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How do I get links while extracting requirements from .odf file

I have a OpenDoc .odf document that follows the SE&A structure for Business Requirements, System Requirements, Component Requirements.  The .odf uses  Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3 in this format:
1 System and Component Requirements to allow document creation for standalone draft one-off templates
1.1 CFE shall allow document creation for standalone one-off templates that were created as draft also.
1.1.1 CFE will remove the alert that is currently shown when LP user selects draft one-off template from 'List of Templates' page

When I import into RRC 4.0.0.3  or 4.0.2 and extract the requirements where Heading = Business Requirement, Images = Support Resources, Keyword "CFE shall" paragraphs = System Requirements, Keyword "CFE" will paragraphs = Component Requirements, All Other text = none,  Step 4 Extract Requirements has expected BR, SR, BR but no link between them.

How do you construct the  OpenDoc ( or MS Word) document so that it uses headers and recognize the Link To/From artifacts.

I tried change from Headers to numbered lists and that didn't provide links either.

Is there a sample  OpenDoc or MS Word import document that shows us the format?

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Hi Debra,

Are you saying you want the import to automatically create links between the artifacts?  The import process will not create links.  The info center topic for importing requirements documents states:  "After you import the document, you can add comments on the whole document, add comments on specific paragraphs, add links, and embed other artifacts in the document."

Importing documents into a requirements project
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/clmhelp/v4r0m2/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.rational.rrm.help.doc%2Ftopics%2Ft_import_word.html

Also, in regards to Headings, you should be able to extract requirements from the heading format. The next topic in the info center, "Extracting requirement artifacts from documents" had a short simple example that has one requirement that is marked as a heading, and has some information about using the headings to create levels in modules.

I hope this helps.

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Thanks,
Yes, I saw this text too.  But the Step 4 Extract Requirements summary page has a line saying  Links .. 0, which sort of implied to me that importing can have links.

I was just hoping there was a way to do it since we'll have a few hundred items to build links between.

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