Capturing Requirements from MS Word

Use this procedure to identify and capture the Chapters, Requirements, and Comments found in a Word requirement specification. In addition to rich text, you can capture any drawing objects in the source.

The process described here represents just one structured approach to performing captures. You can vary the order in which you select objects. Whichever approach you choose, pay close attention to the result when a new selection overlaps, encompasses, or falls within an existing new or imported capture. For details, refer to About Requirement Capture from MS Word.

Before you begin:

Requirement Capture must be installed. For instructions, see Installing ENOVIA Requirement for Word.

You need a requirement specification that can be opened in MS Word.

  1. Open the specification document in MS Word.

  2. Review the specification.

    Review the document to identify the objects you want to capture and import.

    Start by locating any Requirements and related Comments. Next, determine how you can organize these objects into Chapters.

  3. Select the area that defines a Chapter, and then click (Chapter).

    Use any of the available mouse, keyboard, or menu options to select the document area that represents a Chapter. The Chapter area can encompass Requirements, Comments and other Chapters. Below is an example of a highlighted Requirement:

    Repeat this step to identify an additional Chapter.

  4. Within the Chapter area, select a Requirement, and then click (Requirement).

    The Requirement selection can include text, graphics, and tables. Below is an example of a highlighted Comment:

    Repeat this step for each Requirement you want to include in this Chapter.

  5. In the Chapter area, select a Comment, and click (Comment).

    The Comment selection can include text, graphics, and tables.

    Repeat this step for each Comment you want to include in this Chapter.

    In versions prior to MS Word 2007, capturing MS Word drawing objects (Shapes, TextBoxes etc.) is only supported by embedding the drawing canvas or the document snippet in the rich text content using the "Paste Special..." command and selecting the Embedded Object or Embed Source format. With MS Word 2007/2010, drawing objects are processed automatically during import. For more information, see Importing Captures.

  6. Save the document, and then repeat Steps 3 through 5 for the next series of captures.

    Repeat this process until you are ready to import your captures.