Tagging elements in a Word document

Marking an element as being a Scope element

Elements in a Word document can be marked as being the following:

· requirement containers

· requirements

· dictionaries

· terms

· goal containers

· goals

· business rule containers

· business rules

To mark an element in a Word document as being a Scope element, simply highlight the description of the element in the Word document and then click on the corresponding marker icon, before defining a name for the element. By default, the first word in the description is suggested as the element name.

The following table presents the icons used to mark elements in a Word document:

Icon	Word element marked as …
	Requirement container
	Requirement
	Dictionary
	Term
	Goal container
	Goal
	Business rule container
	Business rule

The screenshot below shows an example of a requirement container being marked.

Marking an element as being a requirement container

Steps:

1. Select in Word the phrase that you wish to use as the definition of the requirement container you are about to create.

2. In the tool bar, click on the "Requirement container" icon. The "Mark requirement container" window then appears.

3. In the "Name of the element" field, a default name is proposed. If you wish to change this default name, enter a new name.

4. Click on "OK" to confirm.

The result of this operation is shown below.

The newly marked requirement container

Steps:

1. The selected element is then displayed over a coloured background and with a reference in brackets after it.

2. An information panel appears, informing you of the name of the element and its position in the hierarchy.

Note: The background of a marked element is different according to the type of element.

- For requirement containers, lilac.

- For dictionaries, peach.

- For goal containers, pink.

- For business rule containers, light green.

- For requirements, turquoise.

- For terms, red.

- For goals, light gray.

- For business rules, yellow.