# SmartOffice4TFS SmartOffice4TFS, is a simple yet powerful set of plug-ins for Microsoft Office. It is the foundational component of our requirements management tool suite that helps development teams to be more efficient when creating TFS work items from within Microsoft Word documents, Microsoft Visio diagrams and Microsoft Outlook e-mails. Moreover, users can generate traceability matrices from Microsoft Excel. ![Picure](http://www.modernrequirements.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/smartword70x70.png) # Access and TFS Process Template With SmartWord4TFS

Employ predefined TFS process templates for Agile, SCRUM and CMMI and author requirements in it based on the work item types they support.

![Picure](http://www.modernrequirements.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/smartword70x70.png) # Keep Docs Live With TFS Work Items Using SmartWord4TFS

Maintain Word documents in constant sync with TFS so that they never get stale and stay up to date throughout the requirements definition process.

![Picure](http://www.modernrequirements.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/smartword70x70.png) # Create New Work Items Within Word

Create Work Items based on the Work Item types supported by the associated Process template within Word. These work items are exported to TFS upon publishing the document.

![Picure](http://www.modernrequirements.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/smartvisio-1.png) # Visually Author TFS Work Items with SmartVisio4TFS

Create any Work Item supported by the associated Team Projects template within Visio. Use Visio diagram pages, shapes and connectors to create a hierarchy of TFS Work Items that remain linked to the elements in the Visio file.

![Picure](http://www.modernrequirements.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/smartexcel-1.png) # Generate Intersection Traceability Matrix with SmartExcel4TFS

Automatically generate Intersection Traceability Matrix. Display work items as rows and columns, with the intersecting cells revealing the links existing between work items. Furthermore, you can view user-selected properties in the intersection cells either text based or color coded.

![Picure](http://www.modernrequirements.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/smartoutlook-1.png) # Work Item Management with SmartOutlook4TFS

SmartOutlook4TFS equips Outlook with the fundamental work item tracking tools of TFS. Create, edit, view and organize your work items all within the environment of Outlook.

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