You don't need to leave the Style list open; you could add the Style to the gallery or, if you add the Styles combobox to the QAT, you could just type some/all of its name there.

You could change the List Paragraph Style, but then you'd risk having the format change when you copy & paste such text to a different document.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]