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Completing the Description tab

About Application Use Case rules

Use the Description tab to enter free-form details that describe the steps involved in completing this use case, what the system displays, applicable edits and choices, and expected behavior.GRP-23944-2 DCO 6.2

TipYou can enter the details in the rich-text area field directly, or use Microsoft Word to capture the content. Once you choose to edit the content in Word, you must continue to use Word to update the content. The rich-text area field is not available after you choose to edit the content using Word.

Field

Description

Microsoft Word icon

Click to open Microsoft Word and use it to enter and edit the description text.

Rich-text area

Enter free-form details that describe the steps involved in completing the use case, the applicable edits, and expected behavior. Do not enter information about exception paths for the use case. Those are defined by other use cases in the application.

You can use the following rich text controls to format the text in the rich-text area field. The controls are available when text in the rich-text area is highlighted.

Icon

Result

(Arial)

Change the font of selected text.

(8)

Change the font size of selected text

Bold

Bold the selected text using the <strong> HTML tag.

Italic

Make the selected text italics.

Underscored

Make the selected text underscored.

Font color

Change the font color of the selected text. Choose a color from the palette.

Background color

Set the background color of the selected area. Choose a color from the palette.

Unordered list

Convert the selected paragraphs to an unordered list (<ul> tag).

Ordered list

Convert the selected paragraphs to an ordered list (<ol> tag).

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