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  • Getting Started Guide: Go for it!
    • Introduction
    • The MAXQDA Account
    • The MAXQDA Interface
    • Import and Explore your Data
    • Code your Data
    • Analyze your Data
    • Conduct Mixed Methods Analyses
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  • 01 - The Workspace
    • How to Start the Program
    • Project File Backups
    • The Main Menu
    • The Four Main Windows
    • Context Menus and Toolbar in the "Document System"
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    • 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
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    • Transcripts
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    • Twitter Data
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    • Subtitle Data (SRT)
    • Web Pages
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    • Structured Documents (Preprocessor)
  • 03 - Viewing and Editing Data
    • View Documents
    • Spellchecking in Documents and Memos
    • 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
    • The "Code System"
    • Codes and Coding in MAXQDA
    • Create a New Code
    • Import Codes and Code Memos from Excel
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    • 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
    • Open Coding Mode
    • Color Coding (Highlighting)
    • Emoticode: Coding with Emojis and Symbols
    • Coding Videos
    • Remove Code Assignments
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    • Move or Copy all Coded Segments of a Code
    • Weight Scores for Coded Segments
    • Comments for Coded Segments
    • The Overview of Documents for a Code
    • Smart Coding Tool: Working with Coded Text Segments
    • Code Cloud
    • The Code Explorer
    • Compare Codes
  • 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
    • Transcribe Audio and Video Files
    • Automatic Speaker Change and Autotext
    • Link Transcript to Recording with Timestamps
    • Insert Timestamps into a Transcript
    • Listen and View Transcript and Sound at Same Time
    • The Overview of Timestamps
  • 08 - Memos
    • About Memos
    • Opening and Editing Memos
    • Opening Multiple Memos at Once
    • Memos in Documents
    • Memos in the Document System Window
    • Code Memos
    • Free Memos
    • The Memo Manager
    • The Overview of Memos
    • Search within Memos
    • Linking Memo Content with Content in Documents
    • Link Memos to Code(s) or Coded Segments
    • Convert Memos into Documents
    • The Logbook
  • 09 - Links
    • Links in MAXQDA
    • Internal Links
    • External Links
    • Web Links
    • Geolinks
    • The Overview of Links
  • 10 - Text Search
    • Search in the Four Main Windows
    • Text Search
    • Search Results
    • Export Search Results
    • Autocode Search Results
    • Extended Text Search
    • The Word Explorer
  • 11 - Segment Retrieval
    • Activation: The Principle of Segment Retrieval
    • The "Retrieved Segments" Window
    • The “Overview of Coded Segments”
    • Print and Export Retrieved Segments
    • Code Retrieved Segments
    • Simple Coding Query
    • Complex Coding Query
    • Complex Retrieval Functions
    • Use Weight Filter
    • Include Subcodes in Retrieval
  • 12 - Visual Tools
    • Code Matrix Browser: Visualize Codes per Case
    • Code Relations Browser: Visualize Code Co-occurrences
    • Code Map: Position Codes According to Similarity
    • Document Map: Position Documents According to Similarity
    • Document Comparison Chart: A Visual Comparison of Coded Text
    • Profile Comparison Chart: Compare Code Frequencies and Variable Values
    • Document Portrait: Picture the Coded Segments of a Document
    • Codeline: The Sequential Visualization of a Document
    • Word Cloud: Visualize Word Frequencies
    • Word Trends: Analyze Frequencies of Words Within a Text
  • 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
    • > Single-Case Model (Coded Segments)
    • > Single-Case Model (Summaries)
    • > Single-Case Model (Paraphrases)
    • > Single-Case Model (Focus Group Speaker)
    • > Single-Case Model (Code Hierarchy)
    • > Two-Cases Model
    • > Single-Code Model (Coded Segments)
    • > Single-Code Model (Summaries)
    • > Code Theory Model
    • > Code-Subcodes-Segments Model
    • > Hierarchical Code-Subcodes Model
    • > Code Distribution Model
    • > Code Co-Occurrence Model
    • Options in MAXMaps
  • 14 - Paraphrasing
    • About Paraphrasing in MAXQDA
    • Paraphrase Text Passages and Image Segments
    • Paraphrase Video and Audio Segments
    • The “Paraphrased Segments” entry in your “Code System”
    • Categorize Paraphrases
    • Paraphrases Matrix
    • Overview of Paraphrases
    • Overview of Paraphrased Segments
  • 15 - Summarizing
    • Summary Grid: Create and Edit Summaries
    • Summary Tables: Compile and Present Summaries
    • Code and Document Summaries
    • Summary Explorer: Compare Summaries for Cases or Groups
    • Overview of Summaries
  • 16 - Comparing Cases & Groups
    • Qualitative Comparison: Coded Segments
    • Quantitative Comparison: Code Frequencies
  • 17 - Variables
    • Document and Code Variables in MAXQDA
    • Create and Edit Variables
    • The Data Editor
    • Importing Data from Excel and SPSS
    • Exporting Data to Excel and SPSS
    • Displaying Document Variables for Documents and Coded Segments
  • 19 - Questions - Themes -Theories (QTT)
    • The Idea behind "Questions - Themes - Theories"
    • Create a Worksheet
    • Add Elements to a QTT Worksheet
    • Export Worksheet
  • 18 - Mixed Methods
    • General Information about Mixed Methods in MAXQDA
    • Activate Documents by Variables
    • Crosstab
    • Interactive Quote Matrix
    • Typology Table
    • Similarity Analysis for Documents
    • Side-by-side Display of Results
    • Qualitative Themes by Quantitative Groups
    • Statistics by Qualitative Groups
    • Transform a Code into a Document Variable (Quantitizing)
    • Transform a Code into a Categorical Document Variable
  • 20 - Analyzing Videos
    • Video Analysis with MAXQDA
    • Import Videos
    • The Multimedia Browser
    • Code Videos
    • Transcribe Videos
    • Paraphrase Videos
    • Add Memos and Links to Videos
    • Export Video Clips
    • Analyze Coded Videos
  • 21 - Analyzing Focus Group Data
    • How Does MAXQDA Support Focus Group Data Analysis?
    • Text Search in Speaker’s Contributions
    • The Overview of Focus Group Speakers
    • Coding Query for Coded Segments
    • View Coded Segments per Speaker
    • Crosstab for Focus Groups
  • 22 - Analyzing Surveys
    • Categorize Survey Data
    • Search and Autocode Survey Responses
    • Autocode Survey Responses with a Dictionary
    • Analyze Survey Data with MAXQDA Stats
  • 23 - Analyzing Tweets
    • Analyze Tweets
    • Autocode Tweets with Hashtags and Authors
    • Analyze Sentiments of Tweets
  • 24 - Frequencies
    • Frequency Tables and Charts for Variables
    • Frequency Tables and Charts for Top-level Codes and Subcodes
    • Code Frequencies
    • Code Coverage: Extent of Code Assignments
    • Code Configurations: Analyze Code Combinations
  • 25 - Report & Export
    • Smart Publisher for Coded Segments
    • Codebook with Category Definitions
    • Summaries with Coded Segments
    • Project Information
    • Document Profiles
    • Export and Print Documents
    • Export Adjacency Matrix for Network Analysis
    • Exporting Project Components as Excel file
    • Anonymize Projects
    • Save Project in MAXQDA 2020 Format
    • Export and Import REFI-QDA Projects
    • Archiving for Data Reuse
  • 26 - Teamwork
    • How Does MAXQDA Support Teamwork?
    • Transfer Coded Segments, Memos, Variables, etc. Between Projects
    • Hand over a MAXQDA Project to Other Team Members
    • Merge Two MAXQDA Projects
    • Intercoder Agreement
    • User Access Management
  • 27 - AI Assist (Beta)
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    • Checking for Updates
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  • Getting Started Guide: Go for it!
    • Introduction
    • The MAXQDA Account
    • The MAXQDA Interface
    • Import and Explore your Data
    • Code your Data
    • Analyze your Data
    • Conduct Mixed Methods Analyses
    • Further Literature
  • 01 - The Workspace
    • How to Start the Program
    • Project File Backups
    • 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
    • MAXQDA Account
    • Managing Table Overviews
    • 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
    • Focus Group Transcripts
    • Survey Data from Excel
    • Survey Data from SurveyMonkey
    • Survey Data from SPSS
    • Twitter Data
    • YouTube Data
    • Subtitle Data (SRT)
    • Web Pages
    • Bibliographic Data (Endnote, Zotero etc.)
    • Structured Documents (Preprocessor)
  • 03 - Viewing and Editing Data
    • View Documents
    • Spellchecking in Documents and Memos
    • 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
    • The "Code System"
    • Codes and Coding in MAXQDA
    • 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
    • Open Coding Mode
    • Color Coding (Highlighting)
    • Emoticode: Coding with Emojis and Symbols
    • Coding Videos
    • Remove Code Assignments
    • Modify Coded Segments
    • Move or Copy all Coded Segments of a Code
    • Weight Scores for Coded Segments
    • Comments for Coded Segments
    • The Overview of Documents for a Code
    • Smart Coding Tool: Working with Coded Text Segments
    • Code Cloud
    • The Code Explorer
    • Compare Codes
  • 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
    • Transcribe Audio and Video Files
    • Automatic Speaker Change and Autotext
    • Link Transcript to Recording with Timestamps
    • Insert Timestamps into a Transcript
    • Listen and View Transcript and Sound at Same Time
    • The Overview of Timestamps
  • 08 - Memos
    • About Memos
    • Opening and Editing Memos
    • Opening Multiple Memos at Once
    • Memos in Documents
    • Memos in the Document System Window
    • Code Memos
    • Free Memos
    • The Memo Manager
    • The Overview of Memos
    • Search within Memos
    • Linking Memo Content with Content in Documents
    • Link Memos to Code(s) or Coded Segments
    • Convert Memos into Documents
    • The Logbook
  • 09 - Links
    • Links in MAXQDA
    • Internal Links
    • External Links
    • Web Links
    • Geolinks
    • The Overview of Links
  • 10 - Text Search
    • Search in the Four Main Windows
    • Text Search
    • Search Results
    • Export Search Results
    • Autocode Search Results
    • Extended Text Search
    • The Word Explorer
  • 11 - Segment Retrieval
    • Activation: The Principle of Segment Retrieval
    • The "Retrieved Segments" Window
    • The “Overview of Coded Segments”
    • Print and Export Retrieved Segments
    • Code Retrieved Segments
    • Simple Coding Query
    • Complex Coding Query
    • Complex Retrieval Functions
    • Use Weight Filter
    • Include Subcodes in Retrieval
  • 12 - Visual Tools
    • Code Matrix Browser: Visualize Codes per Case
    • Code Relations Browser: Visualize Code Co-occurrences
    • Code Map: Position Codes According to Similarity
    • Document Map: Position Documents According to Similarity
    • Document Comparison Chart: A Visual Comparison of Coded Text
    • Profile Comparison Chart: Compare Code Frequencies and Variable Values
    • Document Portrait: Picture the Coded Segments of a Document
    • Codeline: The Sequential Visualization of a Document
    • Word Cloud: Visualize Word Frequencies
    • Word Trends: Analyze Frequencies of Words Within a Text
  • 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
    • > Single-Case Model (Coded Segments)
    • > Single-Case Model (Summaries)
    • > Single-Case Model (Paraphrases)
    • > Single-Case Model (Focus Group Speaker)
    • > Single-Case Model (Code Hierarchy)
    • > Two-Cases Model
    • > Single-Code Model (Coded Segments)
    • > Single-Code Model (Summaries)
    • > Code Theory Model
    • > Code-Subcodes-Segments Model
    • > Hierarchical Code-Subcodes Model
    • > Code Distribution Model
    • > Code Co-Occurrence Model
    • Options in MAXMaps
  • 14 - Paraphrasing
    • About Paraphrasing in MAXQDA
    • Paraphrase Text Passages and Image Segments
    • Paraphrase Video and Audio Segments
    • The “Paraphrased Segments” entry in your “Code System”
    • Categorize Paraphrases
    • Paraphrases Matrix
    • Overview of Paraphrases
    • Overview of Paraphrased Segments
  • 15 - Summarizing
    • Summary Grid: Create and Edit Summaries
    • Summary Tables: Compile and Present Summaries
    • Code and Document Summaries
    • Summary Explorer: Compare Summaries for Cases or Groups
    • Overview of Summaries
  • 16 - Comparing Cases & Groups
    • Qualitative Comparison: Coded Segments
    • Quantitative Comparison: Code Frequencies
  • 17 - Variables
    • Document and Code Variables in MAXQDA
    • Create and Edit Variables
    • The Data Editor
    • Importing Data from Excel and SPSS
    • Exporting Data to Excel and SPSS
    • Displaying Document Variables for Documents and Coded Segments
  • 19 - Questions - Themes -Theories (QTT)
    • The Idea behind "Questions - Themes - Theories"
    • Create a Worksheet
    • Add Elements to a QTT Worksheet
    • Export Worksheet
  • 18 - Mixed Methods
    • General Information about Mixed Methods in MAXQDA
    • Activate Documents by Variables
    • Crosstab
    • Interactive Quote Matrix
    • Typology Table
    • Similarity Analysis for Documents
    • Side-by-side Display of Results
    • Qualitative Themes by Quantitative Groups
    • Statistics by Qualitative Groups
    • Transform a Code into a Document Variable (Quantitizing)
    • Transform a Code into a Categorical Document Variable
  • 20 - Analyzing Videos
    • Video Analysis with MAXQDA
    • Import Videos
    • The Multimedia Browser
    • Code Videos
    • Transcribe Videos
    • Paraphrase Videos
    • Add Memos and Links to Videos
    • Export Video Clips
    • Analyze Coded Videos
  • 21 - Analyzing Focus Group Data
    • How Does MAXQDA Support Focus Group Data Analysis?
    • Text Search in Speaker’s Contributions
    • The Overview of Focus Group Speakers
    • Coding Query for Coded Segments
    • View Coded Segments per Speaker
    • Crosstab for Focus Groups
  • 22 - Analyzing Surveys
    • Categorize Survey Data
    • Search and Autocode Survey Responses
    • Autocode Survey Responses with a Dictionary
    • Analyze Survey Data with MAXQDA Stats
  • 23 - Analyzing Tweets
    • Analyze Tweets
    • Autocode Tweets with Hashtags and Authors
    • Analyze Sentiments of Tweets
  • 24 - Frequencies
    • Frequency Tables and Charts for Variables
    • Frequency Tables and Charts for Top-level Codes and Subcodes
    • Code Frequencies
    • Code Coverage: Extent of Code Assignments
    • Code Configurations: Analyze Code Combinations
  • 25 - Report & Export
    • Smart Publisher for Coded Segments
    • Codebook with Category Definitions
    • Summaries with Coded Segments
    • Project Information
    • Document Profiles
    • Export and Print Documents
    • Export Adjacency Matrix for Network Analysis
    • Exporting Project Components as Excel file
    • Anonymize Projects
    • Save Project in MAXQDA 2020 Format
    • Export and Import REFI-QDA Projects
    • Archiving for Data Reuse
  • 26 - Teamwork
    • How Does MAXQDA Support Teamwork?
    • Transfer Coded Segments, Memos, Variables, etc. Between Projects
    • Hand over a MAXQDA Project to Other Team Members
    • Merge Two MAXQDA Projects
    • Intercoder Agreement
    • User Access Management
  • 27 - AI Assist (Beta)
    • What is AI Assist (Beta)?
  • Technical Data and Information
    • Checking for Updates
    • Accessibility
    • Keyboard Shortcuts
    • File Management
    • Limitations and Technical Information

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