The MAXQDA Update focuses on the new AI Assist feature Chat with One Document, available with MAXQDA’s smart AI Integration. The AI-powered “Chat with One Document” allows users to chat with a single document directly within MAXQDA’s interface. Users can inquire about the most relevant topics discussed in an interview or seek insights into an interviewee’s opinions on a specific topic and ask follow-up questions.
AI Assist is fully integrated into MAXQDA and can be added as a free or premium version. Get an overview in our online shop or activate AI Assist directly on our activation page.
The Update at a glance
AI Chat with One Document
The latest upgrade brings you an exciting new AI Assist feature: the ability to chat with a single document directly within MAXQDA’s main interface.

It’s designed to be intuitive and user-friendly, making your research process even more efficient. Users can ask any question about the document content within a chat. For instance, users can inquire about the most relevant topics discussed in an interview or seek insights into an interviewee’s opinions on a specific topic.
The AI Chat revolutionizes the user experience by allowing conversational engagement with their data. Users can reset conversations anytime, and references are visually differentiated for easy identification. By clicking on a citation, the referenced section will be retrieved in the Document Browser for easy review.
AI Chat empowers users to harness dialogue’s transformative potential, expanding perspectives and uncovering overlooked insights.
Exclude Areas from PDF Documents
The latest upgrade introduces a powerful tool when working with PDFs: the ability to exclude a PDF’s header and footer sections from all MAXQDA analyses, such as Word Frequencies and MAXDictio-based analyses.
This new feature significantly streamlines retrieval processes, enhancing MAXQDA PDF workflow efficiency. It does so by ensuring that designated repetitive text information, such as journal names, page numbers, and header titles, are not considered during analyses.
Users can easily adjust the exclusion areas using their mouse by dragging the respective arrows found at the top and bottom of the page. This means that users can adjust the header and the footer separately.

Further Improvements
True Page Numbers for PDF documents
Our latest PDF update brings users the ability to display “true” PDF page numbers, the numbers on the actual document, alongside MAXQDA’s native file numbering. By prioritizing the use of “true” page numbers, MAXQDA now ensures unparalleled accuracy when referencing sources.
Users can effortlessly navigate within PDFs using the “true” page numbers, as shown within documents. For example, if a PDF contains a table of contents, users can now locate the respective page with ease. “True” and MAXQDA file page numbers are clearly distinguishable in the Document Browser toolbar. The “true” page numbers are displayed in front of the physical numbers and are also visually differentiated. MAXQDA detects if a PDF file contains information about “true” page numbering. In cases without “true” page numbers, MAXQDA lets users modify current page numbers directly with a simple click.
Automatic Transcription
- Ignore disfluencies: you now have the flexibility to exclude verbal fillers (such as “uhm,” “err,” and “hm”) in your English transcripts for enhanced readability or include them for detailed analysis.
- The progress indicator now displays the number of ongoing transcription processes, so you can easily track how many transcriptions are in process.
- Hebrew has been added as a language option.
PDFs
- Relink a missing PDF document easily by dragging and dropping it into the corresponding area in the document properties.
- Blank characters and hyphens at the end of the line are ignored in analyses using the Smart Coding Tool, Categorize Survey Data, and Categorize Paraphrases functions.
- Improved zooming capabilities with Apple trackpads.
Interface
- The Smart Coding Tool, Categorize Survey Data, and Categorize Paraphrases windows are now non-modal, allowing you to use other MAXQDA functions while these windows remain open.
- MAXQDA windows on MacOS remain in focus while switching to another app.
MAXDictio
- Autocode with Dictionary: We added the code and memo options to the dialogue, so you can use the same code options when using the Autocode with Dictionary tool as you are used to.
- Long Dictionary Descriptions: When hovering over the name of a long dictionary or list, the entire description is displayed in the tooltip.
- Undo: You can now use the “Undo” functionality in Dictionaries and Go/Stop Word Lists to undo the previous action easily.
- Keyword in Context: The Keyword in Context feature now supports the Japanese language.
Focus Group Transcripts
- The import dialogue for Focus Group Transcripts is now scrollable, enabling you to easily view all the imported speakers regardless of how many there are.
- Focus Group Speakers can now be removed via the Document and Code System to easily clean up Focus Group Transcripts.
Activation
- You can now activate all codes that have been assigned to a document via the document context menu in the Document System.
We hope you like the new features and enjoy trying them out. If you notice any irregularities, feel free to send us your feedback.