
#Coding in maxqda code
Whenever you click on a code in the "Code System", or when coding is in progress, the corresponding code appears at the top of the Quick List. The Coding toolbar provides quick access to frequently used coding functions. Code with selected code in the Quick List MAXQDA expands the coded segment automatically. Next, select the entire text segment (including the word) and drag it to the newly created code in the “Code System“ window. If you want to code a whole segment of text with the in vivo coding function, we recommend this procedure: As the name of the new code will automatically be taken from the selected text passage, code one or two meaningful words with this function first. The shortcut Alt+I (Windows) or ⌘+I (macOS) has the same effect. If you, for example, select the word “global village” in your document and then click on the Code in vivo symbol in the toolbar of the “Document Browser”, the word “global village” is added to the “Code System” as the code for this short text segment. In vivo codingĪnother way of coding is the so-called "in vivo coding". To do this, click the Additional code button in the dialog box instead of just clicking OK. Tip: You can also define several new codes and assign them to the same selected segment. Some of the options can be chosen from the context menu that pops up when you right click on a selected segment in the "Document Browser" window. This chapter describes in detail how these techniques are used. For more information, see the section Coding in the "Retrieved Segments" window and the "Overview of Coded Segments". In these compiled segments you can then select and code further text passages.

Coding in the "Retrieved Segments" window and "Overview of Coded Segments": Coded text passages can be compiled in a list.Coding with symbols and emoticons: Selected segments are coded with emoticodes, that is an emoticon or a symbol.

In MAXQDA, five different colors can be used for color coding: red, green, yellow, blue, and magenta. Color coding: This works like highlighting a text passage in a book with a colored text marker.Coding with the Open Coding Mode: After selecting a segment, a window for creating and assigning a new (open) code appears automatically.Coding with MAXMaps: Highlighted segments are dragged onto selected codes, which are arranged on a concept map, e.g.Coding with self-defined keyboard shortcuts: Up to nine codes can be assigned a keyboard shortcut, which can be used to quickly code a highlighted segment.

Coding with Code Favorites: Selected codes are displayed in a separate window from which they can be easily applied to segments to be coded.Simultaneous coding with multiple codes: A segment is coded with the activated codes.Coding with selected codes from the Quick List: Documents are worked through regarding on the occurrence of one or more pre-selected codes, and segments coded where applicable.In vivo coding: Select and highlight meaningful terms in a text and automatically add them as codes in your code system while coding the text segment with the code.Coding with newly defined codes: As in grounded theory, a segment can be assigned a new (free) code.Beyond the classic coding technique of drag and drop, MAXQDA offers several other ways to code a selected segment:
