The function “Copy coded segments” is similar to the “Moving all coded segments of a code” function. The important difference is that the original code assignment will be retained; that is to say, the coded segment will be duplicated and assigned to a new code in addition to the original code.

This action is performed as follows:

1. Right-click on the selected code in the “Code System”.
2. Select Copy coded segments from the context menu that appears.
3. Move the cursor to the target code to which you want to copy the coding added and click on it with the right mouse button.
4. Select Insert coded segments from xx from the context menu that appears

It is of course possible that some segments that you copy from "Code B" to the target code "Code A" have already been coded with the target code. MAXQDA will handle these overlapping codes as follows.

• The segment boundaries of the existing coded segments will be adapted to those of the moved coded segments.
• If both coded segments have a comment, those of the target code will be retained. The comments of the moved coded segments will be deleted.
• If only one of the coded segments has a comment, it will be retained.
• Because of overlapping codes, the number of coded segments in the target code may be lesser after they are moved. If you copy 10 coded segments of "Code B" to "Code A" with 20 encodings and multiple overlap, fewer than 30 encodings will be displayed in "Code A".