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I have been collecting some keyboard shortcuts and tips over the last few months for tools I use frequently for software requirements work. I recently posted these to our intranet and thought I would share them on our Seilevel Blog.

Requirements Analysts use many tools but among the most commonly used are Excel, Visio and Word. Frequent users of these tools will be familiar with many of these keyboard shortcuts, but take a look anyway. You may find a useful keyboard shortcut that is new to you. I am currently running Microsoft Office 2007 for Excel, Word and Visio and Microsoft Windows XP Professional 2002, but many of these keyboard shortcuts have been around longer than the 2007 version of Microsoft Office.

I’ve been working on a large project for the past several months; our customer has purchased an application that they are customizing for their environment. The vendor has chosen to work in a waterfall manner…gather all of the requirements first, review then freeze the requirements once approved, and then they will move on to design/development, essentially the rest of the project.