Using Structure Capture

You can use structure capture to automatically mark up text for capture using Microsoft Word's outline view. All heading-level text is marked as chapters and any other text is marked as body text.

Note: You cannot use structure capture to capture sub requirements.

Required responsibilities:

  • Baseline: Leader (when the object is in the Frozen state) or Author

Depending on your requirement capture options, heading-level text can appear highlighted using the default Microsoft Word highlighting color. Other text is also shaded according to your capture preferences. For more information, see Editing Requirement Capture Preferences for Microsoft Word.

Before you begin: The Requirement Capture program must be installed on your local computer. For more information, see Installing Requirement Capture for Microsoft Word. You must have a requirement specification document that can be opened in Microsoft Word.
  1. Open the requirement specification document in Microsoft Word.
  2. Select text you want to capture.
  3. On the Requirement Capture toolbar, click Structure Capture .

    Requirement Capture displays the specification in outline view. The text you selected is highlighted or shaded according to your capture preferences.

  4. Use the Requirement Capture toolbar options to manually mark additional text for capture or use keyword capture. For more information, see Using Keyword Capture.
  5. To exclude marked text from capture, on the Requirement Capture toolbar, click Manage Tags . In the list of document tags, select the tags you want to exclude, then click Clear Tag.
  6. To import the marked content from Microsoft Word, on the Requirement Capture toolbar, click Import . For more information, see Importing Captures into Traceable Requirements Management.