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Code in the “Retrieved Segments” window and the Overview Coded Segments

You can select text passages in the "Retrieved Segments" window or the Overview of Coded Segments and code these by dragging and dropping them onto codes with your mouse.

Coding text passages in the "Retrieved Segments" window

As soon as text segments are displayed in the "Retrieved Segments" window, you can select any part of these segments and drag and drop them onto a code in the "Code System". MAXQDA then generates a coded segment of the selected text section and assigns it the selected code.

Coding text passages direcly in the Retrieved Segments window
Please note: You can't code several selected text passages simultaneously.

Coding text passages in the Overview of Coded Segments

You can similarly code text passages in the Overview of Coded Segments:

  1. Select a text section in the upper window area in the Overview of Coded Segments.
  2. Use your mouse to drag your selection onto a code in the "Code System".
Coding text passages direcly in the Overview of Coded Segments

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