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Editing and saving is best done in ODT. But Calibre import and conversion works best with docx. So I save an extra copy in docx format from Writer for Calibre, unless odt import has been improved/fixed. Don't read-in a docx in Writer, only re-open the odt version as opening a docx in Writer does a conversion. You don't get back exactly what you saved except with odt files.
If I'm editing an ebook in a serious way, I export/convert/save as RTF in Calibre. Then import the RTF in Writer. Fix up styles if needed, save in odt each time. Then save an extra copy as docx when you do the last odt save. Import the docx into Calibre. You can delete ALL formats of a book in Calibre leaving only the Metadata, then Shift A imports the new docx. Convert to epub2 first (Tablet page format to leave images unchanged) and then any other formats from the epub2. Depending on your Calibre viewing settings it may add bookmarks IN the ebook. You can change the settings or export a copy to disk before opening the viewer.
Doing this results in ebooks that look the same in epub (but not kepub) or azw/kf8 as the original view in Writer.
I also use something like a 5.5" x 8" page size with all margins about 1/4" in Writer to get a better idea of how headings and heading spacings will work.
You may also need sometimes to embed a font(s), or install whatever font(s) the original ebook used. Note that for KF8/azw, if you embed any font you need to embed them all.
I also check what ebooks look like on old mobi, apps like Lithium etc, and even on different ereaders if I trying out new styles.
Only do italic and bold inline, besides, these are usually words, not paragraph styles. Paragraph styles work best. The title has body text level. Main chapters are Level 1, which becomes h1 in the CSS. Avoid more than Level1 & level2. All other paragraph styles are then body level.
Don't specify a page style for page break before, and only use it for heading styles.
All pages should be the same style and have no headers, footers or page numbers.
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