Exporting Rational DOORS data to Microsoft Word

Answer

Here are the steps to export DOORS module data to Microsoft Word:

1. In the module window, click File > Save . This saves the module.
   It makes sure that the data you export includes any changes you made recently.
   Note: When you export modules to Microsoft Word, DOORS uses the Windows clipboard.
   Make sure there is nothing on the clipboard that you do not want to lose before you export.
   
   
2. Click File > Export > Microsoft Office > Word...
   Note: If you are running DOORS through Citrix, Word must also be running through Citrix
   or the export will not work. This option is unavailable if Word is not installed on your machine.
   
   
3. Use the General tab to specify what data you want to export. There are four options:
• Select either Book or Table layout:
  Book layout lists the data on separate lines. All the columns in the current view are exported.
  Table layout composes the data as a table just like in DOORS. All the columns in the current view are exported.
• Include DOORS heading Numbers:
  Chooses whether to include DOORS Heading Numbers. By default, the heading numbers are exported with the Object Heading text. Clear this check box if you do not want to export heading numbers.
• Issue a warning when an unregistered OLE object is exported as a picture:
  Clear this check box if you do not want to be warned that the module you are exporting contains unregistered OLE objects. Unregistered OLE objects are exported as pictures and cannot be activated in Word
• Include empty attributes:
  Select this check box if you want to export attributes that do not contain any value to Word.
  By default DOORS does not export empty attributes to Word.
  
  
4. Optionally, you can use the Advanced tab to specify advanced choices for exporting.
   
• Use Paragraph Style Attribute If you previously imported the data from Word,
  select this check box to use the Word paragraph style information that was captured during the import. This information is stored in the module's Paragraph Style attribute. The styles named in the Paragraph Style attribute are used to format the exported document.
• Allow Style Mapping Select this check box if you want to manually map DOORS heading and text levels to the Word paragraph styles in the exported document. For example, you can say that you want level 1 headings in DOORS to use the Heading 2 Word style.
  
• Ignore DOORS Table Borders, put all borders on all cells
  By default, the exported Word document uses the same table border settings as the DOORS module. Select this check box if you want to ignore the table border settings in the module
  and put borders around all the table cells in the Word document.
  
• AutoFormat Select this check box if you want to ignore the column width settings in the DOORS module and let Word choose the column widths.
  
• Use Normal Template By default, the normal.dotWord template is attached to the exported document. To use another template, clear this check box, and then type the name of the
  template file in the Template name box, or use Browse to locate the file.
  
• Use horizontal line separators in book layout exports.
  When using book format, this will insert line separators between objects in the Word document
  
• Number of objects after which to save Word document
  The export of large modules to Word occasionally fails with the Word error:
  "the formatting in this document is too complex. Please full save the document now".
  If you get this error, select this check box, and specify the intervals at which you want to save the Word document in the objects box.
  When you export the module, after the first group of objects has been exported you are prompted for a name and location to which you want to save the document .Subsequent saves during the export automatically update that document.
  
  
5. Click Export
   
   
6. If you selected the Allow style mapping check box on the Advanced tab, the Export to Word Style Mapping screen is displayed. The list on the left shows what mappings you'll get.
   For example, by default, level 1 headings in DOORS are mapped to the Heading 1 style in Word and DOORS bullets are mapped to standard Word bullets.