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Welcome
Getting Started Guide: Go for it!
01 - The Workspace
02 - Importing Data
03 - Viewing and Editing Data
04 - Codes
05 - Coding
06 - Creative Coding
07 - Transcription
08 - Memos
09 - Links
10 - Text Search
11 - Coded Data Search
12 - Visual Tools
13 - Visual Tools (Concept Maps)
14 - Paraphrasing
- Write Paraphrases
- Categorize Paraphrases
15 - Summarizing
16 - Comparing Groups
- Qualitative Data: Content of Coded Segments
- Quantitative Data: Code Frequencies
17 - Variables
18 - Mixed Methods
19 - Analyzing Videos
20 - Analyzing Focus Group Data
21 - Analyzing Tweets and Surveys
22 - Frequencies
23 - Report & Export
24 - Teamwork
Technical Data and Information

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Welcome
Getting Started Guide: Go for it!
01 - The Workspace
- How to Start the Program
- The Main Menu
- The Four Main Windows
- Context Menus and Toolbar in the "Document System"
- Context Menus and Toolbar in the "Document Browser"
- Context Menus and Toolbar in the "Code System"
- Context Menus and Toolbar in the "Retrieved Segments" Window
- The Status Bar
- Project File Backups
- General Preferences
02 - Importing Data
- Supported Data Types
- Import and Group your Data
- Create New Text or Table Documents
- External Files
- Text Documents
- PDF Documents
- Image Documents
- Audio and Video
- Table Documents
- Transcripts with Timestamps
- Focus Group Transcripts
- Survey Data from Excel
- Survey Data from SurveyMonkey
- Twitter Data
- YouTube Data
- Subtitle Data (SRT)
- Web Pages
- Bibliographic Data (Endnote, Zotero etc.)
- Structured Documents (Preprocessor)
03 - Viewing and Editing Data
- View Documents
- Edit Text Documents and Tables
- Line Numbers in Text Documents
- Rename and Delete Documents
- Assign a Color to a Document
- The Document Properties Window
04 - Codes
- Codes and Coding in MAXQDA
- The "Code System"
- Create a New Code
- Import Codes and Code Memos from Excel
- Edit Code Properties
- Edit the "Code System"
- Delete Codes
- Create Code Sets
- Overview of Codes
- Transfer the "Code System" to Other Project
05 - Coding
- How to code
- Display Coded Segments in the "Code System"
- Display Coded Segments in the "Document Browser"
- Further Ways of Coding
- Color Coding (Highlighting)
- Emoticode: Coding with Emoticons and Symbols
- Coding Videos
- Delete Coded Segments
- Modify Coded Segments
- Move or Copy all Coded Segments of a Code
- Code Weight Scores
- Code Comments
- The Overview of Documents for a Code
- Smart Coding Tool: Working with Coded Text Segments
- Code Cloud
06 - Creative Coding
- The Idea behind Creative Coding
- Start Creative Coding and Select Codes
- Organize Codes
- Quit Creative Coding and Transfer Changes to Code System
07 - Transcription
- Transcription Mode
- Automatic Speaker Change and Autotext
- Timestamps to Link Transcripts with Sound
- Insert Timestamps into Existing Transcript
- Listen and View Transcript and Sound at Same Time
- The "Overview of Timestamps"
08 - Memos
- About Memos
- Open Multiple Memos at Once
- Create a Memo within a Document
- Document Memo
- Create a Code Memo
- The Overview of Memos
- Export Memo Texts from the Overview
- Search within Memos
- Link Memos to Code(s)
- Convert Memos into Documents
- The Logbook
09 - Links
- Links in MAXQDA
- Document Links
- External Links
- Web Links
- Geolinks
- The Overview of Links
10 - Text Search
- Search in the Four Main Windows
- Lexical Search
- Search Results
- Export Search Results
- Autocode Search Results
- Extended Lexical Search
- Keyword in Context (KWIC)
11 - Coded Data Search
- Activation: The Principle of Segment Retrieval
- The "Retrieved Segments" Window
- Overview of Retrieved Segments
- Print and Export Retrieved Segments
- Code Retrieved Segments
- Code in the "Retrieved Segments" window and the Overview Coded Segments
- Simple Coding Query
- Complex Coding Query
- Complex Retrieval Functions
- Weight Scores
- Include Subcodes in Retrieval
12 - Visual Tools
- Code Matrix Browser: Visualize Codes per Document
- Code Relations Browser: Visualize Overlapping Codes
- Code Map: Position Codes According to Similarity
- Document Comparison Chart: A Visual Comparison of Coded Text
- Document Portrait: Visualize a Document
- Codeline: The Sequential Visualization of a Document
- Word Cloud: Visualize Word Frequencies
13 - Visual Tools (Concept Maps)
- What Does MAXMaps Do?
- The MAXMaps Interface
- Create a Map and Add Objects
- Customize Objects in MAXMaps
- Layers
- The Object Library
- Linking Objects
- Print, Export and Organize Maps
- Synchronize Map with MAXQDA Project Data
- Model Templates in MAXMaps
- The Single-Case Model
- Single-Case Model for Focus Group Participants
- Single-Case Model with Code Hierarchy
- Two-Cases Model
- Single-Code Model
- Code Theory Model
- Code-Subcodes-Segments Model
- Hierarchical Code-Subcodes Model
- Code Co-Occurrence Model
- Options in MAXMaps
14 - Paraphrasing
- Write Paraphrases
- Categorize Paraphrases
15 - Summarizing
- The Idea behind the Summary Grid
- Create and Edit Summaries
- Summary Tables
- Overview of Summaries
16 - Comparing Groups
- Qualitative Data: Content of Coded Segments
- Quantitative Data: Code Frequencies
17 - Variables
- Document and Code Variables in MAXQDA
- Create and Edit Variables
- The Data Editor
- Import Data from Excel and SPSS
- Export Data to Excel and SPSS
- Display Document Variables as Tooltips
18 - Mixed Methods
- General Information about Mixed Methods in MAXQDA
- Activation by Document Variable
- Crosstab
- Quote Matrix
- Interactive Quote Matrix
- Typology Table
- Similarity Analysis for Documents
- Joint Displays
- Transform a Code into a Document Variable (Quantitizing)
- Transform a Code into a Categorical Document Variable
19 - Analyzing Videos
- Video Analysis with MAXQDA
- Import Videos
- The Multimedia Browser
- Code Videos
- Transcribe Videos
- Add Memos and Links to Videos
- Analyze Coded Videos
- Export Video Clips
20 - Analyzing Focus Group Data
- How Does MAXQDA Support Focus Group Data Analysis?
- Using the Lexical Search for Contributions from Participants
- The Overview of Focus Group Participants
- Coding Query for Coded Segments
- View Coded Segments per Participant
- Crosstab for Focus Groups
21 - Analyzing Tweets and Surveys
- Autocode Twitter Data
- Analyze Tweets
- Categorize Survey Data
22 - Frequencies
- Frequency Tables and Charts for Subcodes
- Frequency Tables and Charts for Variables
- Code Frequencies
- Code Coverage: Extent of Code Assignments
- Code Configurations: Analyze Code Combinations
23 - Report & Export
- Smart Publisher
- Codebook with Category Definitions
- Summaries with Coded Segments
- Export documents
- Project Information
- Managing Table Overviews
- Print Preview
- Overview of Import and Export Options
- Export and Import REFI-QDA Projects
- Anonymize Projects
24 - Teamwork
- How Does MAXQDA Support Teamwork?
- Transfer a MAXQDA Project to Other Team Members
- Transfer Coded Segments, Memos, Variables, etc. Between Projects
- Merge Two MAXQDA Projects
- Intercoder Agreement
- User Access Management
Technical Data and Information
- Checking for Updates
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- File Management
- Limitations and Technical Information
- System Requirements

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