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You can still solve the problem, if you'd like to, in the following way. There are variations on this theme, and I'll describe one.

Each heading that has the variable is paired with a three-part definition as I described. Place a heading definition immediately below the respective heading with no space between them.

The last paragraph of the heading definition will determine the space to the next paragraph, so that is set appropriately. Now, vertical space for the heading definition is minimized by setting the font size to the minimum in the paragraph tag. Finally, the heading definition is made invisible by setting the font color to white in the paragraph tag.

This heading construction should be documented in instructions for the document maintainer, noting that the heading definitions can be rendered visible by changing the font color to black and the font size to 10 in the relevant paragraph tag.

If every heading of a given level, say Heading 1, is created in this way, potential confusion will be minimized because it will be systematic.