<next> (Style For Next Paragraph)

This element specifies the style which shall automatically be applied to a new paragraph created following a paragraph with the parent paragraph style applied.
Note: : This setting is typically used when the use of the current style is limited to one paragraph at most, and it would typically be undesirable to apply this style to following paragraphs - for example, a title style may specify that its following paragraphs shall return to regular text formatting.

If this element is specified on a style of any type other than a paragraph style, this element shall be ignored. If no style whose @styleId matches the @val attribute of this element exists or that style is not a paragraph style, this element shall be ignored.

If this element is omitted, then the following paragraph shall use the same paragraph style as the current paragraph.

example: 
<w:style w:styleId="TestParagraphStyle" … >
  <w:name w:val="Test Paragraph Style"/>
  <w:next w:val="AnotherParagraphStyle"/>
  <w:rPr>
    <w:b/>
  </w:rPr>
  …
</w:style>

This style specifies via the use of the <next> element that the style for the next paragraph in the document shall be the paragraph style whose @styleId attribute value is AnotherParagraphStyle (if such a paragraph style exists). ]

Parent Elements

<style> (§2.7.3.17)

Attributes

Description

<val> (String Value)

Specifies that its contents will contain a string.

The contents of this string are interpreted based on the context of the parent XML element.

<w:pPr>
  <w:pStyle w:val="heading1" /> 
</w:pPr>

The value of the @val attribute is the ID of the associated paragraph style's styleId.

However, consider the following fragment:

<w:sdtPr>
  <w:alias w:val="SDT Title Example" />
  ...
</w:sdtPr>

In this case, the decimal number in the @val attribute is the caption of the parent structured document tag. In each case, the value is interpreted in the context of the parent element. ]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_String simple type (§2.18.89).

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_String">
	<attribute name="val" type="ST_String" use="required"/>
</complexType>