Today I wasted 2 hours at work trying to figure out how to convert a word document to OpenOffice and preserve the numbering in the document sections. Actually, the corporate template I was using had the first 3 section styles defined with numbering (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc), but the 4th heading did not have a number preceding it. OOo and I had words, in the end I gave up.

Tonight I ran into this page:

which seems to be a real life saver.