Export Documents to HTML

You can export ReqView documents to HTML files for browsing, sharing, printing, conversion to PDF, or importing to a text processor.

Export HTML Files

To export a HTML file, click File, mouseover Export and click HTML File. In the Export HTML dialog, choose exported documents and other options. After confirmation of the dialog, select a destination for storing the exported HTML file and external attachments.

Note: In the WebApp, the exported HTML is saved in the browser download folder and the WebApp does not export attachment files.

Export Options

Documents:

• Current document — export the current document only.
• Open documents — export all open documents from the main project or loaded linked projects.
• All documents from the main project — export all documents from the main project.
• All documents from loaded projects — export all documents from the main project or loaded linked projects.

Table View:

• Current or default view — export documents using the current table view.
• Or, export documents using the selected table view.

The last used view or the default table view is used for documents that do not define the selected table view. For more information see Table Views.

Layout:

• Modern Report — export an interactive HTML file with default styles and a table displaying the same columns as the table view.
• Book — export a filtered HTML file with content in a single column, where the displayed table view columns are stacked as paragraphs.
• Table — export a filtered HTML file with a table displaying the same columns as the table view.

Options:

• Export into a single file — if set then all exported documents will be merged into a single HTML file, otherwise a separate file will be created for each exported document (for Open documents and All documents options).
• Export displayed custom attributes in a single column — if set then columns displaying custom attributes will be compacted into a single column (for Modern Report and Table layouts).
• Ignore filter — if the exported table view is filtered then this options controls if the filter is preserved or ignored.
• Ignore sorting — if the exported table view is sorted by a selected column then this option controls if the sort order is preserved or ignored.
• Ignore links to invisible objects — if set then do not include links from / to document objects which are not visible in the exported file.
• Preserve section folding — if set then content of collapsed sections will be ignored.

Example: Export user needs specification into a HTML file.

Export CLI

You can export ReqView documents to HTML files using reqview export custom command, see Command Line > Export Documents.

MS Word HTML

You can insert HTML files exported using the Table or Book layouts directly into a MS Word document. In MS Word, click Insert, then Object and select Text from File.

Example: Export a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document into a HTML file using the Book layout. For each SW requirement output its ID, text description, verification method, and upstream traceability links to user needs.

You can download the sample export templates for exporting MS Word HTML files from Export Using Custom Templates > Download Export Templates section.

Note: You can export MS Word DOCX files directly, see Export to DOCX.