Level Outline.  Level Two took the form of:

1.1  Heading Text.  Paragraph Text Paragraph Text Paragraph Text Paragraph Text Paragraph Text.

For "most" of the Level Two paragraphs, they shared the paragraph with the text and therefore we had to make use of the "Style Separator" and we then applied a Body Text Style to the remainder of the level two paragraph after the Heading material.

The remainder of the paragraph (the Body Text Style), used Justification, Single Spacing and 12 Pts. After.

So what's the problem?  Well, while most of the Level Two Headings shared the paragraph with the text, there were a number of Heading 2 paragraphs in the document that did not and took this form:

1.1  Heading Text

Paragraph Text Paragraph Text Paragraph Text Paragraph Text Paragraph Text.

The question then became when we have Heading Two material on a line by itself, how do we ensure that there is 12 Pts. After?

If you remember, in the first scenario, we placed the 12 Pts. After in the "Body Text portion" and "not" in the Heading 2 portion.

What we needed to do was to place 12 Pts. After in the Heading 2 style as well.  In the Heading 2 paragraphs that share the paragraph with Body Text, the 12 Pts. After in the Body Text will take over for those paragraphs.  But, for those paragraphs that have Heading 2 on a line by itself, the 12 Pts. After Spacing that we placed in the Heading 2 Style will ensure that there is 12 Pts. of space between the Heading that sits on a line by itself and the paragraph that follows.

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