G'day Suzanne,

Incorrect. As strong is a character style it will not affect the
paragraph style definition which is what occurring for this user by
using direct formatting.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic

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Without prejudice


Suzanne S. Barnhill reckoned:

This would in no way solve the problem, as applying Strong would merely
apply strong to the entire document until the underlying problem (styles
updating automatically) is dealt with.