About Dr. Uta-Kristina MeyerThis tip of the months comes from Dr. Uta-Kristina Meyer, who is an educational scientist and teaches at the University of Marburg, Germany. She started using MAXQDA to manage excerpts during her college education and has...
Tip of the Month
MAXQDA11 Tip of the month: Create reports with the Smart Publisher
Use the Smart Publisher to export your codes and your coded segment into a ready-to-print word document. Each code is automatically turned into a chapter of the report, and each chapter contains all of the quotes that belong to this code. This makes it re...
MAXQDA11 Tip of the month: Exchange projects between MAXQDA for Windows and MAXQDA for Mac
This tip of the month shows you how to transfer your MAXQDA projects from MAXQDA for Windows to Mac and the other way round! (more…)...
MAXQDA11 Tip of the month: Tools for data interpretation
You have coded all of your data - now what? The most important notion here is that a software will not interpret your data for you. MAXQDA has powerful and easy-to-use tools that help you during the steps you take to interpret your data, but no qualitati...
MAXQDA11 Tip of the month: Merging MAXQDA projects
Imagine you are working in a reasearch team using MAXQDA. You started to analyze 5 interviews and another team member has worked with 5 different interviews from the same research project. Now you want to merge your interviews into the same MAXQDA project...
MAXQDA 12 Tip of the month: Comments for coded segments
The small circle in the middle of the coding stripe does not just look pretty and indicates the middle of the coded segment - it also has a special function: You can enter comments by clicking on it. These comments can help you keep track of your work by ...
MAXQDA11 Tip of the month: Import codes into MAXQDA from excel
For many research projects it is true that the most important categories and a rough structure of the code system already exist at the beginning of the project. You might have all of your categories listed in a spreadsheet or in a document and might even ...
MAXQDA11 Tip of the month: How to undo your last used codes
In many cases the past can't be reversed - but your last used codes in MAXQDA can! Do you know the feeling when you code a few segments and would like to reverse your actions? No need to become desperate when you can't find a reverse button in the project...
MAXQDA11 Tip of the month: Clever use of the ghost emoticodes
Have you ever used the ghost emoticodes? If you haven´t seen him yet, this may be due to the fact that ghosts tend to sometimes be invisible. Anyway, we caught him in the "people" tab of the emoticode® window.(more…)...
MAXQDA11 Tip of the month: Screen Layout for every Screen Size
By using the Screen Layout Manager you can adjust the MAXQDA interface perfectly to fit the dimensions of your screen - so your workspace always suits your needs. Open "Windows > Screen Layout Manager" from the MAXQDA menu bar and select your favorite lay...