The following keyboard shortcuts are available in MAXQDA.
General
| Windows | Mac | |
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| F1 | cmd + shift + ? | Opens the MAXQDA help system. |
| Ctrl + N | cmd + N | Creates a new project. |
| Ctrl + O | cmd + O | Opens an existing project. |
| Ctrl + A | cmd + A | Highlights the entire text. |
| Ctrl + C | cmd + C | Copies the selected segment to the Windows clipboard. |
| Ctrl + X | cmd + X | Cuts out the selected segment and puts it in the Windows clipboard. |
| Ctrl + V | cmd + V | Pastes the selection from the Windows clipboard. |
| Ctrl + Alt + B | cmd + alt + B | Opens the logbook. |
| Ctrl + Alt + M | cmd + alt + M | Opens the Code Matrix Browser. |
| Ctrl + Alt + R | cmd + alt + R | Opens the Code Relations Browser. |
| Ctrl + F | cmd + F | Opens the search toolbar for the current window or the table overview. |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | cmd + Shift + F | Opens the lexical search. |
| Ctrl + P | cmd + P | Prints the focused window or view. |
| Alt + Double-click | alt + double-click | Inserts a MAXQDA object (e.g. a document or code) into MAXMaps, if MAXMaps is open. |
"Document System“
| Windows | Mac | |
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| Double-click | Double-click | Opens a document. |
| Shift + double-click | Shift + double-click | Opens a document in a new tab. |
| Ctrl + click | cmd + click | Activates or deactivates a document. |
| F2 | Enter | Renames a document. |
| Del | cmd + Backspace | Deletes a document. |
| Alt + UpArrow
Alt + DownArrow | alt + UpArrow
alt + DownArrow | Moves a document or document group up and down in the “Document System“. |
| Strg + Drag & Drop | alt + Drag & Drop | Creates a copy of the document without coded segments (start dragging and then hold Strg/cmd) |
| Ctrl + T | cmd + T | Creates a new document and opens it for editing in the “Document Browser“. |
| Ctrl + D | cmd + D | Opens the dialog window for importing documents. |
| Alt + Shift + M | alt + Shift + M | Creates a new memo or opens an existing memo for a document. |
"Code System“
| Windows | Mac | |
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| Ctrl + click | cmd + click | Activates or deactivates a code including the subcodes. |
| Shift + click | Shift + click | Activates or deactivates a code without subcodes. |
| F2 | Enter | Renames a code. |
| Entf | cmd + Backspace | Deletes a code. |
Alt + UpArrow,
DownArrow | alt + UpArrow,
DownArrow | Moves a code (possibly with subcodes) up and down in the “Code System“. |
Alt + RightArrow,
LeftArrow | alt + RightArrow,
LeftArrow | Increases and decreases the level of hierarchy of a code. |
| Alt + Drag & Drop | alt + Drag & Drop | Creates a copy of the code without coded segments. |
| Alt + N | cmd + alt + N | Inserts a new code on the chosen level. |
"Document Browser“
| Windows | Mac | |
| Ctrl + E | cmd + alt + E | Starts and stops Edit Mode. |
| Alt + L | cmd + alt + L | Codes the selected segment with the most recently used code. |
| Alt + W | cmd + alt + W | Opens the dialog window for creating a new code, which will be used to code the selected segment. |
| Alt + C | cmd + alt + C | Codes the selected segment with the code shown in the Quick List. |
| Alt + I | cmd + alt + I | Codes the selected segment with a newly-created code named after the first 63 characters of the selected segment (in-vivo-coding). |
| Strg + L | cmd + L | Inserts an internal link at the location of the selected segment. The location it is linked to is set by highlighting another segment in that document or another one in the project and hitting Ctrl + L again. |
| PgUp, PgDn | PgUp, PgDn | Moves to the next/previous page of a PDF document. |
| Pos1, End | Pos1, End | Moves to the beginning or the end of a text document. |
| Strg + Plus,
Strg + Minus | cmd + Plus,
cmd + Minus | Zooms in or out of the document. |
| Strg + Zero | cmd + Zero | Zooms the view to 100 %. |
| Alt + Tab,
Alt + Shift + Tab | alt + Tab,
alt + Shift + Tab | Jumps to the next/previous tab. |
| Strg + F4 | cmd + w | Closes the current tab or the current view. |
"Media player“ toolbar [not available in MAXQDA Base]
| Windows | Mac | |
| Strg + Alt + P | cmd + alt + P | Activates/deactivates the media player. |
| Shift + F3 | Shift + F3 | Jumps to the previous time stamp. |
| F3 | F3 | Jumps to the next time stamp. |
| F4 or F5 | F4 or F5 | Plays or pauses the media file. |
| F6 | F6 | Inserts a time stamp. |
"Multimedia browser“ [not available in MAXQDA Base]
| Windows | Mac | |
| F7 | F7 | Sets a clip start. |
| F8 | F8 | Sets a clip end. |
| F9 | F9 | Plays a clip. |
| F10 | F10 | Cancels the clip mark. |
Table overviews, e.g. "Overview of coded segments“
| Windows | Mac | |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | cmd + Shift + E | Opens the table as Excel file in the standard program. |
| Ctrl + Shift + H | cmd + Shift + H | Opens the table as HTML file in the standard internet browser. |
| Ctrl + E | cmd + E | Opens the dialog window for exporting the table or view. |
| Del | cmd + Backspace | Deletes the chosen row/s. |
MAXDictio Dictionary [only available in MAXQDA Plus and MAXQDA Analytics Pro]
| Windows | Mac | |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | cmd + Shift + N | Creates a new category. |
| Ctrl + Alt + N | cmd + alt + N | Creates a new search item. |
| Ctrl + E | cmd + E | Opens the dialog window for exporting a dictionary. |
| Del | cmd + Backspace | Deletes the chosen category. |
MAXDictio Stop list [only available in MAXQDA Plus and MAXQDA Analytics Pro]
| Windows | Mac | |
| Ctrl + N | cmd + N | Creates a new word to be excluded. |
| Ctrl + E | cmd + E | Opens the dialog window for exporting the stop list. |
| Del | cmd + Backspace | Deletes the focused items. |
