Exporting a Selection of Memos

The result of a search for specific words in memos is a table listing all the memos containing the words. The same type of result, memos in a table, is obtained through a search for linked memos or when viewing the memos attached to a document or document group, as described above.

These tables of memos can be exported, that is saved as a file to be opened with another program. You can save the table in XLS/X, RTF, or HTML format. Click on one of the Export buttons located in the upper left corner of the dialog box, and choose appropriate the format.

The exported RTF file appears as follows:

 

Title                        Life strategy and mental health

Document             New YorkVincent

Paragraph            9

Author                    Marissa

Creation date       12.02.2011

 

 

Again, this touches on Vincent's life strategy. He is able to maintain “strong mental health” and have a positive attitude even though he realizes he's “an accident waiting for a place.” Again, it seems like his previous life strategy enabled him to successfully deal with the situation.

 

Is it just Vincent's PMA that enabled him to cope, or is there something more? Other people use religion or a support network (friends, family, etc.) to get through tough situations - is that the same sort of thing going on???

 

Here you see all the information contained in the memo, such as memo title, creation date, and linked codes as well as the memo text itself. The exported RTF file can be opened in your word processing program to add layout features like headers and footers.

If you choose HTML or XLS/X as the export format, MAXQDA creates a table that is immediately opened in your default web browser such as Internet Explorer or Excel. It is also easy to print out the list in these formats.

Results of a memo export in HTML format
Note: The entire table with all of your memos will be exported unless you have selected some of the memos, which are then marked green. You can select a single menu by clicking on it with your mouse. If you want to select more than one, hold the Ctrl (Windows) or cmd (Mac) button as you click on them. If you want to select a number of memos that are right next to each other in the list, click on the first one, hold Shift, and then click on the last one. All of the memos in between the first and the last will also be included in the selection.
Selected memos are green in the memo table

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