Trace or link requirement to a specific place in a document

[steen.jensen]

Anyone know if its possible to have a trace back as a link to a PDF or Doc file to a specific sentence?
If I want to scan a doc/pdf for requirements, i would like have some reference to the place inside the document (Doc/pdf) for trace back etc.

Is it possible in any way with EA??
Only thing I know today is a ref:link to external doc, but if large doc could be >100 requirements from same doc

[qwerty]

We did that using good (or bad?) old DOORS which could create text references. These were numbered by DOORS and finally used as requirement IDs in EA.

q.

[Sunshine]

Some options to consider
To trace back to doc import it as an internal artifact and link. that way you have a snap shot of doc just incase someone changes the externally linked doc
To trace to particular para then import doc via MS Word import. you can then link the para's youve imported to the elements you want to trace to.
Unless you change all sentences to paragraphs in the doc I don't thnk you can import sentences as individual requirements.

[PeterHeintz]

Another option could be YAKINDU (a commercial tool)