Edit requirement content in the MS Word view

Caution: Requirement content includes the text of any Word callout shapes that are inserted in the document. If callout text occurs in the first 2,000 characters, the requirement's Body Cleartext property shows the callout text inline with the overall content. The Body Cleartext property is displayed in the Summary view, on the Overview tab under Item Properties.

You can insert the Body Cleartext property column in the Requirements view. Use the Set the number of rows per line list to display multiple text lines as necessary.

Procedure

1. To open the MS Word view, do one of the following:

   • Choose View→Show MS Word View.
   • Click MS Word View on the toolbar.

2. Select the requirement. The MS Word view displays the content in an embedded Word window.

3. Place the cursor in the window, and use the standard Word functions to enter, change, or format the content.

4. To save the content in the database, click Save at the top of the MS Word view.

   Warning: Do not use Word functions for this action.

If you did not check out the full-text dataset explicitly, the dataset remains checked out implicitly to your user ID. When you select another object in the structure view or exit Teamcenter, the dataset is checked in implicitly.

If you checked out the full-text dataset explicitly, it remains checked out. You must explicitly check in the dataset.

Tip: When the MS Word view is active, only the File menu and the Window menu are available in the Systems Engineering perspective. To restore the other menus, deactivate the MS Word view by activating another view. For example, to activate a structure view, click the Requirements Manager tab or an item in the structure.

Related Topics

• Display multiple text lines in the structure view
• MS Word view user interface