Exporting object data to Microsoft Word

When you export object data to Word, Teamcenter uses a combination of two Word templates to define which properties are exported and how the data is formatted in the output document. Specifically, you need:

Data The data exported to Microsoft Word is assigned one or more object templates and a specification template for export. For each object type in the data, you can use a different object template, or you can use the same object template for multiple object types.

Object template(s) An object template contains keyword tags that designate the properties that are exported for the selected objects.

Caution: Properties with dynamic or cascading lists of values (LOVs) cannot be modified with live Word.

Style tags are applied to the Property keyword to specify which style definition should be used from the specification template. Using a single object template exports the same object properties for each object; using multiple object templates lets you specify the object properties exported for each assigned object type.

Specification template A specification template controls the output document format (title page, headers and footers, page layout) and defines the Word styles applied to the exported data. The style definitions match the style tags assigned to the Property keyword tags.

Note: Only properties of the object revision are supported for Word Export.

By maintaining the same style set in both the object template and the specification template, you can apply identical styles to object content and to Word output documents. Use the Word Organizer dialog box to manage the style set — ensure style names and attributes match in both templates. Styles in the specification template override those with the same name but different attributes in the object template.

Body text attributes in the output document originate from the content formatting for the individual objects. Styles applied to {%Body_Text} tags in the object template do not affect object content in the output document.

Note: Teamcenter does not set indentation for headings in the output document. To indent exported object names as in the structure hierarchy, modify the corresponding Word heading styles in the template.

Warning: Modify Word styles only in the templates. Style modification through Word's associated XML files can corrupt the templates and their output documents.