Requirement Capture Rules for Microsoft Word

There are rules to consider when capturing requirements. These rules determine what happens when a new selection overlaps, encompasses, or falls within an existing new or imported capture.

The following general rules that apply to all new selections:

Do not capture the first line in the document. If you must capture the first line, insert a blank line above it, and then begin the capture from the second line.
Center-justified pictures and tables are left-justified after capture.
Table background colors are not captured.

This page discusses:

Non-overlapping Selections
New Selection Overlaps Existing New Selection
New Selection Overlaps Imported Selection
New Selection Within an Existing Selection
New Selection Encompasses an Existing Selection
New Selection Encompasses an Existing Imported Selection

Non-overlapping Selections

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

New Selection Overlaps Existing New Selection

Here is an example of overlapping selections.

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


This new selection	Overlaps this existing new capture	Results in
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 selection
	Requirement	New requirements is merged with the existing requirement
	Comment	Invalid selection
Comment	Chapter	Invalid selection
	Requirement	Invalid selection
	Comment	New comment is merged with the existing comment

New Selection Overlaps Imported Selection

Following is an example of overlapping selections.

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


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

New Selection Within an Existing Selection

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

The following table shows the results when new selection is within an existing new or imported capture.


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

New Selection Encompasses an Existing Selection

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

The following table shows the results when a new selection encompasses existing new capture (not imported).


This new selection	Encompasses this existing new capture	Results 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 selection
	Requirement	New requirement merged with existing requirement
	Comment	Invalid selection
Comment	Chapter	Invalid selection
	Requirement	Invalid selection
	Comment	New comment is merged with existing comment

New Selection Encompasses an Existing Imported Selection

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

The following table shows the results when a new selection encompasses an existing imported capture.


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