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Save Project in MAXQDA 2022 Format

How to save a MAXQDA 24 project for MAXQDA 22

MAXQDA 2022 cannot open the .mx24 format of a MAXQDA 24 project, but you can save a MAXQDA 24 project to the .mx22 file format used by MAXQDA 2022.

Open your project file in MAXQDA 24 and select Save Project As from the Home menu ribbon tab.

In the following dialog windows set the file type to “MAXQDA 2022 Projects (*.mx22)”, enter a file name, select a location to save the project file to, and then click Save.

A few elements of MAXQDA 24 will be changed, because MAXQDA 2022 does not have the functionality to handle new or changed features:

  • Maps are saved as images.
  • Coding comment and paraphrases will be shortened to 255 characters.
  • Code names and document names are shortened to 63 characters.
  • If you have selected "no color" as document color in the properties of a document, the color will be changed to the default blue of MAXQDA 2022.

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