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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)?
- AI Summary: Highlighted Text
- AI Summary: Coded Segment
- AI Summary: Code Summary
- AI Summary: Summary Grid
- AI Subcode Suggestions
Technical Data and Information
- Checking for Updates
- Accessibility
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- File Management
- Limitations and Technical Information

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