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Coding
MAXQDA at a Glance
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offered when starting MAXQDA. Thus you are completely free to choose to see the codings of all users or
just of selected ones.
• There are two new options in the Code Stripe Control (in the context menu in the coding margin): In
addition to switching selected colours on or off, you may now switch all colors on or off simultaneously.
• Line numbering is now available as an option „Wrap and line number“; a submenu lets you define the
number of characters shown in a line, which defines the line width. The function picks up on what has been
possible in winMAX: Each line contains a line number. If , for example, 40 is the chosen number of
characters, a hard return is created at that point. Thus, the paragraph number of MAXQDA automatically
becomes the line number.
• Word tables are better presented now and it is possible to code even within in the cells of the table.
• The function „Colour coding“ has been changed – it now resembles the physical act of highlighting
passages with a text marker. When you move text segments from a color-code to another code of your
code system, the marking will be given up.
• Each new code will immediately be taken into the quickcode-list.
A new code can now be entered very easily: First mark the text, then use the shortcut Ctrl+w. A window will
open and you can directly type in a code.
Code frequencies may now be converted into an attribute. In the context menu of the desired code (in the Code
System window) you will be offered the option “Transform into an Attribute”. An attribute (of numeric type) will
then be inserted into the matrix of attributes; the name of the code will be taken over as name for the attribute.
If a subcode is transformed, only the name of the sublevel is taken over.
Functions in the CODE SYSTEM window
• The CODE SYSTEM window has been equipped with a tool bar. The button “New“ herein allows for
instantly creating and naming a new code.
• The view of the MAXQDA code system can now be switched from the default tree-structure to a linear
structure, listing all codes in alphabetical order regardless of their position in the hierarchy. The position will
still be visible, as codes which are subcodes will have the superordinated codes listed behind them,
separated by a backslash (\). The sequence is built up in the same way as in the “Frequency of codes”
table.
• Code colors can now be inherited. When defining a new code the default setting for the color choice will be
“Inherit”, so the code will take over the color of its superordinated code. The inherit function can be
switched off in the “New Code” dialogue box.
• The option „Code to Tool Bar“ places the code as an icon into the new window “Code Bar”, which can be
open up from the context menu of each code in the code system. You may store a set of codes in there
and place the window right besides the TEXT BROWSER. Thus it is extremely comfortable to code your
text with one of the codes listed in the Tool Bar, by just highlighting the text segment to be coded and then
clicking on the desired code.
• In analogy to the text sets it is now possible to define code sets in the CODE SYSTEM; code sets are
displayed in the same way as text sets beneath the actual code system.
• When clicking a code stripe in the TEXT BROWSER, this particular code in the code system will be
automatically highlighted as well as the particular text where the segment is located in the DOCUMENT
SYSTEM. These selection bars are now much easier to recognize. The previous light-grey color has been
changed to a clear blue.
• With the shortcut Alt+n subcodes of the selected code can be created.