MAXQDA offers a variety of options for exporting data to other software programs like SPSS or Microsoft Office programs. The following table gives an overview of the different options.
| Data Type | Option in MAXQDA | Format |
| Single document | Project > Export > Displayed document Right-click on the document name Or select everything in the “Document Browser” with Ctrl+A and copy it to the Windows clipboard. | RTF, XLS/X for tables, PDF for PDF files and original image formats for images |
| Highlighted document segment | Highlight and copy the selection with Ctrl+C (Windows) or cmd+C (Mac) or by selecting Copy from the Edit drop-down menu. | Formatted text in the clipboard |
| One or more coded segments | Highlight the segments by clicking on them while holding the Ctrl or cmd button and choose the export option or copy with Ctrl+C or cmd+C | XLS/X, HTML, RTF, clipboard |
| All coded segments in the “Retrieved Segments” window | Project > Export > Retrieved Segments or with the icon in the “Retrieved Segments” window | XLS/X, HTML, RTF, clipboard |
| Coded segments for a single document (teamwork) | Right-click on the document and select Export teamwork | .MEX (internal format) |
| Memos | Export in the Overview of memos | RTF, XLS/X, HTML |
| Memos for a particular document (for teamwork export) | Right-click on the document and select Export teamwork | .MEX (internal format) |
| Memos for a particular document | Right-click on the document and select Overview of memos | RTF, XLS/X, HTML |
| Text of a memo | Copy to clipboard with Ctrl+C or cmd+C | Windows clipboard |
| List of variables | Variables > List of document variables or code variables and then click on the icon in the toolbar for HTML or XLS/X table | .HTML, XLS/X |
| Variable table (export) | Variables > Export data (document variables) or (code variables) or click on the Export icon in the “Data editor” | .TXT (tab-delimited), HTML, XLS/X |
| Variable table (import) | Variables > Import data (document variables) or (code variables) | XLS/X or TXT (tab-delimited) |
| Variables and variable values for a document (teamwork) | Right-click on the document and select Export teamwork | .MEX (internal format) |
| Export variable values for a document | Right-click on a document, select Overview of variables, and click on the Export icons in the toolbar | TXT (tab-delimited), HTML, XLS/X, RTF |
| Code frequencies table | Codes > Overview of coded segments and click the Export icon or highlight the cells of the table that you want to copy and hit Ctrl+C or cmd+C to copy them to the clipboard | TXT (tab-delimited), HTML, XLS/X or clipboard |
| Code frequencies | Codes > Overview of codes then export symbol | TXT (tab-delimited), HTML, XLS/X |
