Extract all chapters from a Microsoft WORD document

Objective

Extract Word document chapters as requirements and review them in the Verification Table.

Prerequisites

• REQCHECKER™ PRO or an edition that includes the Verification Table.
• A Microsoft Word document using native Heading styles or recognizable heading numbering.

Expected result

Each Word chapter is listed as a requirement in the Verification Table. Its identifier combines the chosen file ID and the chapter number.

Context

When requirements are not identified by a specific syntax, chapter numbers can be considered REQUIREMENT ID and chapter texts can be considered as requirement texts.

This tutorial shows how to extract all chapters from a Microsoft WORD document as requirements.

Steps

Step 1

Right click on the document and select Add to coverage.

If the Windows Explorer command is unavailable, create a new project from the File menu, then add the document from the Data sources tab.

A new project is automatically created and saved as new project.cover.

Step 2

Double click on the new project.cover file to open the main GUI.

Main GUI opens.

Step 3

Select the file.

Select Heading in the Statement retrieval from list.

Click on the Edit button and enter a new file ID, e.g. DSL.

Step 4

Click Report > Verification table.

The Verification Table is automatically computed and opened.

The requirement ID is generated from the file ID and the chapter number.

Success criteria

The Verification Table opens and lists the expected chapter identifiers, for example DSL§1.2, with the associated chapter text.