Exporting from Microsoft Word to Rational DOORS

Use the Export to DOORS button in Microsoft Word to transfer information from Word to Rational® DOORS®.

Before you begin

There is no option in Rational DOORS to import from Word. If Word is installed when you install Rational DOORS, an Export to DOORS toolbar is added to Word.

Data is imported into the main column of a formal module. Headings and text are imported into the object heading and object text attributes.

In the Rational DOORS database explorer, open the folder or project where you want to import the Word document. When you export the document from Word, you specify the formal module where you want to import the data. If the module does not exist in the folder or project that is open, it is created during the import. If the module exists you must confirm that you want the data to be appended to the module. You must have create access to this folder or project.

About this task

  • Paragraphs in the Word document that have Outline levels 1 - 9 are imported as heading objects.
  • You can choose to ignore section numbers in the Word headings.
  • Auto-numbered section numbers are always ignored.
  • Paragraphs that are formatted as body text in Word are stored in the object text attribute. Objects that contain paragraph text are created one level below the heading object.
  • OLE objects are imported and stored as OLE objects.
  • Tables are imported as Rational DOORS tables.
  • Bulleted lists are imported as Rational DOORS bulleted lists
  • Indented paragraphs in Word have identical indenting applied in Rational DOORS
  • All other styles are imported as object text.
  • Unicode and other international data are included in the import.
  • If you import a document containing hidden text, and then export the module back to Word, the hidden text is displayed in the resulting Word document.
  • You cannot import a document that contains objects created using Microsoft Equation 3.0.

You can capture the style formatting of the paragraphs in the Word document and use that formatting if you export the module to Word.

Procedure

  1. Start Word and open the document you want to send to Rational DOORS.
  2. In Word, click Tools > Export to DOORS.
    Note: If you are running Rational DOORS through Citrix, Word must also be running through Citrix.
  3. In the Module Name field, enter the name of the module you want to export to.
    If the module does not exist in the folder or project that is open in Rational DOORS, it is created during the import.
  4. Optional: In the Module Description field, enter additional information about the module.
  5. Optional: In the Module Prefix field, enter a prefix for the object identifier.
  6. In the Absolute Numbers Start At field, enter the number that you want the object identifiers to start from.
  7. To ignore section numbers in Word headings, select Remove heading numbers.
    The auto-numbering produced by Rational DOORS might be different from the auto-numbering in the original document. If the original document has references to numbers, store the original numbers.
  8. To capture Word paragraph styles, select Capture paragraph styles.
  9. Click Export.