Creating Comments for Coded Segments

You have the option of creating a short comment (maximum of 127 characters) for each of your coded segments. This might be an overview of the coded segment or a comment about its significance for your analysis. These comments are then shown in the tooltip that appears when you hover the mouse over a coding stripe.

To create a comment for a coded segment, follow these steps:

  • In the “Document Browser”: Double-click on a coding stripe or on a code name.
  • In the “Retrieved Segments” window: Double-click on the source data of a coded segment
  • In the “Overview of coded segments” or the table view of “Retrieved Segments”: Double-click in the “Comment” column to add a comment directly in the table.

You can easily see if a comment has been written for a coded segment when you look at the code symbol. Normally the inner part of the little circle is white in color, independent of the color of the code symbol. When a comment is attached, the inner circle appears in the same color as the outer line of the symbol.

A coded segment comment shown in the tooltip when hovering over the circle in the middle of a coding stripe
Finding your Coded Segment Comments

As long as you haven’t changed the standard view, you can find all of your code comments in the “Overview of coded segments” table in the second column. You can also insert new comments and delete/change old ones from this view. By right-clicking on the column header, you will have the option of clicking on the Search function. You can then start typing the first word in the comment you are looking for. If you want to search for a word that appears somewhere in the comment, not necessarily at the beginning, you can simply start the search string with the “*” symbol.

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