About Requirement Capture Rules for MS Word

Non-Overlapping Selections

When selections do not overlap, each selection will result in the creation of separate entities. Here is an example of non-overlapping selections.

Here is an example of overlapping selections.

The table below shows the results when a new selection overlaps an existing new capture (not imported).

This new selection	Overlaps this existing new capture	Result
Chapter	Chapter	New Chapter is merged with the existing Chapter
	Requirement	Existing new or marked Requirement included in new Chapter.
	Comment	Existing Comment included in new Chapter.
Requirement	Chapter	Invalid
	Requirement	New Requirements is merged with the existing Requirement
	Comment	Invalid
Comment	Chapter	Invalid
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	New Comment is merged with the existing Comment

Here is an example of overlapping selections.

The table below shows the results when a new selection overlaps an existing imported capture.

This new selection	Overlaps this existing imported capture	Result
Chapter	Chapter	Invalid
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	Invalid
Requirement	Chapter	Invalid
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	Invalid
Comment	Chapter	Invalid
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	Invalid

Here is an example of when a new selection is within an existing selection.

Below are the results when new selection is within an existing new or imported capture.

This new selection	Is within this existing new/imported capture	Result in
Chapter	Chapter	New Chapter included as a sub-Chapter under the existing Chapter
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	Invalid
Requirement	Chapter	New Requirement included in existing Chapter
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	Invalid
Comment	Chapter	New Comment included in existing Chapter
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	Invalid

Here is an example of when a new selection encompasses an existing selection.

Below are the results when a new selection encompasses existing new capture (not imported).

This new selection	Encompasses this existing new capture	Result in
Chapter	Chapter	Existing Chapter included as a sub-Chapter under the new Chapter
	Requirement	Existing new or marked Requirement included in new Chapter.
	Comment	Existing Comment included in new Chapter.
Requirement	Chapter	Invalid
	Requirement	New Requirement merged with existing Requirement
	Comment	Invalid
Comment	Chapter	Invalid
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	New Comment is merged with existing Comment

Here is an example of when a new selection encompasses an existing selection.

Below are the results when a new selection encompasses an existing imported capture.

This new selection	Encompasses this existing imported capture	Result in
Chapter	Chapter	Invalid
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	Invalid
Requirement	Chapter	Invalid
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	Invalid
Comment	Chapter	Invalid
	Requirement	Invalid
	Comment	Invalid