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About Requirements Documents

Requirements Document Types

The RMI supports the following types of requirements documents:

You can also link to requirements in custom types of documents — see Linking to Custom Types of Requirements Documents

Locations Within Requirements Documents

Depending on the requirements document type, you can link to specific locations within a document using the following options in the Requirements dialog box.

Requirements Document TypeLocation Options
Text
  • Search text — Type a string in the Location text field. The RMI links to the first occurrence of the text string within the document. This search is not case sensitive.

  • Line number — Type a line number in the Location text field. The RMI links to the specified line.

HTML

You can link only to a named anchor.

For example, in your HTML requirements document, if you define the anchor

	<A NAME=valve_timing> ...contents... </A>

in the Location text field, enter valve_timing or choose the anchor name from the document index.

Microsoft Word
  • Search text — Type a string in the Location text field. The RMI links to the first occurrence of the text string within the document. This search is not case sensitive.

  • Named item — Type the bookmark name in the Location text field, or select the name from the document index. The RMI links to the location of that bookmark in the document.

  • Page/item number — Type a page number in the Location text field. The RMI links to the top of that page.

Microsoft Excel
  • Search text — Type a string in the Location text field. The RMI links to the first occurrence of the text string within the workbook. This search is not case sensitive.

  • Named item — Type the name in the Location text field. The RMI links to that named item within the workbook.

  • Sheet range — Type a location in a workbook in the Location text field:

    • Cell number (A1, C13)

    • Range of cells (C5:D7)

    • Range of cells on another worksheet (Sheet1!A1:B4)

    The RMI links to the specified cell or cells.

PDF
  • Named item — Type the bookmark name in the Location field, or select the bookmark name in the document index. The RMI links to the location of that bookmark in the document.

  • Page/item number — Type a page number in the Location text field. The RMI links to the top of the page.

Web browser URLThe RMI can link to a URL location. Type the URL string in the Document text field. When you click the link, the document opens in a Web browser. Similarly to HTML document types, you can explicitly specify the anchor in the Location text field.

  


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