Since Codebeamer version 7.2 Word export of Issues has been enhanced greatly, so requirements and other kind of issues can be exported to Microsoft Word, changes can be made on this export document, and some time later these changes can be re-imported to Codebeamer in a seamless manner.

This is so called Roundtrip export that heavily uses Word's capabilities, so this feature requires Microsoft Word 2007 or later. Neither earlier Microsoft Word versions nor open source alternatives like Libre/OpenOffice are supported.

When exporting issues from Word you have several options that are offered by the export dialog. An example of this dialog is seen here: