How to Cross-Reference Requirements Across PDFs, Word Docs, and Spreadsheets With AI
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"I need to know every place this requirement appears" is one of the hardest document questions because the answer is rarely in one clean system.
A requirement might live in a PDF standard, a Word procedure, an Excel compliance matrix, an old risk register, a Markdown note, and a customer response. The practical way to cross-reference requirements with AI is to index the whole document folder, use both keyword and semantic search, build a source map, and keep every proposed update reviewable.
Document.Bot is built for that source-backed workflow across PDFs, Word files, spreadsheets, and notes.
