MAXQDA Analytics Pro Changelog

What's new in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2024 24.3

Apr 24, 2024
  • NEW:
  • AI Chat with One Document
  • The AI-powered "Chat with One Document" allows users to chat with a single document directly within MAXQDA's interface.
  • Users can inquire about the most relevant topics discussed in an interview or seek insights into an interviewee's opinions on a specific topic.
  • Users can ask follow-up questions, reset conversations anytime, and click on the references to review the cited section in the Document Browser.
  • Exclude Areas from PDF Documents
  • This feature allows users to exclude a PDF's header and footer sections from all MAXQDA analyses, such as Word Frequencies and MAXDictio-based analyses.
  • Easily exclude repetitive text information, such as journal names, page numbers, and header titles.
  • Excluded areas can be set up for all pages of a PDF document at once.
  • IMPROVED:
  • Automatic Transcription
  • Ignore disfluencies: you now have the flexibility to exclude verbal fillers (such as "uhm," "err," and "hm") in your English transcripts for enhanced readability or include them for detailed analysis.
  • The progress indicator now displays the number of ongoing transcription processes, so you can easily track how many transcriptions are in process.
  • Hebrew has been added as a language option.
  • True Page Numbers for PDF documents
  • MAXQDA now detects if a PDF file contains information about "true" page numbering, the numbers on the actual document.
  • "True" PDF page numbers are now displayed alongside MAXQDA's native file numbering for easy navigation and are used as source information for copied segments.
  • PDF Documents
  • Relink a missing PDF document easily by dragging and dropping it into the corresponding area in the document properties.
  • Blank characters and hyphens at the end of the line are ignored in analyses using the Smart Coding Tool, Categorize Survey Data, and Categorize Paraphrases functions.
  • Improved zooming capabilities with Apple trackpads.
  • Interface
  • New, modern and easily recognizable icons for our AI Assist features.
  • The Smart Coding Tool, Categorize Survey Data, and Categorize Paraphrases windows are now non-modal, allowing you to use other MAXQDA functions while these windows remain open.
  • MAXQDA windows on MacOS remain in focus while switching to another app.
  • MAXDictio
  • Autocode with Dictionary: We added the code and memo options to the dialogue, so you can use the same code options when using the Autocode with Dictionary tool as you are used to.
  • Long Dictionary Descriptions: When hovering over the name of a long dictionary or list, the entire description is displayed in the tooltip.
  • Undo: You can now use the "Undo" functionality in Dictionaries and Go/Stop Word Lists to undo the previous action easily.
  • Keyword in Context: The Keyword in Context feature now supports the Japanese language.
  • More improvements
  • Activation: You can now activate all codes that have been assigned to a document via the document context menu in the Document System.
  • Focus Group Transcripts: Focus Group Speakers can now be removed via the Document and Code System to easily clean up Focus Group Transcripts.
  • Focus Group Transcripts: The import dialogue for Focus Group Transcripts is now scrollable, enabling you to easily view all the imported speakers regardless of how many there are.
  • Color Choices: Tooltips with the color names have been added to color choices in the Document and Code System.
  • Interface: Several smaller interface adjustmens and improvements.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixes an issue while linking a transcript to an already imported media file where MAXQDA did not link the .dat file from the external files folder correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while importing web pages with the Web Collector where certain files could not be imported.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting sentiments of survey responses where the sentiment column was empty.
  • Fixes an issue while using AI Assist functions for long documents where the action could not be performed immediately.
  • Fixes an issue while opening an automatcally created transcript via the notifications dropdown menu where the document was not focussed in the Document Browser.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting coded segments from the overview of coded segments window where the chosen options were not applied correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while saving a PDF document as a text document where MAXQDA quit unexpectedly.
  • Fixes an issue while zooming a map in MAXMaps where duplicate zoom icons were displayed.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting a QTT worksheet where only elements from the selected tab were exported.
  • Fixes an issue while using MAXQDA Transcription where the transcript was not correctly created for files that had apostrophes in the file name.
  • Fixes an issue while creating an in-document memo in a PDF document where the memo was attached to the coded segments of this document.
  • Fixes an issue while navigating between multiple memos in PDF documents where the next memo was not displayed.
  • Fixes an issue while importing web pages via URL where web pages with redirections in the link could not be imported properly.
  • Fixes an issue where the keyboard shortcut "ALT+N" did not work to create a new code for a text selection.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting all memos from a project file via the Memo Manager where unnumbered lists were exported as bullet points.
  • Fixes several minor interface issues.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2024 24.2 (Feb 13, 2024)

  • [NEW]:
  • MAXQDA Transcription:
  • The AI-powered "MAXQDA Transcription" feature is now seamlessly integrated in MAXQDA so users can automatically transcribe the recording directly within your MAXQDA project.
  • MAXQDA now offers the same 45 transcription languages available on the "MAXQDA Transcription" web app within our desktop software while ensuring the highest-quality transcripts. In just a few minutes after uploading your recordings to "MAXQDA Transcription", you'll receive the complete transcript. Optionally, you can create custom glossaries to ensure uncommon terms, jargon, or specialized terminology
  • are transcribed correctly.
  • "MAXQDA Transcription" labels each speaker's contribution separately and fully GDPR-compliant.
  • [IMPROVED]:
  • PDF Documents:
  • When printing coded PDF documents, users are now able to visualize coded image segments. Image codes appear as frames.
  • We've said goodbye to the image code's background coloring. Now, image segments in PDF documents are exclusively coded with a border in the designated color, eliminating the colored background to improve the clarity of coded images.
  • Some PDFs can produce unnecessary double spaces at the end of each line of text. MAXQDA now automatically recognizes and removes these spaces when users are retrieving text from coded segments.
  • Memos:
  • New memo type for the root of the code system to store crucial information or coding rules.
  • The "summary" section of the memo can now be extended, which makes it easier to read lenghty summaries within Code or Document memos.
  • The project memo is now displayed in the Memo Manager, along with all other memos.
  • Document Browser:
  • The color-coding icons have been consolidated into a single drop-down menu, now operating like the text marker feature found in MAXQDA memos and other word-processing applications.
  • The Text Alignment icons within the Edit Toolbar have also been consolidated into a unified drop-down menu, a design choice to optimize space use and maintain a clean, uncluttered interface.
  • When working on a manual transcript, MAXQDA now consistently stores copies of the transcripts in the Temp folder and keeps them available for multiple days. This functionality allows users to retrieve previous versions of transcripts in case of accidental edits or deletions.
  • Interface:
  • The avatar area, located in the top right corner of the interface, has undergone a fresh styling, enhancing its visibility. Additionally, we've introduced a new notification icon to promptly alert users when their media has been successfully transcribed with "MAXQDA Transcription".
  • We've improved several UI elements, such as boosting the contrast of scroll bars, adding visible dividers to table columns and refining the styling of selected cells in tables.
  • Mac users are now able to use "Fullscreen" mode again.
  • If users hover over the project name in the main title bar, a new tooltip will appear, displaying the full path to where the project is stored on the computer.
  • Icons in the Document System have a smarter drop-down menu that opens automatically on hover.
  • More improvements:
  • Code system: During code searches in the Code System, users now have the option to deactivate the filtering of the code system by search hits and display search hits within the entire code system.
  • Paraphrases & Comments: The paraphrase and comment text fields are now more responsive. A real-time character count has been added so users can keep track of the remaining characters before hitting the text limit.
  • Paraphrases: Text segments that are already paraphrased are now displayed with an orange background to match the orange paraphrase icon better and make the feature more accessible to new users.
  • AI Assist: The dialogue displaying generated code suggestions now offers the flexibility to independently expand or collapse each section corresponding to a specific code type. This enhancement enables users to concentrate on a singular type of code suggestion (thematic vs. interpretative), streamlining users focus compared to the previous format.
  • Performance: Improved performance when starting MAXQDA.
  • Performance: Improved performance when opening a worksheet in the QTT workspace.
  • Interface: Severall smaller interface adjustmens and improvements.
  • [FIXED]:
  • Fixes an issue while coding with a new code in a large project file where the coding process was slow.
  • Fixes an issue while opening the search results for a word in the word cloud that has been created from categorize survey data where the search result was not listed.
  • Fixes an issue while saving a project with MAXQDA 24 as a .mx22 file where directly opening the file with MAXQDA 24 again failed.
  • Fixes an issue while staying logged in to the MAXQDA user account where holders of student licenses had to log in again multiple times.
  • Fixes an issue while playing media files in the Multimedia Browser where manually entering a time in the spinbox did not work properly.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting coded segments from the retrieved segments window where the code and document names were not properly exported when the retrieved segments window was closed.
  • Fixes an issue while moving the cursor out of a selection in a video file where the video image was not updated.
  • Fixes an issue while navigating search hits with keyboard shortcuts. Users can now use "Enter" or "Shift+Enter" to jump to the next or previous search hit.
  • Fixes an issue while creating a longer code summary in a code memo where scrolling was not possible.
  • Fixes an issue with table designs in Stats selection dialogues.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2024 24.1 (Dec 12, 2023)

  • [NEW]:
  • AI Assist:
  • Document Summary: AI Assist can help you summarize whole documents.
  • Explain This: Simply highlight any term or phrase in your documents and receive a clear explanation by AI Assist.
  • MAXQDA 24 Reader:
  • With the free MAXQDA Reader everyone can view and browse through MAXQDA projects.
  • [IMPROVED]:
  • AI Assist:
  • AI Assist Free is now available in the trial version.
  • AI Assist is now even easier to discover in the document browser via an icon in the toolbar.
  • Interface:
  • We have added a "scrim" to the main interface while interacting with modal dialogues to improve usability.
  • Improved color scheme for documents and codes to give them a modern look.
  • Several new icons and smaller interface adjustments.
  • More improvements:
  • Teamwork Import/Export: It is now possible to transfer in-media memos via .mex files.
  • Import of web pages via Excel list: You can now import images from web pages in simplify mode.
  • Codes: Your In-vivo codes can now also have a length of 127 characters, just as all of your other codes.
  • New file format for the MAXQDA 24 code system .mtr24
  • [FIXED]:
  • Fixes an issue while displaying the project information where the window title did not match the actual name of the project file.
  • Fixes an issue with a dialogue in the autocode function where basic elements were not displayed.
  • Fixes an issue in setups with additional monitors where screenshots of media files were not correctly extracted.
  • Fixes an issue in selection dialogues on Windows where the font size of listed items did not match the rest of the interface.
  • Fixes an issue with the export of coded segments where selected settings were not applied.
  • Fixes an issue with the export of coded video clips.
  • Fixes an issue in the "Segment Matrix" where clicks on the source information did not open the original location.
  • Fixes an issue in the document browser where zoom navigation with a mouse or trackpad was limited.
  • Fixes an issue in the project information window where the window title did not represent the actual name of the project file.
  • Fixes an issue with the multimedia browser where a click on a timestamp did not play the file from the respective position.
  • Fixes an issue on macOS where, instead of the "About MAXQDA" window, the Overview of memos appeared.
  • Fixes an issue where colored passages of imported PDF files were not accurately transformed into coded segments.
  • Fixes an issue in the document portrait where the legend was displayed incorrectly while a video was coded.
  • Fixes an issue while deleting timestamps in the "Overview of timestamps" where the deletion icon did not get enabled.
  • Fixes an issue while inserting variable values for boolean variables in the Crosstabs feature where value 0 was not inserted.
  • Fixes an issue while searching for a code in the system where the first search hit was automatically applied while the option "Click a code to apply the code to a selected segment" was active.
  • Fixes an issue while transferring the TeamCloud license to another team lead where the transfer was not possible unless an active project existed.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2024 24.0 (Nov 7, 2023)

  • AI Assist now seamlessly integrated into MAXQDA’s core:
  • AI Assist simplifies your work by automatically analyzing and summarizing elements of your research project using the power of OpenAI. Discover how AI Assist can assist you by summarizing the content of codes, creating comments for your coded data, summarizing or paraphrazing content, and create idas for new codes or subcodes. We offer 60 minutes of free transcription for every new AI Assist user account.
  • Say goodbye to manual transcription. Say hello to efficiency, accuracy, and convenience:
  • It is finally here. If you are working with audio or video data, you can now use MAXQDA Transcription to automatically transcribe your media to text. MAXQDA Transcription is integrated into “AI Assist” and available right from your MAXQDA Account.
  • Effortless transcription: MAXQDA Transcription makes turning spoken words into text a breeze. Simply upload your media file and let this cutting edge tool do the heavy lifting, saving you time and effort. It works with all common media formats.
  • Multilingual support: MAXQDA Transcription is fluent in over 45 languages, including accents and dialects.
  • Seamlessly integrated: MAXQDA Transcription offers seamless transitions between transcription and recording. Finished transcripts are perfectly formatted with MAXQDA timestamps.
  • Speaker detection. Each speaker’s contribution is tagged with their name. This feature allows you to separate the voices and opinions of each person and analyze them as a group or individually.
  • GDPR Compliance. Your files uploaded to MAXQDA Transcription are stored exclusively on GDPR compliant servers. Your data will only be used for speech recognition and will not be used for any other purpose or shared with others.
  • Data Deletion. Your media files are deleted immediately after the transcription is complete, and transcripts are automatically deleted after you download them.
  • Get started with 60 free minutes: Discover MAXQDA Transcription with 60 free minutes for MAXQDA AI Assist Users. Additional minutes are available from the MAXQDA Online Shop.
  • Discover trends across documents or time:
  • The new Trends feature pack consists of multiple visual insights into the occurrence of codes, words, or categories. Each trend visualization is deeply interactive. You can change which elements to display on the graphs, click into the graph to view the data behind the diagram, or filter the data in multiple ways.
  • Code Trends: Analyze code frequency changes in single or multiple documents over time. Visualize topic relevance intuitively and interactively for easy understanding and communication.
  • Word Trends: Track word frequencies across multiple documents, ideal for historical trend analysis in projects such as policy or research papers. Visualize evolving topics and themes over time, expanding capabilities beyond single document analysis in MAXQDA 2022.
  • Category Trends: When one word is not enough – set up categories for groups of words in MAXDictio – and analyze how often a word from a category appears within a document or across multiple documents.
  • Fresh, modern and minimal:
  • Last but not least. We are excited to introduce the improved MAXQDA User Interface. With vibrant colors and intuitive contrasts, navigating and using MAXQDA has never been smoother or more visually appealing.
  • Spotlights your data: The new dark toolbar automatically focuses your attention on what matters most – your data and your code. It separates the menu from your workspace, providing a calming interface.
  • Easier window management: MAXQDA’s core 4-window layout has always provided an unsurpassed project overview. Customizing the windows is now easier than ever: any closed window can be re-opened directly from the status bar with a simple click.
  • Quick access to activation options: Action icons that let you filter or reset activated codes or documents are now placed directly in the code and document windows and only appear after you have activated items.
  • Quick access to query settings. MAXQDA offers several types of queries for coded segments. A simple query searches for any segment that matches the current code & document activation. Advanced options offer more complex searches, such as “Find segments where code A is within code B”. Your current query type is now displayed directly in the Retrieved Segments window and can be reset from there.
  • General:
  • Document System: The document management is now streamlined with a unified icon that combines the options for adding new documents or document folders in one easy-to-access location.
  • Code System: It has been redesigned with an user-friendly toolbar that prominently displays the most important function – creating new codes. Additional options for working with activated codes now only appear when codes are activated, reducing clutter.
  • Internal Links: When copying a text segment with source information within MAXQDA, the source information is transformed into a dynamic link that seamlessly connects to the original source. This improves traceability and reference management, making it easier to cross-reference and maintain the integrity of your sources.
  • Search: This functionality has been enhanced to allow you to search for codes, documents, and text directly from the toolbar for a more seamless search experience.
  • Overview tables: Have received a complete design overhaul, featuring a more spacious and modern design. Additionally, we have relocated the toolbars right above the tables for swift access to essential features.
  • Documents:
  • Document Groups: Now with the ability to effortlessly duplicate entire document groups with all their content, saving valuable time and effort when preparing your projects for teamwork or intercoder agreement testing.
  • Document Colors: Now without the default blue color of documents, giving you the flexibility to assign your choice of colors to documents for more personalized and meaningful categorization.
  • Visual Tools:
  • Code Cloud: Introducing an advanced option that allows you to include subcodes in the Code Cloud visualization, providing a more comprehensive and insightful view of your code occurrences.
  • Code Relations Browser: The visualization for activated codes by activated codes now excludes information about non-activated parent codes, providing a more focused and concise representation of your code relationships.
  • MAXMaps: Images within MAXMaps are now saved as embedded components within the map itself, rather than external links. Users also have the flexibility to set their own image size limits for embedded images, allowing for more control and customization

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2022 22.8.0 (Sep 12, 2023)

  • [NEW]:
  • AI Assist:
  • Suggest new codes: AI Assist can help you develop and apply new codes for your text segments.
  • Paraphrase selected text passages: You can now use AI Assist to paraphrase text passages directly in the Document Browser.
  • [IMPROVED]:
  • AI Assist:
  • AI Assist in the Smart Coding Tool: You can now use several AI Assist functions for all listed segments at once.
  • Refine automatic summaries: AI Assist now offers additional summary options, that let you refine the text output in multiple ways, such as length and bullet points.
  • Default location for MAXQDA projects:
  • You can now set a default location in the general settings where your MAXQDA projects should be saved.
  • Admins are able to define this setting during silent installations.
  • More improvements
  • Paraphrasing: While paraphrasing text selections directly from the right-click context menu, the Document Browser will automatically activate the sidebar to display newly created paraphrases next to the text.
  • Smart Coding Tool: We have improved the scrolling with trackpad flickers in the Smart Coding Tool so it runs smoother.
  • Word Cloud: Several small fixes and UI enhancements.
  • Interface: Several small interface adjustments.
  • [FIXED]:
  • Fixes an issue while analyzing Keyword in Context for Cyrillic texts where the context was not displayed correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while analyzing word frequencies in MAXDictio where the Type-Token Ratio (TTR) was not updated properly after reopening the feature with newly imported stop word lists.
  • Fixes an issue while creating a code hierarchy model in MAXMaps where aggregating subcodes did not work properly.
  • Fixes an issue while creating a report with the Smart Publisher where the subtitle was not exported correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying coded segments in the summary grid where the segments were not sorted by their position within the document.
  • Fixes an issue while enabling the "size reflects number" option in the Document Map for an empty map where MAXQDA quit unexpectedly.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting text documents where soft line breaks were not exported properly.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting the list of coded segments as an Excel spreadsheet where the content for the "Modified" column was missing.
  • Fixes an issue while saving the settings for the Complex Coding Query where the settings were not remembered for the installation but only for the working session.
  • Fixes an issue while setting hyperlinks in edit mode where the text added after blank spaces was also considered part of the hyperlink.
  • Fixes an issue while sorting the overview of codes table by code color where the sorting was incorrect for black codes.
  • Fixes an issue while switching between a memo with hyperlinks and a memo without any links in the Memo Manager where links were displayed in the second memo as well.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2022 22.7 (Sep 12, 2023)

  • This update disables the Twitter import feature in MAXQDA:
  • Following changes in the Twitter API regulations, MAXQDA will no longer be able to support the „Twitter import“ function for searching and importing Tweets. Nonetheless, any Tweets already imported into a MAXQDA project can still be analyzed using the “Analyse Tweets” workspace.
  • [NEW]:
  • AI Assist:
  • Suggest subcodes: AI Assist can help you develop subcategories for a code by analyzing the content of the coded segments.
  • Summarize selected text passages: You can now summarize text passages directly in the Document Browser or summarize a single coded segment.
  • Summarize a coded segment to a code comment: AI Assist summarizes the text of a coded segment for you and stores it directly in the code comment.
  • [IMPROVED]:
  • AI Assist:
  • It is now possible to create AI summaries for codes in various features where you interact with a code.
  • You can now choose to let AI Assist only analyze your activated documents.
  • Document Properties Dialogue
  • The new dialogue improves the way you interact with your document, for example to link a media file to a transcript, move a document in the folder for external files, or change the file's name and further properties.
  • More improvements:
  • Autocoding Search Results: We have improved the visibility of the autocoding search results feature by adding a label and placing it more prominently.
  • Document Browser: When hovering over a coding stripe in the Document Browser while displaying comments in the sidebar, the corresponding comment is now highlighted to easily identify the comment for the coded segment.
  • Memos: You can now use the common shortcut Ctrl+F/cmd+F in memos to easily search the content of your memo.
  • Smart Coding Tool: Smooth scrolling in the coded segments table.
  • Interface: We have updated the design of several icons to match our new, modern icon style.
  • Visual Tools: The Code Relations Browser no longer includes information about non-activated parent codes.
  • Example Project Files: The Portuguese example project and its media files were updated to match new features in MAXQDA 2022.
  • [FIXED]:
  • Fixes an issue while analyzing sentiments where the "Differences" column did not show negative differences.
  • Fixes an issue while calculating frequencies where Boolean variables where not calculated correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while clicking on the coding stripes for coded segments in the "Retrieved Segments" window where the multimedia player did not play the corresponding video segments.
  • Fixes an issue while copying and pasting from a summary table to QTT where the result in QTT was displayed with a black background.
  • Fixes an issue while creating the Codeline for PDF documents and turning off the "Standardized Unit" option where the Codeline was not displayed correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying .PDF documents where the content of some PDFs was not displayed correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while importing a .SAV file that contained placeholders for already deleted documents where the file was not imported properly.
  • Fixes an issue while importing certain documents with bullet points where MAXQDA quit unexpectedly.
  • Fixes an issue while importing .DOCX files where some distances before and after paragraphs where displayed too large.
  • Fixes an issue while using wildcards in the word frequencies results table for dictionary words where the wildcard character was ignored.
  • Fixes several minor interface issues.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2022 22.1.1 (Mar 17, 2022)

  • IMPROVED:
  • Visual Tools: You can now analyze up to 300 codes with the document or code map visualization. The former limit was 100.
  • TeamCloud: Each time a team lead starts a new teamwork cycle in MAXQDA TeamCloud a backup of the project file is created and stored in the TeamCloud backup folder.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts: Available keyboard shortcuts were added to the context menu of memos and the insight boxes in the QTT workspace.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixes an issue while displaying coded image segments in the Summary Grid. MAXQDA no longer freezes while loading the images.
  • Fixes an issue while applying a stop word list to a word cloud, where it was not possible to switch to another stop word list.
  • Fixes an issue while distributing elements in MAXMaps, where the options to distribute horizontally or vertically were swapped in the context menu.
  • Fixes an issue while importing member projects in MAXQDA TeamCloud, where the displayed number of coded segments is not refreshed.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2022 22.1 (Mar 2, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • Analyzing Focus Group Transcripts:
  • Compare Cases: The compare cases features are now available for focus group speakers. Quickly compare qualitative data (coded segments) or quantitative data (code frequencies) for individual focus group participants.
  • Paraphrases: Quickly access the paraphrases for a focus group speaker's contributions in the "Overview of Paraphrases". This overview is now available in the right-click context menu of a speaker in the Document System.
  • Paraphrase Matrix: Compare paraphrases written for different focus group participants in the Paraphrase Matrix.
  • Word Clouds: Create a word cloud for a focus group speaker's contributions to get a quick overview of their most frequently used words.
  • Analyzing Survey Data
  • Sentiment Analysis for Survey Data: Discover the sentiment of responses to survey questions using an AI lexical approach.
  • Sentiment Analysis for Survey Data: Responses are automatically categorized on a scale from positive to negative.
  • Sentiment Analysis for Survey Data: Autocode responses with their sentiment score.
  • Word Cloud: Get a quick overview of the most frequently used words in survey responses with the new Word Cloud option in the "Analyze Survey Answers" workspace.
  • Word Count: Display the word count of each survey answer in the "Analyze Survey Answers" workspace.
  • SPSS: Import Survey Data from an SPSS file (*.sav).
  • Questions, Themes, Theories (QTT)
  • Integration of Insights tab: The “Integration of Insights” tab in QTT has been extended to show all the insights written for any element within a worksheet. This makes it easy to bring it all together to integrate them into overall conclusions, and to develop hypotheses and theories.
  • Collect diagrams and tables: You can now collect even more analytics findings in QTT worksheets. Collect diagrams and tables from features like subcode statistics or crosstabs. Send them directly to a QTT worksheet with one click.
  • Import Options
  • VTT files from Teams, Zotero, etc.: Import automatic meeting transcripts exported from Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and more. Transcripts are automatically cleaned during import to improve readability. You can then link media files to the transcript via time stamps or automatically code speakers for focus group interviews.
  • Web Pages from Excel: Import multiple web pages at once from an Excel file. Include additional information about each web page in the spreadsheet to automatically add them to the document memo or to store them as document variables. Web pages can be imported as PDF documents, PNG images, or simplified text documents.
  • Additional New Features
  • After using the local search in the Document Browser to search for a phrase, you can now immediately apply a code to your search hits with the new autocode icon in the search toolbar.
  • Tweet Preview: Click the new "View Tweet" option at the end of a Tweet to open up a preview of the Tweet in its original format, including images.
  • IMPROVED:
  • Codes: Use the new context menu option for codes in the Code System to activate all the documents which contain this code.
  • Codes: Export your complete Code System as a PNG image file that you can include in your reports or presentations.
  • Codes: Change the position of codes in the code system with the new up and down arrow icons in the code system toolbar, or using keyboard shortcuts Alt/option + ArrowUp and Alt/option + ArrowDown.
  • Codes: If codes are merged with each other in the Creative Coding workspace, a merge history is automatically added to the remaining code memo. In addition, you will see a + symbol added to the code name so you can always remember that another code was merged into this code in the past.
  • QTT: Send a summary table to a QTT worksheet by using the new "Send to worksheet" icon in the summary table window.
  • QTT: While sending or importing a summary table with swapped columns & rows into a QTT worksheet, the columns and rows are now kept swapped in QTT as well.
  • QTT: The author name and creation date of a QTT worksheet are now displayed in the header section of the QTT window.
  • TeamCloud: While working with TeamCloud projects your current online status is displayed on your avatar image directly in the TeamCloud ribbon.
  • TeamCloud: Team members that are working with a TeamCloud project now have access to the most recent activity history for their project. Click the "Notifications" Icon in the TeamCloud menu ribbon to see who has joined a project, or which of your team members have uploaded data to the team lead.
  • TeamCloud: If the team lead of a MAXQDA TeamCloud projects uploads a project that includes an audio or video file, the .dat file for this media file is uploaded as well for the team members to use. This makes it much quicker for the team members to download the project and start analyzing it.
  • Visual Tools: A new color option for Code Clouds makes it possible to display codes in their code color.
  • Visual Tools: Display settings for the Code Relations and Code Matrix Browser are now remembered even after closing and reopening MAXQDA.
  • Visual Tools: While creating a Document Map you can now select existing Code Sets to add multiple codes to the map at once.
  • Visual Tools: While copying and pasting the output from a Visual tool to a memo, the image quality is now twice as high which leads to sharper images.
  • Visual Tools: If you want to add a word from a word cloud to a stop word list to ignore it in the future, the name of the currently selected stop word list is displayed, so you know which list the word is added to.
  • Visual Tools: Comfortably switch between different stop lists for Word Cloud visualizations. MAXQDA Standard users can now also create multiple stop lists and modify them in the stop list manager.
  • YouTube: While importing YouTube data, MAXQDA will create one top-level code for all of your YouTube comments. This makes it easier to analyze data for multiple videos at once.
  • YouTube: While importing YouTube data, the date and time information is removed from the automatically created videos folder name to make it easier to read the full name of the video. The date and time information is still available in the document memo for this folder.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts: Increase or decrease the indent of selected text in the Document Browser by using the Tab-key.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts: Expand an existing text selection in a PDF document by holding the Shift-Key and clicking in the text.
  • Interface: A fresh design for the MAXQDA preferences menu. We've organized all of the available options into sections to make them easier to understand and interact with.
  • Interface: Use the new toggle switch in the bottom right corner of the MAXQDA interface to quickly switch between light mode and dark mode.
  • Interface: The new interface theme setting “System” makes sure that MAXQDA matches your current computer settings by automatically starting in either dark or light mode.
  • Images: Adjust the size of a coded image segment by using the new draggable corners that appear when the coded segment is selected.
  • Smart Coding Tool: Get a quick overview of the most frequently used words in coded segments currently analyzed in the Smart Coding Tool with the new Word Cloud option in the Smart Coding Tool workspace.
  • Word Explorer: You can now exclude hashtags, email addresses, and hyperlinks from the Word Explorer.
  • Backups: MAXQDA now automatically creates backups of your project in your chosen interval in the background, even if MAXQDA continues to stay open.
  • Paraphrases: Activate paraphrase mode directly from the Document Browser using the newly added icon.
  • Paraphrases: Modify the length of a paraphrased segment by using the new grabbers at the start and end of the paraphrase.
  • Document System: New folders that are imported via drag and drop are no longer automatically placed in the first position. You can now place the folder anywhere in the Document System.
  • Import: Improved recognition of multiple-level text indents while importing DOCX documents.
  • MAXDictio: Select a dictionary for the "Autocode with dictionary" tool directly from within the dialog.
  • Twitter: Filter your analysis of the most frequently used words in Twitter data with a stop list. This option is now available in the Analyze Tweets workspace.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixes an issue while importing a .sav file into MAXQDA Stats if the file includes data in a special "very long string" SPSS data format. MAXQDA can now recognize and import this type of data correctly
  • Fixes an issue while importing date information from Excel as document variables where some dates were not identified correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting the Interactive Quote Matrix as an HTML file where some text lines were overlapping.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting the Code Matrix Browser as an Adjacency Matrix where the type of analysis was always set to "Intersections of codes in a segment".
  • Fixes an issue while exporting a code system where the activated option to "sum up frequencies of subcodes" lead to subcodes of collapsed parent code being summed up in the export as well.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting documents as PDFs where in specific cases the text of the documents was not placed correctly on the page if it was exported on a Windows computer.
  • Fixes an issue while autocoding Japanese text where the start and end character of a search item was not identified correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while repeatedly converting files from MAXQDA 2022 to MAXQDA 2020 and back where memos were not converted correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while selecting code names while using "Open Coding" mode where it was not possible to add a new code name immediately after choosing a code name from the list of existing codes.
  • Fixes an issue while autocoding search results where in certain PDF files more than the chosen context was coded.
  • Fixes an issue while activating codes in the Code System by code variable values if the number of coded segments in activated documents is selected as the variable. You can now use this variable to activate codes.
  • Fixes an issue while organizing codes in Creative Coding where newly created codes were not transferred properly to the Code System.
  • Fixes an issue while adding a background color to multiple MAXMaps elements at once, where the background was always set to grey.
  • Fixes an issue while sorting documents in the Profile Comparison Chart where sorting by document sets did not work properly.
  • Fixes an issue while showing the retrieval function for segments in the status bar where the retrieval function of the complex coding query was not reset.
  • Fixes an issue while setting favorite variables in the Smart-Coding-Tool where the preferences for favorite variables have not been remembered.
  • Fixes an issue while searching for a single word with the Text Search feature where it was possible to select the "AND" search option, even though this option can not be used for single words and does not change the search result.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2022 22.0.1 (Dec 16, 2021)

  • IMPROVED:
  • Search results in PDF documents are now highlighted in yellow. This option can be switched on/off in the Document Browser toolbar.
  • Hyperlinks in PDF documents now stay active after being imported into MAXQDA. Click on the hyperlink to open the linked address in your browser.
  • The timestamp column is now always initially visible when a document with a linked media file is opened. This makes it easier to start/continue the transcription of a media file or to access existing timestamps.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixes an issue while printing PDF documents with coded segments displayed in code colors where the color background was not added to the printout.
  • Fixes an issue while removing links from a PDF document where the removed link was still visible right after the removal.
  • Fixes an issue while zooming in a PDF document in the document browser where CTRL + mouse wheel was not working correctly.
  • Fixes an issue where document and code names that started with specific Japanese characters were not displayed in matrix overviews.
  • Fixes an issue while adding Japanese words that started with a Hiragana or Katakana character to a stop or go list where the word was not saved.
  • Fixes an issue where MAXQDA exchange files (.mex) may have been missing the correct file icon and "open with" functionality.
  • Fixes an issue where the scaling function label in MAXMaps was not fully visible on some monitor resolutions.
  • Fixes an issue which displayed the wrong icon in the intercoder agreement result table.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying code frequencies in the heatmap view of the Code Matrix Browser where colors were not updated correctly while expanding and collapsing subcodes.
  • Fixes an issue while saving a copy of a MAXQDA project, where the "Save project as" function was unable to create a project copy immediately after having deleted a memo set in the Memo Manager window.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying coded segments from video files in the Retrieved Segments window where information about the ending time was not displayed.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying frames around coded image segments where a frame was displayed for paraphrased segments as well.
  • Fixes an issue while adding documents from document sets to a map in MAXMaps where the drag & drop functionality was not working.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting a code map to MAXMaps where connection lines were not exported correctly.
  • Fixes an issue with highlighting the correct segment in the Summary Grid while editing summaries in the Summary Table window.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2022 22.0.0 (Nov 23, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • Creative Data Analysis:
  • We are thrilled to share a new milestone in the development of MAXQDA: The release of MAXQDA 2022 before the end of the year!
  • This new release stays true to the central mission of our journey of over 30 years: To provide you – researchers around the globe – with software that optimally supports the organization and analysis of your data, and the publication of your findings. MAXQDA 20222 will make your work even more effective, efficient and joyful – it comes with sixty new features in a new fresh look – among them several innovative analysis tools.
  • Where everything comes together:
  • An innovative workspace to gather important visualizations, notes, segments, and other analytical results! QTT will support you during the analysis phase after coding and is the perfect place to collect relevant insights and develop new theories.
  • Worksheets: Create worksheets for each important topic and fill them with codes, quotations, memos, visualizations, concept maps, and summary tables.
  • Conclusions: Organize your material by topic or research question and add conclusions or insights as you go.
  • Send to: Send finished visualizations and concept maps to a QTT worksheet and store analytical findings by topic or research question.
  • Export: Export everything you have gathered for one research question at once to finalize your reports.
  • The Profile Comparison Chart:
  • Visually compare documents, speakers, document groups or sets. Explore patterns in code assignments and variable values and create typologies.
  • Codes & Variables: Select which codes and variables to display in the visualization. Manually rearrange the order in which variable values are displayed.
  • Colors: Use colors to visually identify similar or opposite groups. Color can be assigned automatically by document color, by variable values, or by document group.
  • Frequency options: While analyzing coding patterns for documents groups and sets, choose between the sum, mean, or median of coded segments.
  • The Word Explorer:
  • Word Occurrences: Understand where and how often a word or phrase occurs in your documents or in your own writing.
  • Word Context: Find out which codes are most frequently applied to the search item. See which words the search item is most frequently combined with, and which words appear within a set number of words before and after the search item.
  • Interactivity: Elements are interactive so you can jump from the dashboard to view the sources or complete frequency lists.
  • Import text highlighting and comments from Word & PDF:
  • Import highlighting as codes: MAXQDA recognizes color highlighting in Word or PDF documents and automatically codes the highlighted passages, so you can seamlessly continue your work in MAXQDA.
  • Import comments as memos: Comments and comment threads are imported into MAXQDA as memos and can be displayed right next to your documents.
  • The new Code & Document Summary section in Memos:
  • Case Summary: Use the new summary section in document memos to summarize the main aspects of a case.
  • Topic Summary: Use the new summary section in code memos to summarize the main aspects of a topic.
  • Summary Table integration: Already summarized coded segments by topic and case? Call up and write case/topic summaries directly in a summary table.
  • Thousands of new emojis to code with:
  • Choice & Diversity: You can now code your data with the same meaningful and diverse symbols that you love to use on your smartphone. Choose from more than 3,000 symbols including gender and skin tone variations
  • Windows & Mac: Perfect integration into your OS. With native emoji styles.
  • Visualize with emojis: Emojis sometimes say more than a thousand words! Emoticodes are integrated into your MAXQDA visualizations and diagrams.
  • Code name suggestions & quick resize:
  • Code name suggestions: MAXQDA now suggests existing code names when you apply a new code to your data. Avoid duplicate code names in open coding or use this feature to quickly find and apply an existing code.
  • Resize coded segments: Quickly resize coded segments with the new code grabbers that are displayed at the beginning and end of a segment by clicking on the coding stripe.
  • The enhanced Focus Group Import:
  • MAXQDA’s new focus group import integrates multiple functions in an all-in-one import dialogue, making the import of focus group transcripts more flexible and faster than ever before.
  • Select speakers: MAXQDA shows all identified speakers in your transcript so you can decide which speakers to code or ignore.
  • Combine: Check the list of speaker names and combine different spellings for the same person into one speaker if necessary.
  • New tools for analyzing open-ended questions:
  • Analyzing answers to open-ended questions in MAXQDA has always been a strong point. The new responses workspace adds powerful features to work with survey data.
  • Search and Autocode: Search for words or phrases and auto-code responses, search hits, sentences, or paragraphs.
  • Auto-code with Dictionary: Access your dictionaries to auto-code responses, search items, sentences, or paragraphs with dictionary categories (available in MAXQDA Plus or Analytics Pro).
  • Statistical Analysis: After coding your responses, view them in the Stats module to statistically analyze the resulting code frequencies alongside standardized data (available in MAXQDA Analytics Pro).
  • Paraphrase media files & categorize paraphrases:
  • Paraphrase media files: You can already paraphrase text and image segments in your own words. With MAXQDA 2022, you can now write paraphrases in your videos and audio recordings to focus on interactions, words, a single person, or other interesting aspects.
  • Categorize paraphrases: Easily organize and categorize your paraphrases into codes in the revamped Paraphrases workspace- now with advanced search and auto-code functionality.
  • Adjacency Matrix & Document Profile Table:
  • Network Analysis: Export code relationships from MAXQDA as an Adjacency Matrix, which is a common format for a network analysis. Use this new export method to explore and visualize your data with specialized network analysis tools.
  • Document Profiles: Export a Document Profiles table with important information about selected documents. For each document, the table includes the document memo, a selection of variables, and code frequencies.
  • Additional Module: MAXQDA TeamCloud:
  • Secure & seamless cloud collaboration:
  • It has always been easy to collaborate as a team in MAXQDA. The new Teamwork Cloud integrates collaboration even deeper into your workflow!
  • Share files with your team via a secure cloud space, invite colleagues to contribute their work, analyze offline, and decide when and what to import from your team members.
  • Collaboration without the hassle: Distribute projects and external documents, view your team’s latest activity, and get notified of new imports or downloads within MAXQDA. Let your software handle team communication and file management so you can focus on your analysis.
  • Work offline & share online: Work on local project copies simultaneously, even when you’re offline. You only need to connect to the Internet at the beginning and end of a project cycle to download and upload files.
  • Import options & transparency: Streamline imports of team members’ work with new import options. You can now also access your import history in merge notes.
  • Team logbook: Collect important notes and project information in a shared team logbook that everyone can contribute to in real-time.
  • Further Improvements:
  • Codes & Coding:
  • Overview of Coded Segment: New option to activate all documents containing any of the displayed segments.
  • Overview of Coded Segments: While sorting the table by document name the names are sorted alphanumerically so that letters and numbers are taken into account.
  • Codes: If you merge codes into another code an audit trail with the merge date and information is added to the code memo.
  • Codes:When selecting text or images, the last used codes have been added to the right-click context menu so you can quickly apply them again.
  • Smart Coding Tool: New ribbon bar for easy feature access including a new option to display an additional column for each of your “Favorite variables”
  • Smart-Coding-Tool:Select multiple coded segments at once and drag them to a code for additional coding or re-coding.
  • Documents:
  • Document Variables: Automatically created variables for text and PDF documents show the number of pages, paragraphs, sentences, words, and characters in each document.
  • Document Browser: Local search now starts directly in the currently visible area of a document.
  • Visual Tools:
  • Code Matrix Browser and Code Relations Browser: Sort columns by code occurrence to identify similarities and differences.
  • Code Matrix Browser: Show an existing Summary as a tooltip while hovering over a node in a visualization.
  • Code Relations Browser: Calculate symbol sizes by total or for each row or column.
  • Document Comparison Chart:Double-click a cell to select the according range in Document Browser.
  • Codeline: Switch from “Minute” view to “Seconds” view for media files that are up to 10 minutes long for more detail in analysis.
  • Word Cloud: Automatically code your data with a particular word directly from the context menu of a word in the Word Cloud.
  • MAXMaps: More subcode levels and codes available in Single-Case Models (Code Hierarchy). Subcode levels have been increased from 3 to 5, and the number of codes from 10 to 20.
  • PDF:
  • PDF: Rotate pages of a PDF document within the Document Browser.
  • PDF: New option to ignore dashes within words while using a (lexical) search or analyzing word frequencies.
  • Memos:
  • Memos: Include linked coded segments and code names in memo exports.
  • Memos: Include the content of in-document memos as “in-line” text while exporting a document.
  • Memos: The title of a memo can be twice as long (127 instead of 63 characters).
  • Analysis:
  • Code Configurations: You can now analyze co-occurrences of codes not just within single documents, but also within document groups or document sets.
  • Code Configurations: While analyzing simple or complex co-occurrences of codes you can automatically include the subcodes of the analyzed codes.
  • Subcode Statistics: Create diagrams and frequency tables for the first level of subcodes and optionally aggregate their subcodes.
  • Overview of Focus Group Speakers: Two new columns display the number of words each speaker contributed to a transcript in total and as a percentage.
  • Word-based Analysis with MAXDictio:
  • Word Matrix Browser: Create a visual matrix that displays how often search items, dictionary words, or words from the go list occur in documents, document groups, or document sets.
  • Word Frequencies: New options to ignore hyperlinks, e-mail addresses, hashtags, numbers, or text within square or curly brackets.
  • Word Frequencies and Word Combinations: New option to limit the results table to words and word combinations that occur at least x times. This option is initially set to 3, but can be set to any number between 1 and 99.
  • Other:
  • Open Project: The menu entry to open projects was redesigned. Easily access recently-opened projects, and open example projects or other projects – all from the same dialogue.
  • Import from Clipboard: Import images from the clipboard using the new dropdown arrow next to the icon that imports images.
  • External Files: While deleting documents that are linked as external files, you can now decide to delete or keep all of the linked external files at once.
  • Interface: A fresh new design for both the 4-window-display and the “Analyze Tweets” workspace.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.4.1 (Jun 16, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • SENTIMENT ANALYSIS
  • New language option "German" added. You can now analyze the sentiment of German tweets.
  • IMPORT
  • Import transcripts that were created with the automatic transcription tool "Voicedocs".
  • IMPROVED:
  • GENERAL
  • Project backup files now have the word "_backup" added to their file name to make backups easier to identify.
  • Improved Performance when importing RIS Data with attachments.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixes an issue while retrieving overlapping segments of more than two codes using the Complex Coding Query.
  • Fixes an issue while refreshing a Code Matrix Browser with the code hierarchy switched off, where the window did not refresh and had to be reopened .
  • Fixes an issue while calculating the document text length for some documents that contained invisible characters.
  • Fixes an issue while editing a Code Relations Browser where deleting a column from the table automatically switched on the code hierarchy view option.
  • Fixes an issue where removing a Memo from a set in the Memo Manager was not possible.
  • Fixes an issue while autocoding search results in the overview of coded segments where additional segments were coded unintentionally.
  • Fixes an issue while opening the Smart Coding Tool via the "Codes" tab where Paraphrased Segments where listed as codes.
  • Fixes an issue while merging two project files containing identically named focus group transcripts.
  • Fixes an issue while using "Refresh and Apply Stop List" in the results window of "Word Frequencies" where merged rows were split.
  • Fixes an issue while using "Refresh and apply Stop List" in the results window of "Word Frequencies" where an incorrect TTR and percentages were displayed.
  • Fixes an issue while linking documents to a media file where coded segments were temporarily not displayed in the side bar of the Document Browser.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying shadows for imported images in MAXMaps.
  • Fixes an issue while importing document variables from EXCEL, where variables were not recognized correctly if blank spaces were added to the end of a variable name.
  • Fixes an issue while importing RIS data where PDF files were not embedded in the project file.
  • Fixes an issue where importing an .str transcript linked to a media file was not possible (Mac only).
  • Fixes an issue while exporting the Code System as .mtr file where the hierarchal structure of the Code System was not maintained.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting the Overview of Coded Segments where a hidden column was not exported.
  • Fixes an issue while double-clicking on a node in the Code Matrix Browser where the respective coded segments were not displayed in the Retrieved Segments window.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying progress bars, where in some instances the bars were not visible on computers running macOS Big Sur.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying only activated documents or codes in the Code Matrix Browser where subsequently activating documents or codes did not work correctly.
  • Fixes an issue where it was not possible to display favorite variables in the Overview of Coded Segments.
  • Fixes an issue while deactivating documents where the wrong column would no longer be displayed in the Code Matrix Browser.
  • Fixes an issue while copying segments from the Smart Coding Tool where pasting these segments was not possible.
  • Fixes an issue while copying Document Memos in the Document System where the content of the Memo was not included.
  • Fixes an issue while autocoding search results in the "Retrieved Segments" window where segments were coded twice.
  • Fixes an issue while adding a new code to the Code System in the Smart Coding Tool where codes assigned to a segment were temporarily no longer visible.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.4.0 (Mar 12, 2021)

  • NEW:
  • SENTIMENT ANALYSIS FOR TWITTER DATA:
  • Analyze tweets to discover their sentiments using an AI lexical approach.
  • Tweets are automatically categorized on a scale from positive to negative.
  • Autocode tweets with their sentiment score.
  • Filter and sort tweets by their sentiment score.
  • Display results of the sentiment analysis in diagrams.
  • NEW EXAMPLE PROJECTS:
  • A new English example project on "Work Life Balance" was added to MAXQDA. The project contains diverse types of data that you can use to test or teach MAXQDA.
  • IMPROVED:
  • VISUAL TOOLS & DIAGRAMS:
  • Document Map: Save the documents in a cluster as a Document Set, either for a specific cluster or for all clusters at once.
  • Activate or deactivate "Link" mode in MAXMaps with the new keyboard shortcut CTRL+L (Win) or cmd+L (Mac).
  • Improved column width in Visual Tools while using a Mac while the MAXQDA font size setting is "large".
  • New scatter plot options in MAXQDA Stats: Scale axis equally, and edit the diagram title, color schemes, or labels.
  • IMPORT & EXPORT
  • Improved handling of data imported from .DOCX documents: Improved font recognition, image sizes, line spacing, and support for special .xml files.
  • Improved import of transcripts created with the latest version of the automatic transcription services Otter.ai, TEMI, and REV.
  • A native import for SPSS data was implemented to replace a previously used third-party-component that is currently not notarized by Apple. You can now again import, create, or export SPSS files (.sav) on a Mac.
  • Export all of the statistic tables currently included in a statistics window to Excel at once. Each table is saved to a separate Excel worksheet tab.
  • GENERAL:
  • Hover over a variable in the Activate by Variable window to view the full name of the variable as a tooltip.
  • Improved workflow in the Summary Grid. Click on a node in the grid to make the cursor jump to the summary window and start typing right away.
  • New sorting option for memos in the Memo Manager. You can now sort memos by title.
  • Search within your tweets to find tweets that contain a specific word. Create tweet statistics and word clouds for only those tweets containing the search word.
  • Several interface design improvements for both light mode and dark mode.
  • The Overview of Coded Segments table is now initially sorted by the Document System.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixes an issue while adjusting a text selection in a PDF document where selections across two pages were not adjusted correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while analyzing Word Frequencies, where the option to differentiate results by codes may have been disabled.
  • Fixes an issue while assigning internal links where assigning multiple links to the same segment was possible.
  • Fixes an issue while changing the content of a memo in the Memo Manager where the changes were not applied to the Overview of Memos until the Memo Manager was closed.
  • Fixes an issue while closing the Reliability Analysis dialog in Stats, where in specific cases the software stopped working.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying unnecessary paraphrased segments in the "Overview of Coded Segments"
  • Fixes an issue while duplicating a document where the code frequency in the Code System was not immediately updated.
  • Fixes an issue while duplicating documents in the Document System where brackets behind the documents name were dropped.
  • Fixes an issue while editing an in-text-memo at the same time as the text in the document itself where the memo edits were not saved correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting .sps files where the files were not correctly recognized in SPSS.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting an Interactive Quote Matrix to Excel, where the document names in the source information were not included.
  • Fixes an issue while importing RIS data where PDF files were not embedded in the project file.
  • Fixes an issue while loading the MAXQDA style sheet on some Mac computers.
  • Fixes an issue while recognizing "Modified" and "Modified by" variables while exporting and re-importing variables to and from Excel for project files with RIS literature data.
  • Fixes an issue while renaming variables where it was possible to assign the same name to multiple variables.
  • Fixes an issue while transforming a PDF document into a text document where the new text was not opened immediately.
  • Fixes an issue while using "Fit to window" scaling in MAXMaps on screens with high resolution.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.3 (Dec 2, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • DIAGRAM DESIGNS AND OPTIONS:
  • New color schemes for charts and diagrams.
  • Pick your own color for single-colored, ascending, and descending color schemes.
  • Edit the maximum axis size in diagrams.
  • Save the color and font settings of a diagram as the new default setting for all new diagrams.
  • Apply the color, font, and axis settings of a diagram to all currently opened diagrams of the same type.
  • Improved workflow and dialogue windows for easier editing of the text elements in a diagram.
  • VISUAL TOOLS:
  • Visualize code distribution across your data with the new "Heatmap" option in the Code Matrix Browser.
  • Lemmatize words in a Word Cloud to group words together by their base form. Hover over a word in the Word Cloud to view which words are grouped together.
  • IMPORT:
  • Import transcripts that were created with the automatic transcription tool "HappyScribe".
  • Import images or screenshots directly from the clipboard by using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+V or CMD+V in the main 4-window user interface.
  • IMPROVED:
  • You can now paraphrase data in Paraphrase mode and apply codes or memos to your data at the same time.
  • Insert a new memo for a segment currently displayed in the Retrieved Segments window. Right-click on the segment to see the new option in the context menu.
  • Add a comment to a coded segment directly from the "New code" window.
  • While using a function that offers a lemmatization feature, the lemmatization language is now preset to the same language as the MAXQDA interface (if it exists). A language change in one function now changes the preset in all other functions as well.
  • While exporting memos into a teamwork export, you no longer have to select codes as well.
  • The Smart Coding Tool now displays image segments while working with coded segments from images or PDF documents.
  • Streamlined use of icons in the Similarity Analysis and the Summary Table windows.
  • Right-click on a document and use the new option in the context menu to add the document to an existing or a new document set.
  • A new option was added to the Code System preferences to switch from regular drag-to-code mode to click-to-code mode. If this mode is activated you can code a selected segment by simply clicking on a code in the code system.
  • Improved layout for the Intercoder coefficient Kappa results table.
  • Improved styling for memos, comments, and paraphrases in the Document Browser sidebar.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixes an issue while using code favorites to code segments with one click where codes were removed from the code favorites window.
  • Fixes an issue while using a specific keyboard shortcut to apply a code to a segment in the Smart Coding Tool, that caused some memos to disappear.
  • Fixes an issue while switching between items in the stop list or go list organizer in MAXDictio. It's now easier to see which list is currently selected.
  • Fixes an issue while interactively clicking on a search item in the lexical search results table where displayed coding stripes in the Document Browser were reloaded.
  • Fixes an issue while importing literature data from Endnote where the import options were spaced too close together in the import dialogue.
  • Fixes an issue while importing documents using the "Structured Text" import where specific text elements caused the software to stop working.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting text documents with color-coded text to PDF where the color highlights were missing if the document was exported from the Document Browser window.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting documents with line-numbered text using the anonymization feature where the exported text is converted to paragraph numbering.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying codes with code memos in the Summary Grid where all memos were displayed with the regular memo icon.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying code co-occurrences for coded image segments that originated from PDF files where the image frame of the intersection was not displayed correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while copying content from the "Intercoder coefficient Kappa" window to a different text editor (Mac only).
  • Fixes an issue while applying the "only activated documents" filter in a Summary Grid where certain elements were displayed correctly.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.2.2 (Oct 29, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • TWITTER IMPORT:
  • Limit a new import of tweets from Twitter to any number between 1 and 10,000 of the most recent tweets.
  • ANALYSIS:
  • New cluster calculation option: Use the results of a distance matrix analysis to cluster documents or codes in a Document or Code Map.
  • Use the Smart Coding Tool to analyze all of your codes and coded segments at once using the new icon on the "Codes" menu tab.
  • DOCUMENTS:
  • Duplicate a document in the Document System to create a copy of a document that includes all of the documents codes, memos, variables, paraphrases, summaries, and comments.
  • Use activation rules that activate documents by variable, by random, by color, or that inverts the current activation pattern - limited to the documents within a single document group.
  • Display a frame around coded image segments in a PDF document in the color of the code applied to the segment.
  • IMPROVED:
  • CODES / CODING:
  • Quickly change which coding stripes to display or hide using a new icon that is placed in the top corner of the coding stripe area in the Document Browser.
  • Decide to keep the currently selected coding stripe options even if you close and re-open MAXQDA using a new option in the Document Browser settings.
  • Add codes from within a code set to MAXMaps via drag and drop.
  • New subcodes automatically receive the same code color as the parent code unless you uncheck the corresponding option.
  • Improved code favorites window. Easily drag and drop your code favorites to rearrange the order in which they are listed in the window.
  • Improved scrolling behavior in PDF documents. Scrolling is smoother and faster while selecting a segment for coding across a PDF page border.
  • Improved placement of code comment dialogue. The dialogue is now placed above or below the commented segment so you can read and comment at the same time.
  • Expand all subcodes in the Code System at once using a new option in the context menu of the Code System root.
  • Hovering over a coded segment in the Overview of Coded Segments table displays a quick delete icon within the table itself.
  • Hovering over a comment in the Document Browser sidebar highlights the corresponding coding stripe.
  • DOCUMENTS:
  • Change the color of a document even if you call up the document context menu from within a Document Set folder.
  • While importing data with the teamwork import function you now have the option to overwrite existing document colors with the document colors of the imported teamwork file.
  • Create a second-level document group directly from the context menu of a top-level document group.
  • While activating documents by variables you can now use the "contains" condition for document group names to activate all documents located in document groups with names containing a specific word.
  • IMPORT / EXPORT:
  • Improved handling of DOCX documents. Documents are imported up to 8 times faster.
  • Improved handling of importing right-to-left text data. The text direction is now imported and exported correctly.
  • Improved import for a text that is formatted with hanging indents. MAXQDA can now display hanging indents in the Document Browser.
  • If you export a transcript with timestamps as a DOCX document, the timestamps now contain complete time information up to a tenth of a second.
  • Streamlined code export options. All of MAXQDAs code export options (Word, Excel, Website, TXT, .qdpx, and .mtr) are available in both the Reports menu tab as well as in the Code System context menu.
  • MAXQDA detects if you import an Excel file as a regular table document and instead offers a survey data import to automatically code answers to open-ended questions and transform quantitative information into document variables.
  • While importing a Teamwork Exchange file you can now hover over a document name to see the full document path including the document group.
  • Implemented support for the newest version of the Twitter API. You can now click the "Profile pictures" icon to import profile pictures in the Twitter Analysis window.
  • MEMOS:
  • Double-click on a document memo in the Memo Manager window to open up the appropriate document in the Document Browser window.
  • Double-click on an in-media memo in the Memo Manager to open up the location of the media file in the Multimedia Browser window.
  • Copy and apply the formatting of a text within the Memo Editor window.
  • Code memos are now displayed in the Summary Grid, so you can view and open a code memo while summarizing coded segments.
  • TABLES:
  • Display or hide table columns in Summary Grid tables using the new select icon in the window toolbar.
  • If you search within the result table of a word frequency analysis you can now use a new filter to only display those table rows that contain the search item.
  • VISUAL TOOLS:
  • In a Code Matrix Browser that is set to display a total column and row, double-click on a "total" cell to display the corresponding coded segments in the Retrieved Segments window.
  • Analyze code intersections, proximity, and co-occurrence for up to 500 codes at the same time in the Code Relations Browser (the old limit was 200 codes).
  • GENERAL:
  • Improved layout for the descriptive statistics information window.
  • Improved touchpad support in the Multimedia Browser. You can now swipe right or left to move within a media file.
  • Improved zoom gestures while working with MAXMaps. If you zoom into a map the zoom action now centers on the current position of your cursor.
  • Improved source information for segments that are located within one paragraph and therefore do not need information for both their starting and their ending paragraph.
  • Improved source information for both the Smart Coding Tool and the Categorize Survey Data window. You can now see the location of the segment next to the document names.
  • You can now activate and deactivate a category in the MAXDictio dictionary by selecting the appropriate option from the right-click context menu of the category (MAXQDA Plus).
  • If you open the "Modify Weight" dialogue the existing weight score is already selected so you can immediately start to type in the new weight score.
  • Typing the characters --> or ==> into a text document or memo automatically transforms the characters into an arrow symbol.
  • Several small improvements for the intercoder analysis workflow.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixes an issue while exporting data as a Word document on Mac computers running Mac OS X 10.13 (High Sierra).
  • Fixes an issue while exporting a project as a REFI-QDA Projekt (*.qdpx) where exporting empty memos slowed down the export process.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting the content of a Retrieved Segments window for the complex coding query "only this code" that was "ordered by code system" where the export was not sorted by code system.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting a map from MAXMaps as a PNG file where a dot (.) in the name of the map caused the export to add a dot (.) between every word of the map name.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting crosstabs set to display the "Sum" column with the code system view set to hierarchical and multiple collapsed subcodes. Now the summed totals for collapsed codes are included in the export.
  • Fixes an issue where using the keyboard shortcut for play/pause (2 x shift key) in a transcript that was linked to a media file opened up the media player window.
  • Fixes an issue while selecting color schemes for diagrams where after closing and reopening a diagram window the selected color scheme in the color scheme window no longer matched the current color scheme of the diagram.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying a Document Portrait in the "ordered by frequency" setting in MAXQDA dark mode where the gaps between color bars were too light.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying English descriptions in the system color picking dialogue for users working with the MAXQDA interface language set to Espanol.
  • Fixes an issue while importing bibliographical data from RIS files where the secondary author field was left empty if a literature source did not have an entry in the primary author field. MAXQDA now imports the secondary author correctly.
  • Fixes an issue where the latest transcript import options were not available from the additional app menu bar at the top of the desktop (Mac only).
  • Fixes an issue where opening and closing the "search & replace" feature in the Document Browser toolbar caused the text focus to jump to the next search hit.
  • Fixes an issue where the media player control dialogue was placed behind the media player if the control icon was clicked again while the window was still open.
  • Fixes an issue while spell checking a text that contains an em dash (—) where a lower case word following the em dash was identified as a spelling error.
  • Fixes an issue where the name of a function was displayed in the Stats toolbar instead of the corresponding icon (MAXQDA Analytics Pro).

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.2 (Sep 3, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • DARK INTERFACE THEME: Open general preferences to switch beetween the light and the dark interface color scheme.
  • IMPROVED:
  • Optimized performance while updating a currently displayed word frequency result table or a Word Cloud after editing stop list items.
  • Optimized performance while opening or filtering a large number of memos in the Memo Manager. Both actions are now 50% faster.
  • "All Memos" icon added to the Memos menu tab. Click the icon to view all of the memos in your project in the Memo Manager.
  • Faster scrolling in the Document Browser: Middle-click using the mouse wheel to activate quick scrolling in text and PDF documents.
  • FIXED:
  • Fixes an issue that prevented users working on a Mac from selecting Excel files as external files in the Stats module (Analytics Pro).
  • Fixes an issue where the information in the bottom toolbar about the number of currently activated documents and codes was not immediately updated as soon as a document group or a top-level code was deleted.
  • Fixes an issue where the option to differentiate tables by Document Sets was not available immediately after creating a new Document Set.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying text segments inside the Smart Coding Tool where the first character of a segment was missing.
  • Fixes an issue while handling specific special characters for text that is copied from the Document Browser window into some text editing tools.
  • Fixes an issue while highlighting search terms in the List of Documents if the document name contains specific special characters.
  • Fixes an issue while importing variables from Excel files where MAXQDA did not recognize existing integer variables if the variable description contained more than the limit of 63 characters.
  • Fixes an issue while sorting variables in various variable selection dialogues. They are now sorted in the same order as they are in the List of Document Variables.
  • Fixes an issue while using Shift + arrow keys to extend a text selection in the Document Browser if the text was selected from the bottom upwards.
  • Fixes several display issues that occurred while using a monitor with the display scaling set to 300% (Windows)

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.1.1 (Jul 30, 2020)

  • [IMPROVED]:
  • VISUAL TOOLS:
  • Optimized creating Single-Case Models for Focus Group Speakers in MAXMaps. Only Focus Group documents will now show up when selecting a Focus Group Speaker to create the model.
  • Optimized handling of activation status while choosing to import coded segments in MAXMaps. The correct amount of importable coded segments will now be shown when selecting "Only for Activated Documents".
  • Optimized performance while excluding columns from the results table of the Code Relations Browser.
  • INTERFACE:
  • Improved: You can now maximize the coding stripe area in the Document Browser window to twice its size. This added space makes it easier to view longer code names.
  • Optimized sorting of names consisting of a combination of numbers and letters while displaying the Document System, Code System, or a table in ascending or descending order.
  • Streamlined and optimized tooltips while hovering over items in the Document System, Code System, or Document Browser. Tooltips will now show additional information regarding the creation and modification of the respective documents, codes, and coded segments.
  • GENERAL:
  • It is now possible to limit your analysis to subgroups when analyzing cases using the functions Code Matrix Browser, Code Configurations, and Code Coverage as well as the MAXDictio functions Word Frequencies, Word Combinations and Category Matrix Browser.
  • Improved: MAXQDA 2020 now also checks a project database for inconsistencies if the project file is a MAXQDA 2018 project file (*.mx18).
  • Optimized the results table of the MAXDictio function Keyword-in-context. The column "Document" is now divided into two separate columns to make it easier to distinguish between document and document group.
  • Previously-existing timestamps will now carry over to newly-created documents when importing data from an exchange file to create a new document.
  • [FIXED]:
  • Fixes an issue while comparing document groups and document sets using the function Compare Cases & Groups -> Quantitative.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying segments in the Smart Coding Tool. When switching between codes, the row height of the displayed segments will now automatically adjust to match the length of the segment.
  • Fixes an issue while exchanging MAXMaps files (*.mod) between Windows and Mac users. Please note that files created on Mac before MAXQDA version 20.1.1 are now deprecated and can no longer be used.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting the Interactive Quote Matrix created from the result table of the Code Relations Browser when no coded segments were displayed in the table.
  • Fixes an issue while merging projects containing Code Variables created by the user. Code Variables will now transfer correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while assembling memos in sets. Sets will remain when closing and opening the project.
  • Fixes an issue while selecting rows in the Overview of Coded Segments where incorrect segments in PDF files were highlighted in the Document Browser.
  • Fixes an issue while selecting rows in the result table of the Extended Lexical Search. Selecting rows will now always highlight the correct responding segment in the Document Browser.
  • Fixes an issue while setting the language for Spellcheck in the "Preferences" menu.
  • Fixes an issue while using Spellcheck when working on a document using the Edit mode.
  • Fixes an issue while using Spellcheck in a project that contains no documents.
  • Fixes an issue while autocoding search results in the "Keyword-in-context" results table.
  • Fixes an issue while using Intercoder Agreement to analyze document sets. The function will now correctly match documents in document sets to documents in document groups.
  • Fixes an issue while using the zoom function in the Code Map.
  • Fixes an issue while working on a transcript using the Edit mode. A message box will now warn users if an action may lead to timestamps being deleted.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.1.0 (Jul 7, 2020)

  • MAXQDA 2020
  • MAXQDA 2018
  • MAXQDA 12
  • Older versions
  • Release 20.1 (2020-07-07) - Release Notes
  • [NEW]
  • SPELLCHECKING
  • Say hello to Spellchecking. Find and correct spelling errors in documents and memos - in English, German, and Español.
  • SUBFOLDERS
  • Organize documents into subfolders. You can now add a second level to your document organization.
  • AUTOMATIC TIMESTAMPS
  • Place timestamps evenly and automatically across a transcript in set time intervals to link it to a media file.
  • NEW TRANSCRIPT IMPORT OPTIONS
  • Import transcripts that were created with the automatic transcription tool "Otter.ai".
  • Import transcripts that were created with the automatic transcription tool "Simon Says".
  • Import transcripts that were created with the automatic transcription tool "Sonix".
  • NEW LITERATURE IMPORT
  • Citavi is added as an additional source for literature data. Import full articles along with bibliographical data into MAXQDA.
  • TEXT FORMATTING OPTIONS
  • Change the spacing before and after paragraphs.
  • Justify text alignment in text documents, memos, and logbook entries.
  • Resize images within text documents by clicking on the image and dragging the corners to make the image smaller or larger.
  • [IMPROVED]:
  • TRANSCRIPTION:
  • Smarter timestamp recognition for transcripts with time information in the header section of the document. These sections often contain information about the length of a media file that is formatted like a time stamp. MAXQDA now analyzes multiple timestamps in a transcript and uses the most frequently used format to link transcript and audio.
  • The autotext keyboard shortcuts in the transcription settings can now be up to three characters long.
  • Import transcripts created with AmberScript in their new DOCX export format.
  • INTERACTIVE QUOTE MATRIX:
  • The Interactive Quote Matrix now displays code memos, so you can view and open the code memo while comparing coded segments.
  • The Interactive Quote Matrix now has a search function so that you can quickly find words across all currently-displayed coded segments or summaries.
  • The Interactive Quote Matrix is now used to display the results of the Mixed Methods functions "Side-by-Side Display" and "Qualitative Themes by Quantitative Groups".
  • MAXMAPS:
  • Streamlined export dialogues. All export options are now listed in every export dialogue and named uniformly.
  • Smoother layout for the automatic alignment of an uneven number of elements in a circle. The circle now places the elements starting at the top of the circle.
  • After exporting a Code Map or a Document Map to MAXMaps, circles containing more than one code or document are exported as a group circle element and no longer split apart. The element name lists the codes or documents this circle represents.
  • Elements and their connection lines created with the automatic map model builder are now placed on layers. This makes it easy to hide and show layers for presentations.
  • After merging two projects, all of the maps in the merged project are re-linked to the appropriate elements to sustain an interactive connection between documents, codes, memos, etc.
  • VISUAL TOOLS:
  • Open up the content of a Code Relations Browser matrix in an Interactive Quote Matrix.
  • The initial selection was removed from the Code Matrix Browser and Code Relations Browser visualization, making it easier to take a screenshot. To highlight a row, simply click on an element in the matrix.
  • The text displayed below a subcode or variable chart is now initially set to hidden. You can display and edit the text by clicking on the “Display text” icon in the chart settings.
  • INTERFACE:
  • Optimized sizing while displaying coded image segments in the Side-by-Side Display function. The images are now larger and easier to read.
  • Optimized color use while using the function "color-coded text" to change the text background to the color of the codes applied there. The colors are now more transparent to make the text easier to read, especially for dark code colors.
  • VARIABLES:
  • Optimized handling of date/time variables while changing the computer system settings to a different date format. Date/time values in MAXQDA are now recognized and displayed in relation to the system settings.
  • MAXQDA now remembers if you have changed in which order variables are displayed in frequency tables and shows the same order even if you close and reopen the table.
  • Call up the Document Variable Statistics for a variable by right-clicking on the name of the variable in the Date Editor window.
  • MEMOS:
  • The Overview of Memos table now has a filter to limit the list to "Code Set Memos"
  • Select multiple memos from the left area of the Memo Manager to drag & drop them into a new memo set all at once.
  • Right-click on a code or coded segment to open a list of all memos linked to the code or coded segment from the context menu.
  • CREATIVE CODING:
  • The Creative Coding feature is no longer limited to codes with a maximum number of two subcode levels. You can organize codes from any hierarchical level of the code system with Creative Coding.
  • You can now add a code memo to a newly-created code in the Creative Coding tool.
  • EXPORT:
  • When you open a current display as a Word or Excel file, MAXQDA now creates a new document (instead of a temporary file) and saves it to the selected location.
  • While exporting an image document from the Document Browser, you can now choose from two image export formats: PNG and JPG.
  • New warning message while trying to export a table to DOCX that exceeds the limit of columns supported by Word documents (63 columns).
  • For better readability, the code headings in the Codebook export are now separated by two greater-than symbols (>>) instead of a backslash ().
  • Print multiple documents at once. The print option in the Reports menu tab can now print all of the currently activated documents at once - or save them as one PDF document.
  • PERFORMANCE:
  • Optimized performance while performing lexical searches in PDF documents. Search result tables now appear up to 15 times faster.
  • Optimized performance while analyzing word frequencies and word combinations. Result tables for these searches now appear twice as fast.
  • Optimized performance while creating a Document Map with several hundred documents.
  • Optimized performance while creating code relation models for models that include a large number of codes and coded segments.
  • GENERAL:
  • You can now view and categorize up to 2500 answers to open-ended questions in the Categorize Survey Data function. The previous limit was 1500 answers.
  • Select multiple documents or codes within Document Sets and Code Sets at once.
  • While importing webpages collected with the MAXQDA Web Collector, you can now choose to import “only new webpages”.
  • Open the folder for external files directly from the MAXQDA menu entry "”External Files" to check which files are stored in the folder or to add new files.
  • While selecting which documents should be stored in the external files folder, all documents are now ordered by their location in the document system.
  • The Retrieved Segments window local search is now available even if the window is set to display segments in "Table View".
  • Use pinch-to-zoom on your trackpad to zoom in and out of PDF documents and images in the Document Browser window.
  • After searching for text within a document, all of the search results are automatically highlighted in the text.
  • Enter "*" followed by a space in a text document to start a new bullet-point list. Enter "1." followed by a space in a text document to start a new numbered list.
  • If the Multimedia Browser window is minimized, click the Multimedia Browser icon in the Document Browser to maximize the window again.
  • MAXQDA now checks the project database consistency and can rebuild a database if an inconsistency is detected.
  • Use the arrow keyboard buttons to switch between options in a message box.
  • The message box that verifies the delete action for a code with subcodes now mentions the number of subcodes in the message text.
  • The Document Browser toolbar now displays how many paragraphs there are in the current document next to the document name.
  • Ignore Japanese particles while analyzing word frequencies for Japanese-based text.
  • [FIXED]:
  • Fixes an issue while resizing the Document Map window.
  • Fixes an issue where the current default weight score was not added to coded segments if they were coded by using the code icons in the Overview of Coded Segments table toolbar.
  • Fixes an issue while combining the comments of two coded segments if only the second coded segment had a comment.
  • Fixes an issue while converting decimal variables to integer variables where, in some cases, the new values became negative.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying coded segments where double-clicking a node in the Crosstab did not call up the segments in the Retrieved Segments window.
  • Fixes an issue while dragging a segment of text within a memo opened in a Memo Manager window with a reduced menu tab.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting a Crosstab matrix as an image file (.png/.svg) where the subcodes in the image were reduced to one hierarchical layer. You can now export the crosstab with the full code hierarchy again.
  • Fixes an issue while including linked code information while exporting memos from the Overview of Memos table to Word. Linked codes are now listed with each memo.
  • Fixes an issue while including the sum information in Crosstab exports. If you hide the sum in the Crosstab, it is now no longer included in the exported image.
  • Fixes an issue while moving documents via drag & drop into the Code Cloud visualization window where it was not possible to drop the documents onto the appropriate field. The documents can now be selected via drag & drop again.
  • Fixes an issue while not being able to limit an Extended Lexical Search query to the content of the Retrieved Segments window. You can now limit the search to the currently-retrieved coded segments.
  • Fixes an issue while opening a Windows media video (.wmv) in the Multimedia Browser on a Mac. MAXQDA now notifies the user that this Windows-specific format can not be viewed on a Mac.
  • Fixes an issue while recoding coded segments from the Retrieved Segments window via drag & drop where the window was emptied after dropping the segment onto a code.
  • Fixes an issue while saving a copy of a project file if the most recent edits in a currently-opened memo have not yet been saved. MAXQDA now asks if the last edits should be saved before creating a copy of the project.
  • Fixes an issue where MAXQDA used an increasing amount of memory in specific projects if the activation pattern is changed while a large number of segments is displayed in the Retrieved Segments window.
  • Fixes an issue while selecting values for the characters of focus group contributions in the Crosstab for Focus Groups where the value drop-down menu only showed 0.
  • Fixes an issue while using the same calculation for code relationships as the Code Relations Browser in MAXMap`s Code-Co-occurrence template.
  • Fixes an unresponsive context menu option in the MAXDictio Dictionaries to copy categories and search items from one dictionary to another

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.0.8 (Apr 30, 2020)

  • [NEW]:
  • Grayscale color scheme option for charts & diagrams so your graphs are still easy to understand after being printed in black and white.
  • [IMPROVED]:
  • Improved display of Japanese text in the Japanese interface on macOS Catalina. The characters are now smoother and easier to read.
  • Improved text search workflow in the 4-window interface: After closing and re-opening the search feature, the last search item is displayed and already selected so you can edit it right away.
  • Improved tooltip information for cluster icon tooltips in a Code Matrix Browser currently set to "Count hits per document only once" or "Binarize view". The tooltip now includes the total number of coded segments/documents as well as the frequencies for the selected setting.
  • Improved tooltip design for Document Map tooltips for clusters with more than 20 documents. The list is cut off after 20 items so you can still see the code information.
  • Improved design for drop-down menus and text fields in several places, including the Memo Manager toolbar and the List of Document Variables.
  • Improved time marker display in the Multimedia Browser. Start and end time markers are now placed to the side so they can no longer overlap when coding very short timeframes.
  • Improved recognition of special characters (e.g. different types of bullet points) while analyzing Word Frequencies in the MAXDictio module. These characters are now ignored.
  • Improved recognition of spacing between paragraphs while importing data from DOCX documents and recognition of math symbols that are embedded as vector graphics while importing documents from HTML.
  • Improved performance while automatically coding search results in very large project files and for displaying word frequency analysis results from a Word Cloud. Both actions are now much quicker.
  • Improved import of literature data from Endnote. The import now includes the "Research Notes" entries.
  • Improved handling of author and creation date information when importing codes from a code system or via teamwork import. When importing a code system, the current user and time are added to the data. When importing or merging teamwork, the original user and time information remains untouched.
  • Improved handling of variable data from a spreadsheet where multiple variable names are longer than the recognized character limit. Users are now notified to modify the variable names before importing.
  • Improved display of curved connection lines in MAXMaps when multiple lines are displayed very close to each other. Each line is now visible and easy to distinguish.
  • (COVID-19 related) Improved connection stability for users connected to a network license, especially for those using an unstable VPN connection while working from home.
  • [FIXED]:
  • Fixes an issue with the too-small size of the document color icon in the Document System on high-resolution monitors (Windows only).
  • Fixes an issue with paraphrase placement and page breaks while printing a document with paraphrases.
  • Fixes an issue while using the systems date & time settings in the Document Group description while importing comments from YouTube.
  • Fixes an issue while using the quick code coding option where the icon is initially inactive after opening a new document and selecting a text segment before clicking on a code.
  • Fixes an issue while using the keyboard shortcut Strg+F or cmd+F to close the local search feature in any of the four main program windows.
  • Fixes an issue while using the keyboard shortcut Strg+P or cmd+P to print a document that was currently displayed in a second Document Browser window.
  • Fixes an issue while using the context menu to insert several selected codes from the Code System into a map at once.
  • Fixes an issue while using the arrow buttons to change the paragraph proximity in the MAXMaps Code Co-Occurrence Model template.
  • Fixes an issue while using the Undo function to undo the removal of a document from a Document Map.
  • Fixes an issue while using placeholder symbols (* or ?) in lexical search queries for text data that contained specific special characters (e.g. ü or ß).
  • Fixes an issue while using an incorrect file name for a Complex Coding Query that was exported to Excel.
  • Fixes an issue while unnecessarily shortening comments that were moved into a map via drag & drop.
  • Fixes an issue while unnecessarily shortening code names in documents exported to PDF including code visualizations.
  • Fixes an issue while setting a too large font size when printing a text document from the Document Browser as a PDF on high-resolution monitors (Windows only).
  • Fixes an issue while selecting and deselecting documents in the Teamwork Export dialog which may have caused MAXQDA to freeze.
  • Fixes an issue while selecting a slower or faster playback speed in Transcription Mode where the setting did not correctly correlate to the playback speed.
  • Fixes an issue while in the Categorize Survey Data window where it was impossible to select just a partial segment of a cell.
  • Fixes an issue while replacing text content with nothing while using the find & replace function with an empty replace text field.
  • Fixes an issue while renaming a code if the corresponding code memo was being edited in an open Memo Manager window at the same time.
  • Fixes an issue while removing leading 0 characters in variable names during the import or export of variables from Excel spreadsheets where variables may not be recognized as identical.
  • Fixes an issue while processing geo information from Google Maps locations where the West information was not recognized if it included a - symbol.
  • Fixes an issue while processing date and time entries in the MM/DD/YYYY formatting while importing data from a spreadsheet.
  • Fixes an issue while not interactively refreshing the origin information for segments currently displayed in the Retrieved Segments window if the original text was switched from line numbering to paragraph numbering or vice versa.
  • Fixes an issue while not including the duration of paraphrased segments in the Excel export while exporting paraphrased segments from transcripts with timestamps.
  • Fixes an issue while not including paraphrases in a .mex Teamwork Export file (Mac only).
  • Fixes an issue while including columns in the Excel export of coded segments that were not selected in the export dialog.
  • Fixes an issue while including Paraphrase and Focus Group Speaker code frequencies in the Project Information export and in the information that is displayed at the top of Overview of Coded Segments tables.
  • Fixes an issue while importing a REFI-QDA Project file (.qdpx) where internal links and variables were not recognized correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting a REFI-QDA Project file (.qdpx) where internal links and coded segments in PDF documents were not exported correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while not being able to display a recently closed List of Maps window in MAXMaps as long as the model template builder is active.
  • Fixes an issue while exporting the result of a Similarity Analysis for Documents where table cells were highlighted by color, even if "No color highlight" was selected.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying bars for single categories next to their corresponding bars for merged categories in charts created in the Stats module (MAXQDA Analytics Pro).
  • Fixes an issue while displaying a wrong keyboard shortcut tooltip on the Copy to clipboard icon in the Subcode Statistics window.
  • Fixes an issue while not memorizing the setting to display coded text in the code color after closing and re-opening a project file.
  • Fixes an issue while cropping the side of grouped bar chart diagrams after inserting them into the Output Viewer in the Stats module (MAXQDA Analytics Pro).
  • Fixes an issue while correctly recognizing non-breaking spaces while exporting memos to Word.
  • Fixes an issue while correctly recognizing images during import of HTML files with images that were linked to from a different folder.
  • Fixes an issue where the font size in a diagram jumped to half the size after adjusting it on a high-resolution monitor (Windows only).
  • Fixes an issue while adjusting the height of the Open Coding Mode window if the memo and/or the comment areas were displayed or collapsed.
  • Fixes an issue where the coded segments in the Retrieved Segments temporarily disappeared if the content of one of the activated documents was edited at the same time.
  • Fixes an issue where using links in a Logbook may have slowed down the performance while editing the content of the Logbook.
  • Fixes an issue where creating a new map using a MAXMaps template for a document that was currently being edited in the Document Browser may have caused MAXQDA to freeze.
  • Fixes an issue where clicking on an empty space in the Multimedia Browser toolbar was recognized as Play/Pause.
  • Fixes an issue where changing the activation pattern of codes or documents deactivated the selected activation filter in a currently opened Summary Grid window.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.0.7 (Mar 7, 2020)

  • Improved workflow for copying & pasting an image directly from a web browser into the Document Browser or MAXMAps
  • Improved workflow for removing selected words from a word cloud
  • Improved layout for adding connection lines to elements in MAXMaps
  • Adds a message box informing a user while opening a project file from a temporary folder
  • Fixes an issue while displaying the sum of cases in crosstabs exported to Excel
  • Fixes an issue while using the search field in the memo tree of the memo manager
  • Fixes an issue while editing a search item within the search item list of the lexical search window
  • Fixes an issue while moving the display of a PDF document in the documents browser to the side while using color codes, searching for text or clicking on coding stripes
  • Fixes an issue while displaying the zoom icons in a summary grid
  • Fixes an issue while creating unnecessary text symbols using the Esc or Ctrl+s keys in the Document Browser window
  • Fixes an issue while exporting image segments from the Retrieved Segments window to Excel
  • Fixes an issue while exporting text to PDF with coding stripes overlapping the text (Mac only)
  • Fixes an issue while using the "Save as.." feature in MAXQDA stats where the file name contains specific characters (Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Thai, Czech)
  • Fixes an issue while importing transcripts from REV or TEMI in DOCX format
  • Fixes an issue while importing "Structured Text" data that includes tables within the text
  • Fixes an issue while correctly including tabs in text document exports
  • Fixes an issue while keeping the font selection dialog in front while working with a code map (Mac only)
  • Fixes an issue while refocusing dialog or memo windows in front of the program window (Mac only)
  • Fixes an issue while using arrow keys to fast forward or rewind media files (Mac only)
  • Fixes an issue while displaying the complete lengths of column header descriptions in overview tables
  • Fixes an issue while displaying a wrong column header for the comment column in the Overview of Coded Segments
  • Fixes an issue while displaying new code memos in Creative Coding that are opened from the overview of coded segments initially as blank windows
  • Fixes an issue while displaying a wrong warning message when trying to open a project that is already opened in MAXQDA
  • Fixes an issue while including non-activated top-level codes in an interactive quote matrix that is created from within the crosstab window
  • Fixes an issue while editing memo content of a memo that contains internal links caused the link anchors to move within the text
  • Fixes an issue while merging code memos if the code memos are opened while their codes are merged
  • Fixes an issue while converting projects from MAXQDA 2018 to MAXQDA 2020 related to special characters in user names
  • Fixes an issue while setting correct font sizes when copying and pasting text segments from the Retrieved Segments window
  • Fixes an issue while displaying memo windows that were previously minimized
  • Fixes an issue while displaying a redundant warning message if there was not sufficient storage space to create a project backup

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.0.5 (Jan 17, 2020)

  • Fixes an issue while exporting data that contains special characters to Word or Excel
  • Fixes an issue while selecting activated codes during teamwork export
  • Fixes an issue while expanding collapsed codes while exporting data from crosstab, codeline or code relations browser
  • Fixes an issue while highlighting search results while opening the search results table from within a word frequencies table
  • Fixes an issue while importing data from YouTube
  • Fixes an issue while using keyboard shortcuts to forward or rewind a media file in the Multimedia Browser window
  • Fixes an issue while importing a REFI-QDA project file from Dedoose
  • Fixes an issue while recognizing spaces when converting a MAXQDA 2018 project to MAXQDA 2020 (Windows only)

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.0.3 (Dec 17, 2019)

  • Improved performance while converting project files from MAXQDA 2018 to MAXQDA 2020
  • Improved formatting of line breaks when exporting text documents to Word
  • Fixes an issue while undoing an action via keyboard shortcut when writing a memo
  • Fixes an issue while converting large project files from MAXQDA 2018 to MAXQDA 2020
  • Fixes an issue while searching for text that contains special characters in the main user interface
  • Fixes an issue while displaying coding stripes and paragraph numbers in PDF exports
  • Fixes an issue while displaying images within memos after converting a project from MAXQDA 2018 to MAXQDA 2020 (Mac only)
  • Fixes an issue while replacing single search results in the Document Browser window
  • Fixes an issue while exporting Complex Coding Query results to Excel
  • Fixes an issue while displaying memos in Retrieved Segments content exported to Excel
  • Fixes an issue while saving activated codes in a set when using the “Activate Codes by Variables” feature
  • Fixes an issue while using the binarize function in the MAXDictio Category Matrix Browser (MAXQDA Plus and Analytics Pro only)
  • Fixes an issue while displaying value labels for Crosstab diagrams in Stats (MAXQDA Analytics Pro only)

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.0.2 (Nov 25, 2019)

  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • NEW: Transcript exports can include timestamps
  • Fixes an issue while converting MAXQDA 2018 projects where text documents have tables inside the text
  • Fixes an issue with automatic scrolling in the Document Browser window while selecting long text passages or while transcribing
  • Fixes an issue with some characters duplicating while writing in Korean
  • Improved workflow for remembering the most recently used lemmatization languages while doing a word frequency analysis
  • Improved sidebar display management while switching between documents
  • Improved performance while importing teamwork exchange files (.mex) and while merging projects
  • Several small improvements of the user interface and dialog windows

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.0.1 (Nov 15, 2019)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixes an issue while displaying logbook data in projects transformed from MAXQDA 2018
  • Fixes an issue while displaying paragraph numbering when exporting text documents to PDF
  • Fixes an issue while disabling the input method editor (IME) for writing Japanese, Chinese, and other languagues (Windows only)
  • Fixes an issue while creating new codes via context menus that may lead to MAXQDA ending unexpectedly
  • Fixes an issue while limiting a word search to the current content of the Retrieved Segments window

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020 20.0.0 (Nov 12, 2019)

  • A New Focus on Memos:
  • Powerful new features enabling you to access, display, create & edit memos more easily & efficiently than ever before
  • We know how important memos are to keeping track of ideas, thoughts and insights regarding your research. Memos can play a vital role in the analytical process and can often be the starting point for writing up report chapters. MAXQDA 2020 offers multiple new tools to work with memos more easily & efficiently.
  • New memo sidebar. Display and read your memos alongside your data by displaying them directly next to your source material in the sidebar.
  • New memo tab in the main menu. Access existing memos, write new memos or search for memos – all in one place!
  • New Memo Editor. The newly designed Memo Editor expands your writing space – and you can now add tables to your memo texts.
  • Memo links. Link parts of a memo to any section in the data to quickly jump back and forth – or link a memo to any number of codes and/or coded segments.
  • Memo Manager:
  • A new memo workspace to search, filter & create memos
  • These new Memo Manager features turns your memos into a complete project knowledge base.
  • Filter and search. Filter and sort memos by type, date, author, or symbol. Search within all or only selected memos and quickly find memos attached to any element of your research.
  • Work. Open several memos in tabs, combine a group of memos in a set, and use the new workspace to organize, compare and write up your notes.
  • MAXMaps 3.0:
  • Six new models & increased interactivity for our popular mind mapping tool
  • With MAXQDA 2020, we have continued to make new breakthroughs on the road to developing the most sophisticated research-oriented visualization tools in the industry. MAXMaps now comes with six new models, new options for existing models, and a user-friendly interactive concept model builder.
  • New interactive model builder. Interactively test any of the existing options for a model before creating a new map and save time creating the perfect map to illustrate your data.
  • Six new models. The new models can visualize your project’s code by document distribution, related & overlapping codes, or put a spotlight on summaries and paraphrases.
  • Map Organizer. The redesigned Map Organizer window now lets you add comments to a map, reorganize maps more efficiently and group maps into folders.
  • New objects & formatting options. More flexibility to work with lines and arrows, better descriptions to illustrate relationships between elements, and a general design update for all formatting options that looks and works in a similar way to widely used office software packages.
  • Retrieved Segments Window:
  • Redesigned to suit the way you view and work with coded segments. New display options add more information to the data display
  • Sidebar for comments. Display comments for a coded segment in a new sidebar next to your retrieved segments.
  • Include variables. Display your favorite document variables and variable values.
  • Coding stripes. Coding stripes are displayed next to retrieved segments to make it easier to find segments by code color.
  • Subheadings. Coded segments are separated by subheadingsdocument names (when sorted by documents), code names (when sorted by codes), and weight scores (when sorted by weight).
  • Hide source information. Hide coded segment source information to fully concentrate on the segments themselves.
  • Literature Reviews:
  • You can now import full articles along with your bibliographical data
  • You can already import bibliographical metadata from Endnote, Mendeley, and Zotero into MAXQDA. In MAXQDA 2020, these import options additionally include the respective texts or PDF articles.
  • What’s more, MAXQDA also automatically recognizes duplicates, and attachments can be automatically coded during import with the keywords assigned to them.
  • Import Transcripts from New Sources:
  • Your flexibility is our mission: Import transcripts from a large number of popular transcription services and tools
  • New automatic transcription services for audio and video files are popping up every day – they are so much faster than manual transcription, and their automatic speech recognition is getting better and better. MAXQDA 2020 allows you to work with the automatic transcription service of your choice – and import transcripts and timestamps from commonly used online and offline applications.
  • Transcript sources include AmberScript, TEMI, Trint, f4, f5transkript, Transana, Rev.com, and more.
  • New Code System Features:
  • Save time when building and refining your codes with the new drag & drop merge and one-click subcode features. Get fresh insights into the code distribution across your data with the new frequency display settings.
  • One-click subcode. Building up a code system has never been easier. Just hover over a code to see the one-click subcode feature, which you can use to create a new code on the spot.
  • Drag & drop merge. Drag one code onto another code and simply drop it onto the new Merge area to combine two codes into one.
  • Code frequency settings. Use this feature to adjust the frequency numbers displayed in the Code System. Choose to only count codes in selected documents or to count in how many documents, document groups, or document sets a code was applied in.
  • Line and Paragraph Numbering in Texts:
  • Switch back and forth between line or paragraph numbering and quote your sources the way you want
  • Quote and review interview transcripts and literature, now with the new line numbering text display. But don’t worry – paragraph numbers haven’t disappeared, and you can switch back to the original paragraph numbering system with one click.
  • And you can still customize your line numberingset the maximum number of characters per line the way that works best for you.
  • New Coding Features:
  • Two ways to make it even easier to create new codes and build your category system – perfect for grounded theory
  • The new Open Coding Mode is perfect for researchers using the grounded theory approach. When activated, you can simply select a segment in a text, PDF or image and the dialog box for creating new codes will appear automatically.
  • In addition to adding a Code memo to the segment, the Open Coding Mode code windows also lets you attach a comment to the segment quickly and easily.
  • Compare Summaries:
  • Have you summarized large numbers of coded segments in your own words? It’s now even easier to view and compare this condensed information across cases
  • The new interactive Summary Explorer lets you compare all of the summaries associated with a code within a given document, document group, or document set – and quickly jump back to the original source.
  • The table of results doesn’t list all of the coded segments on a topic for each group, which can sometimes be difficult to keep track of; instead, it lists the condensed information on this topic in the form of summaries – written by you or your team of researchers.
  • Document Map:
  • Get the picture: Visually cluster cases to analyze differences and similarities. The more similar two cases are, the closer they are to each other on the map
  • Display selected documents as if they were on a map to visualize the differences and similarities between documents: the greater the similarity between two documents – in terms of (selected) code assignments and (optionally) demographic data – the closer they are displayed to each other.
  • The map can then be exported as an image or saved as a map in MAXMaps. This is an ideal tool for clustering cases and for in-depth explorations of identified groups.
  • New Paraphrase Features:
  • A clearly-arranged workspace to view all of your paraphrases by case or group. And you can now also paraphrase image segments
  • Paraphrase Matrix. Each column contains the paraphrases for a document, document group, or document set.
  • Paraphrase images. Paraphrase different segments of an image.
  • Printing paraphrases. Print a document (or think about our planet’s future and save it to PDF) with the complete paraphrases visible in the page margin.
  • Data Archiving:
  • We fully commit to the sustainability of your data with new customized archiving options
  • In recent years, the topic of research data archiving has attracted increasing attention. The EU Commission on Competition adopted a resolution in 2016, requiring all publicly funded scientific publications in the EU to be freely accessible by 2020. This decision explicitly referred to the research data on which the publications are based.
  • In MAXQDA 2020, you can easily archive your data with a new single-click function. A clear and simple to understand folder and file structure is then generated that contains all your collected data – optionally also as a compressed ZIP file.
  • In addition to the original data sources, archives can also include statistical data, media data, memos, and your code system.
  • Further New and Enhanced Features:
  • General:
  • InterfaceAccess to local settings in all four main windows. The global settings have been reduced accordingly and are therefore much clearer.
  • InterfaceThe “Retrieved Segments” window is deactivated by default when starting a new project to allow more space for initial project tasks like reading, annotating, and coding.
  • Source InfoNew option allowing you to automatically add the source information (document and location) to any text selection copied from the “Document Browser”.
  • ExportTexts are no longer exported in RTF format, but in the Word format DOCX.
  • ParaphrasesParaphrases in the “Categorize Paraphrases” window can be manually sorted to arrange similar paraphrases below one another.
  • ActivationRandomly activate a user-defined number of documents.
  • ActivationWhile using the Activate by Document Variables feature, you can create new sets of documents that meet the conditions currently displayed without activating them at the same time.
  • ActivationThe icon “Activate by…” icon in the Document System toolbar displays a menu with all available options for activating documents (by variables, by color, by random).
  • Codes:
  • CodesIn the options menu for the displayed coding stripes, you can restrict the color highlighting of coded text passages to currently activated codes.
  • CodesSeveral simultaneously selected codes can be merged via the context menu.
  • CodesWhen merging codes, you can transform otherwise deleted code memos into free memos.
  • CodesNew option to activate all documents containing this code in a code’s context menu.
  • CodesNew context menu options to add code to an existing or new code-set.
  • CodesNew context menu options to add code to code favorites.
  • CodesThe displayed total of coded segments in the “Code System” and the “Document System” ignores paraphrased segments and focus group speaker codes.
  • CodesDuplicate a code with its coded segment via the context menu.
  • Smart Coding ToolNew search tool allowing you to search within the displayed section of the “Code System”.
  • Documents:
  • DocumentsDocument tooltips now also include information about the last editing date and the last user who edited a document.
  • DocumentsNew setting option allowing you to always open documents in new tabs.
  • DocumentsNew setting option allowing you to insert new documents at the bottom instead of the top of the folder structure.
  • DocumentsNew setting option allowing you to determine which variables are displayed in the tooltip box that appears when hovering over a document.
  • DocumentsDocuments within document groups can be sorted by the date of last edit and the text length.
  • DocumentsNew Edit Mode toggle switch to clearly visualize if a displayed document is currently in Edit Mode.
  • DocumentsWhile working with text in Edit Mode, you can copy and paste texts along with their formatting.
  • Search:
  • SearchWhen searching for documents in the “Document System” or Codes in the “Code System” window, all found documents or codes can be activated immediately.
  • Lexical searchSearch hits in the results table are highlighted in color.
  • Lexical searchThe preview feature in the search results table displays multiple rows.
  • Lexical searchSearch results can be saved as a variable with the variable value indicating how often the search strings occurs in a document.
  • Lexical searchWhen autocoding search results with a new code, a code name with the search words and a memo with the search settings are automatically suggested to you.
  • Mixed Methods:
  • VariablesFunctions for focus group variables are available in the Variables tab
  • VariablesIn the Data Editor, right-click a column header to create a frequency analysis for the clicked variable.
  • VariablesTwo new system variables“Modified on” and “Modified by”.
  • CrosstabCells are now interactiveright-click on a cell to activate the corresponding documents.
  • Crosstab for Focus groupsLimit a crosstab for focus groups to activated documents.
  • Crosstab for Focus groupsRight-click on a cell in the crosstab matrix to activate all focus group contributions in which the counted code assignments were made.
  • Memos:
  • MemosAdd a memo to a code set.
  • MemosNew memo type “in-media memo” for all memos attached to a video or audio file.
  • MemosNew option allowing you to link a memo to one or several coded segments.
  • MemosChanging the name of a document or memo automatically changes the name of the document memo or code memo (if the memo name was still the same as the document or code name).
  • MAXMaps:
  • MAXMapsCreate an automatic concept map directly from the document or code context menu (e.g. a Single Case Model for an interview).
  • MAXMapsCopy elements from one map to another via drag & drop.
  • MAXMapsAdd a new image to a map with a simple drag & drop of an image file from your computer.
  • MAXMapsConnection lines between elements can now be curved.
  • MAXMapsNew option to hide or display Coded Segment symbols.
  • MAXMapsNew icon “Add to Library” in the Format tab and new icon “Insert from Library” in the Insert tab.
  • MAXMapsWhen importing subcodes for a code, you can specify up to which level subcodes are to be imported.
  • MAXMapsImported subcodes, coded segments, summaries etc. can be limited to activated documents.
  • MAXMapsRight-click on a memo to import linked codes or linked coded segments into the map.
  • MAXMapsThe Single-Case Model can now contain up to 20 coded segments.
  • MAXMapsWhen creating a map from a model, each group of elements (e.g. documents, codes, memos, coded segments) are automatically added to a different layer
  • Visual Tools:
  • Code Matrix BrowserClicking on a cell in the Code Matrix Browser lists the corresponding segments in the “Retrieved Segments” window without changing current activation patterns.
  • Code Relations BrowserNew option to visualize “Occurrence of codes in the same document”.
  • Code Relations BrowserRight-click on a node in the matrix to activate all documents in which the displayed code relations occur.
  • Code Relations BrowserActive settings (collapsed codes, counting hits per document only once, binarization, filtering segments by selecting codes in the options dialog) are applied when creating a Code Map directly from this tool.
  • Code MapNew option to display a grid on the map for easier comparison of distances.
  • MAXMapsNew Models:
  • Single-Case Model (Summaries) places the case (document) at the center. The case is surrounded by all codes that have at least one summary, linked with lines. The corresponding summary texts are displayed for each code, also linked with lines.
  • Single-Case Model (Paraphrases) places the case (document) at the center. The case is surrounded by the paraphrase, linked with lines.
  • Single-Code Model (Summaries) places the code at the center. The code is surrounded by all of its summaries, linked with lines.
  • Code Co-occurrence Model (Code Proximity) works like the earlier Code Co-occurrence Model, except that the proximity of two codes in each of the selected documents is analyzed (instead of whether they overlap).
  • Code Co-occurrence Model (Code Occurrence) works like the earlier Code Co-occurrence Model, except that the occurrence of two codes in each of the selected documents is analyzed (instead of whether they overlap).
  • Code Distribution Model places the code at the center. The code is surrounded by all of the documents in which this code appears, linked with lines.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2018 18.2 (Feb 6, 2019)

  • This update adds four completely new features:
  • Code Map:
  • This powerful new visualization feature clusters codes on a map to reveal the relationships between codes.
  • Advanced Teamwork Options:
  • The new teamwork tools offer you far more control and many more options for collaborative work on the same project data.
  • Intercoder Agreement for Groups:
  • You can now analyze the differing coding approaches of different coders across multiple documents at once.
  • Group Bar Charts, Histograms, and Box Plots MAXQDA’s statistics module Stats:
  • Visualize crosstab tables as grouped bar charts. Descriptive statistics can now be graphically depicted in box plots or histograms to clearly illustrate the range, mean, and dispersion of quantitative variables.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2018 18.1 (Aug 29, 2018)

  • This update adds five completely new features:
  • Import from YouTube
  • Import video comments and subtitles, including their timestamps, to create automatic links from the transcript into the video and vice versa
  • Word clouds 2.0
  • Completely redesigned word cloud generator with predefined layouts, color schemes and possibilites to adapt a cloud
  • Code clouds
  • Illustrate and explore the most frequently assigned codes
  • Export audio and video extracts
  • Save coded video or audio segments as individual video or audio clips
  • Code segments directly from the Retrieved Segments window
  • Easily recode your data by draging & dropping the selected segment from the Retrieved Segments window onto a code in your Code System
  • Further Improvements:
  • Enhanced Twitter Import
  • Adds the ability to search for tweets by the minute
  • Select multiple documents/codes at once
  • to move several elements into new document groups, or add several codes to MAXMAps
  • Search and replace
  • Simple error correction or anonymization in text documents with the classic “Search & Replace” option.
  • Side-by-side display
  • The table for a side-by-side display is now presented as an Interactive Quote Matrix (previously a direct export to Excel)
  • Search with “Regular expressions”
  • Finer search options for lexical searches
  • Interactive result tables for MAXDictio
  • Drag one table row onto another to aggregate the results and count these words together.
  • Save MAXMaps to clipboard
  • Copy current Map to the clipboard for fast transfer to reports and presentations
  • Codeline aggregation by codes
  • Collapse subcodes to aggregate the view and display all subcodes as one.
  • Document comparison charts fit to window
  • Fit complete document comparison visualization to current window width to see all coded segments at once
  • Code System QDA-XML Exchange Standard
  • The QDA XML exchange format lets you transfer a Code System to and from other QDA programs
  • External file management
  • Remove documents from the project file to store externally – or embed external documents to store in the project file
  • Smart Coding Tool improvements
  • Undo and Redo, sort codes by code frequency for displayed documents, copy & move coded segments, keyboard shortcuts to code with new codes, always show number of displayed coded segments and number of source documents, and more.
  • Import transcripts from SRT file format (e.g. YouTube transcripts)
  • Optionally display all codes in Categorize Paraphrases window
  • Standardize fonts in interactive quote matrix and summary tables
  • Quick color picker for text and MAXMaps elements
  • New example projects: Japanese and Chinese
  • Ignore text formatting when pasting text to the Document Browser, memos or logbook
  • Stats: Option to transform variables to integer, floating point or date/time variables
  • Code text segments directly from preview window in Coded Segments tables
  • Directly open media file from Document System window in Multimedia Browser
  • While coding a text segment MAXQDA ignores empty spaces before and after the coded text
  • Improved automatic variable recognition during survey import
  • Improved font picker for all text editors (Document browser, memo, etc.)
  • Search options “Starting letters”, “case-sensitive” and “whole words” added for all text searches
  • Zoom option for Summary tables
  • Larger tooltip window when hovering on a memo to display more of the memo content
  • Ability to filter the Overview memos window by memos from more than one user
  • Copy Frequency tables and charts to clipboard
  • Sorting of documents or codes that are named with a number uses numerical sorting instead of alphabetical sorting
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixes an issue while recognizing code colors in EMF exports from MAXMaps
  • Fixes an issue while exporting extremly large maps from MAXMAps
  • Fixes an issue while copying Stats outputs to Microsoft Office (Mac only)
  • Fixes an issue while displaying assigned codes for audio and video segments in the Retrieved Segments window
  • Fixes an issue while moving memos in the Document Browser window via drag & drop on high resolution monitors
  • Fixes an issue while recognizing Chinese colons during import of Chinese text documents
  • Fixes an issue while immediately displaying new coding stripe length when recoding a picture segment
  • Fixes an issue while rotating an object with a geographic reference link in MAXMAps
  • Fixes an issue while displaying the percentage symbol in vertical bar charts

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2018 18.0.8 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • Enhanced Twitter Import: Now able to import tweets with more than 140 characters
  • Fixes an issue while importing certain MP3 files, e.g. from MAXApp (Windows)
  • Fixes an issue while cutting off MAXMaps images during export to the EMF format (Windows)
  • Fixes an issue while displaying memos for across-page codes in PDF documents in the “Retrieved Segments” window
  • Fixes an issue while manually sorting variables in the MAXStats “Variable List”
  • Fixes an issue while displaying the “Overview of Coded Segments” while also using Creative Coding
  • Fixes an issue while importing coded segments into MAXMaps by using the right click context menu of a code

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2018 18.0.7 (Apr 9, 2018)

  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixes an issue when displaying the Logbook content

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2018 18.0.6 (Apr 9, 2018)

  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Fixes an issue when displaying colored “highlight coding” codes (Mac)
  • Fixes an issue when using the arrow keys to navigate a media file in the media browser window (Mac)
  • Fixes an issue while editing links in the document browser window that may cause the program to freeze (Windows)

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2018 18.0.4 (Mar 19, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and Improvements:
  • New: Dialogue windows with document/code variable selection display the applicable number of documents/codes
  • Improved handling of stop- and go-list import and organization in MAXDictio (available in MAXQDA Plus and MAXQDA Analytics Pro)
  • Improved display of table columns in the Smart Coding Tool for Mac computers with retina display
  • Fixes an issue while opening media files in the multimedia browser during transcription mode
  • Fixes an issue with column size display in the Summary Grid Tables on high resolution monitors
  • Fixes an issue while using the lexical search feature for wild card characters that may cause the program to freeze
  • Fixes an issue while using the Code Relations Browser that may cause the program to freeze

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2018 18.0.3 (Jan 9, 2018)

  • Improved performance when transcribing media in transcription mode
  • Improved performance when retrieving and exporting coded image segments from large PDF documents
  • Fixes an issue while creating memos for documents without a text selection
  • Fixes an issue while displaying the Overview of Coded Segments table with variables displayed as tooltips
  • Fixes an issue while repeatedly using undo and redo in MAXMaps
  • MAXDictio: Fixes an issue while autocoding sentences in large PDF documents

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2018 18.0.2 (Dec 15, 2017)

  • Operation optimization and improved performance for the Smart Coding Tool
  • Improved performance when opening very large project files
  • Fixes an issue while importing Logbook content from MAXQDA 12 project files
  • Fixes an issue while displaying image segments from large PDF files in the Retrieved Segments window
  • Fixes an issue while resetting the 4-window layout after undocking and re-docking a window

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2018 18.0.0 (Dec 6, 2017)

  • NEW INTERFACE:
  • All of the powerful functions at a glance: ribbon menu and tooltips for every icon:
  • MAXQDA’s powerful functionality has a new look! But don’t worry, we’ve kept the classic four window design. Instead, we’ve replaced the old toolbars with a ribbon menu and integrated several functions into the windows themselves – right where you need them.
  • SEVEN NEW ANALYTICAL FEATURES:
  • Paraphrasing:
  • Summarize material in your own words
  • Summarize sections of your data in your own words with MAXQDA’s handy Paraphrase mode. Paraphrases you have already written can then be displayed directly adjacent to the text, so you can always keep them in view
  • The new “Categorize Paraphrases” function can help you create new code systems. This practical tool is ideal for inductively forming new categories for your material and is suited to numerous methodological approaches
  • Smart Coding Tool:
  • Manage coded segments quickly and easily
  • The categorization of data segments is a key function of any QDA software and thanks to its user-friendly four window interface and creative coding function, MAXQDA is already global pioneer in this area. Our new Smart Coding Tool takes this strength one step further.
  • This tool makes allocating individual data segments to codes that much easier, faster and – above all – clearer. Particularly in advanced coding stages, the Smart Coding Tool helps you check allocations, make corrections, and keep track of the overall picture.
  • Code Coverage:
  • A milestone for many analysis methods
  • The analysis of code frequencies is one of MAXQDA’s oldest standard tools and represents a fundamental component of countless methodoligcal approaches. With MAXQDA 2018, we have complemented this analysis approach with two new and universally useful functions.
  • The Code Coverage tool compares the extent to which coded segments cover different texts, images and videos. You can analyze the percentage to which a document – or only the coded parts of a document – are assigned to specific codes.
  • With its inbuilt statistics functions for generating and customizing tables and charts, you can process this information with MAXQDA and export it in several formats.
  • Code Configurations and “complex” code configurations at a glance:
  • This is a particularly useful tool for almost all forms qualitative and mixed methods analysis. The Code Configurations function enables you to quickly and easily display which codes occur in combination and how frequently they do so – and you can visualize all these results as charts too.
  • With the Complex Code Configurations extension, you can examine up to six dimensions at once! And as these results tables are interactive, you can click on a code combination to display all the data segments to which it applies in the Retrieved Segments window.
  • Twitter Statistics:
  • New Twitter analysis functions:
  • Great news for everyone working with Twitter: With MAXQDA 2018, we’ve massively expanded the program’s Twitter functionality
  • The new Twitter analysis tool includes multiple filters that let you conduct a comprehensive statistical evaluation of collected tweets. Automatic charts offer information about a tweet’s reach, the number of “Likes”, and the date and time of their publication
  • In addition to all the features available in the last version, you can now also include the tweet type (tweets, retweets and replies), the profile picture of its author, the language, device type, geolocation and all replies to a tweet in your analysis
  • Comparing Groups Made Easy:
  • Compare coded segments from several data sources
  • The group comparison feature offers researchers a simple and intuitive way to compare coded content or code frequencies across different groups. In the case of the qualitative approach, coded segments from selected codes for specific groups can be displayed side- by-side in an interactive table. As for the quantitative approach, the code frequencies for the individual groups are displayed in a crosstab, which you can then convert into a percentage representation for easier comparison and interpretation
  • A new group comparison is created with a simple drag & drop of both data sources and topics (codes). MAXQDA allows you to use this feature not just for groups, but also for individual cases – or combined comparisons of groups and individual cases
  • Categorize Survey Data:
  • Quick analyses of responses to open survey questions:
  • MAXQDA 12 already allows you to import surveys from Excel so that closed questions are imported as variables and open questions as automatically coded texts. MAXQDA 2018 also expands on the advanced processing of partially standardized and open surveys – in the form of the new Categorize and Evaluate Survey Responses function.
  • Similar to the Smart Coding Tool, this feature allows you to assign relevant codes to responses to open questions quickly and easily. You can display which responses have already been coded with a particular category and add comments to identify unclear code assignments. You can also code quickly and easily using drag & drop.
  • EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING FUNCTIONS:
  • The New MAXMaps. A complete mapping makeover:
  • A new look interface, four new and unique MAXMaps models, new options for directly importing coded image segments, memo texts and summaries, new free objects, the ability to save maps as PDFs and DOCs, and so many small improvements that we would have to write up an entire newsletter just to list them all. Curious? Why not explore the new MAXMaps and find out for yourself!
  • Transcribing with MAXQDA 2018:
  • Transcribing is a time-consuming affair. MAXQDA 2018 makes the job easier with a focused transcription view and automatic label changes for speakers whenever you start a new paragraph. You can also define your own shorthand symbols for words and phrases, e.g. where “1” changes to “Person 1” or “x” to “(incomprehensible)”. It’s fun and it saves a lot of time!
  • Already started transcribing with another software? MAXQDA 2018 lets you import transcriptions including their timestamps in the exported format of all the following transcription programs: easytranscript, f4 / f5, HyperTRANSCRIBE, Inqscribe, Transcriva, Transana, Transcribe, Transcriber Pro.
  • Video analysis. Filter, fix and link:
  • Video analysis has become even easier with MAXQDA 2018, thanks to several improvements. From now on the display of coding stripes in the multimedia browser can be filtered according to activated codes, users and colors. So if you’re working with a large number of coded segments, you can concentrate on the essentials.
  • Coding stripes of selected codes can now be fixed at the top of the multimedia browser. If you have assigned a specific code to the contributions of a particular person or a particular filming location to better break down the video material, this code will be displayed at the top to help you navigate through the footage.
  • And you can now easily link any video segment to another segment or document with the document links tool.
  • Global Undo. Take it all back:
  • Undo functions were already available in earlier versions of MAXQDA – but they were limited to specific processes (such as coding, editing documents and making changes in MAXMaps).
  • MAXQDA 2018 takes this several steps further, because with the new global undo function you can undo anything MAXQDA. So now you can retrieve that accidentally deleted code with one click.
  • ADDITIONAL NEW FEATURES:
  • Save anonymized projects:
  • If your project contains sensitive data, MAXQDA 2018 lets you automatically save an anonymized copy of the project. A prerequisite: The sensitive text areas must first be appropriately coded. When you save an anonymized copy, all the text locations coded with selected codes will be replaced by XXX and/or the code name, rendering them anonymous
  • Reports for summaries with coded segments:
  • With MAXQDA 2018, you can now create reports in Word, which displays your summaries together with their corresponding coded segments in a table overview. For each selected code, the generated report displays the coded segments in selected documents in a separate column and supplements these with summaries in another column
  • Interactive Quote Matrix:
  • The Interactive Quote Matrix function allows you to display coded texts or image segments from specific source documents. These documents are selected and compared according to conditions for document variables which you can freely define. This allows you to quickly and easily compare the views of different groups on a selection of topics
  • You can also view all your memos and/or comments connected to the displayed segments as a further option. And as the function is interactive, you can jump from the segment to the original with a single click to view the material in its original context
  • Codes and coding:
  • Create multiple codes directly in the “New code” dialog window without closing the window
  • Display columns with variable values in the “Overview of Retrieved Segments”
  • Previously assigned shortcuts are visible in the property menu of a code
  • You can hide the display of a segment’s weight in your “Retrieved Segments”
  • Frequencies in the “Code System” can either show the total number of times a code has been assigned, or display in how many different documents a code was assigned
  • Assign or change code colors more quickly with predefined colors
  • Include codes that don’t have a code memo in the codebook export
  • Frequency tables and charts display more information about the number of documents and segments in which selected codes occur.
  • Statistics for subcodes: informative labels for easy interpretation
  • The Complex Coding Query now allows you to drag and drop codes directly from your “Code System”
  • You can display comments on coded segments right next to the document in a separate comment column
  • Intercoder Agreement: Analyze coded segments in a document against a reference document
  • Documents:
  • Add selections from texts, PDFs or image documents as a new document to the “Document System”
  • Simpler and faster creation of new text documents
  • New text format option: “Struck-through”
  • Memos:
  • Sort the “Overview of Memos“ by date and time of last memo edit
  • Summarys:
  • Summary-Tabelle als Tabellen-Dokument in die „Liste der Dokumente“ einfügen
  • Kommentare, Memos und Herkunftsangabe ein- und ausblenden Visualisierungen
  • Visualizations:
  • Create a Word Cloud of the most frequently occurring words from the content of the”Retrieved Segments” window
  • The Code Relations Browser (overlapping codes) can be limited to the segments in your “Retrieved Segments” window and can be opened from directly here
  • The Code Relations Browser lets you select filter codes so that only the coded segments that occur within this code are evaluated
  • Code Matrix Browser (codes per document) and Code Relations Browser: the size of the square symbols factors in the difference between the smallest and greatest values
  • Code Matrix Browser and Code Relations Browser: both allow you to change the code system display between a hierarchical or list structure; unactivated parent codes are ignored in the case of a list display
  • Code Matrix Browser and Code Relations Browser: Improved calculation for size of visualizations (squares/circles) for more intuitive interpretation
  • Document Comparison Chart: compare texts, PDF documents and media files of any length by standardizing the length to 100 units
  • Document Portrait: four new sizes for the overall portrait picture picture and you can choose either a square or rectangular shape
  • Mixed Methods:
  • When activating documents according to variables, several new comparative operators can be used, including “variable value is less than or equal”, “Greater or equal” and “contains”. These additions are also useful for other processes, such as creating a quote matrix or crosstab
  • Create a quote matrix for your coded segments and comments or only comments
  • Quote matrix shows information about the number of documents in each column heading
  • Quantitizing: Transform all activated codes into document variables at once
  • Crosstab: Display codes with a “collapsible” hierarchy so that subcodes can be aggregated
  • Search in Text:
  • Easier entry of multiple search terms using the return key
  • Your last search terms are saved with the project file
  • Save and load advanced search settings
  • A “beginning of words” option for contextual searches in the “Document Browser” and the “Retrieved Segments” window
  • The default lemmatisation corresponds to your MAXQDA interface language
  • Teamwork:
  • Limit Teamwork exports to include only content in activated documents and/or codes
  • Save activated (as well as coded) documents as a separate project
  • Overview Tables:
  • Filter and sort table columns in multiple levels and reset sorting for all columns of a table
  • Simplified filter customization
  • Export:
  • Project components can be exported collectively as Excel files
  • The export function for coded segments as text and tables has been greatly expanded with respect to the exportable information (11 new options)
  • RTF exports include footers and headers
  • Logbook:
  • Search within your logbook
  • MAXDictio:
  • You can store the number of words in a document as a variable document
  • Stats:
  • The contents of the output viewer remain stored even after you close Stats
  • Document sets created in Stats can also be viewed and deleted without closing Stats
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Quick contact to the MAXQDA team via built-in feedback field
  • New start screen with up-to-date news
  • Progress indicators have been improved
  • Improved context menus providing better overviews

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.3.3 (Dec 3, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixes an issue while exporting very large maps from MAXMaps as image files
  • Fixes an issue while importing websites that use a special layout from MAXQDA Webcollector
  • Fixes an issue while exporting MAXDictio word frequency tables after changing specific table display options
  • Fixes an issue while copying and inserting codes and their subcodes to their correct level in the codesystem
  • Fixes an issue while tagging empty table cells as missing during import from spreadsheets
  • Fixes an issue while exporting a quote matrix from the code matrix browser to .xls/.xlsx

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.3.2 (Jul 28, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and Improvements:
  • Improved speed for the import of stop and go lists in MAXDictio
  • Smoother text selection in PDF documents
  • Improved print preview for PDF documents on high resolution or retina displays
  • Fixes a bug with using specific search symbols in lexical search
  • Fixes a bug with opening memos in table documents

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.3.0 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • NEW IN MAXDICTIO:
  • Word combinations: Search and analyze combinations of up to five words
  • Go lists: Go list manager, global go lists can be used across all projects
  • Category Matrix Browser: Visualize dictionary category frequencies in a matrix view
  • Keyword-in-context: Display search strings in structured table that displays context information (preceding and following text)
  • Interactive Word Tree: Turn text data into tree like visualization with branches showing frequently used phrases
  • Japanese: Improved Japanese language support with word recognition engine for Japanese text
  • Interactive word frequency result tables: Drag words onto each other in result tables to count them together
  • Improved Dictionary functionality: Manage global dictionaries and create dictionary categories from code system
  • Improved Stop lists: Stop list manager, global stop lists can be used across all projects
  • Additional new features:
  • Include "duration" column in coded segments export for documents with time stamps linking to a media file
  • Exports from Visual Tools or Mixed Methods as image or table, take user defined column changes into account
  • Focus groups: Import variables for focus group participants
  • Set or modify weight score for multiple coded segments at once in "Overview of coded segments" table
  • Multimedia Browser opens at last viewed location
  • Bugfixes and Improvements:
  • Import data from SurveyMonkey (annual SurveyMonkey pro plan required)
  • Improved import of focus group transcripts that contain images
  • Improved overview tables display on high-resolution monitors
  • Improved display of text with specific types of line breaks in "Overview of coded segments"
  • Improved font recognition and handling of tables with images when switching between Windows and Mac
  • Improved performance for retrieval by focus group speaker
  • Improved performance for import of documents from Excel spreadsheet
  • Improved performance for using "undo coding"
  • Fixes a bug with copying content with images from output viewer to Word (in Stats)
  • Fixes a bug with activating documents by creation date
  • Fixes a bug with the import of the project memo during project import from MAXApp

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.2 (Sep 20, 2016)

  • NEW: These are the new statistical features of MAXQDA Analytics Pro:
  • Interactive connection with MAXQDA projects data
  • Import dataset from SPSS, Excel, etc.
  • Interactive results table
  • Frequency tables
  • Descriptive statistics: Mean, standard deviation, variance, median, quartiles, minimum, maximum, range, sum, standard error, 95% confidence interval for the mean
  • Crosstabs: absolute and relative frequencies, row and column percentages, expected frequencies, residuals, standardized residuals, adjusted standardized residuals; Chi-square, Phi, Cramer’s V, contingency coefficient C
  • One-way analysis of variance: with output descriptive statistics and Levene test of homogeneity of variance
  • Correlation: Pearson and Spearman correlation
  • Scale: Cronbach’s Alpha
  • Other improvements:
  • Better recognition of sentences for autocoding of search results
  • Vertical lines in Codeline
  • New interface language: Portuguese (Brasilian)
  • The update also fixes an issue with:
  • Codeline that does not fill max. window width
  • MAXQDA settings.ini file that may prevent MAXQDA from starting
  • Overview of codes that contains focus group variables
  • Export of last row in Typology table
  • Highlighting multipage segments in PDF documents

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.1.4 (Jun 3, 2016)

  • Fixes an issue with:
  • Twitter connection when importing tweets into MAXQDA project
  • Saving Creative Coding map as a standard MAXMap

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.1.3 (May 4, 2016)

  • Fixes an issue with…:
  • library signing for operating system, which may prevent start of MAXQDA
  • opening MAXQDA projects with a double click

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.1.2 (Apr 28, 2016)

  • Fixes an issue with:
  • starting the Smart Publisher
  • starting MAXQDA after the update to 12.1.1

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.1.1 (Apr 18, 2016)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved performance for Code Matrix Browser on focus group participants
  • Improved text editing in transcripts with large number of time stamps
  • Display focus group icons in Code Relations Browser
  • Fixes an issue with:
  • list formatting in memos and text documents
  • page layout when printing text documents
  • importing MAXQDA 2007 and MAXQDA 11 projects
  • line breaks in HTML export
  • missing strings for activating focus group participants by number of speeches

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.1 (Feb 25, 2016)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • 5 Types of Joint Displays:
  • Side-by-side display of results (coded segments):
  • Compare results of a qualitative and a quantitative study in a table that contains coded segmens for selected themes
  • Side-by-side display of results (summaries):
  • Compare results of a qualitative and a quantitative study in a table that contains summaries for selected themes
  • Qualitative themes by quantitative groups (coded segments):
  • Group documents by document variable values and compare each groups coded segments for selected themes in a table
  • Qualitative themes by quantitative groups (summaries):
  • Group documents by document variable values and compare each groups summaries for selected themes in a table
  • Statistics by qualitative groups:
  • Group documents by codes that were assigned to the document and compare mean, standard deviation, frequency and percentage of selected variables
  • Visual Tools. New Codeline features:
  • More options: Display length of codes based on number of paragraphs or number of characters that have been coded
  • New aggregated view fits the whole codeline into your window. Perfect for publications and presentations
  • New slider to adjust column width
  • New filter option: Limit visualization to coded segments with a certain weight
  • Visual Tools. General Improvements:
  • New camera icon takes a screenshot of the currently visible area and copies the image to the clipboard. You can insert it into a presentation or report via cmd+V
  • New excel export icons for Document Comparison Chart and Codeline
  • Click a code in the “Code System” to highlight it on a Map in MAXMaps
  • MAXDictio. Lemmatization and Split Word Frequencies by Document Groups:
  • Stemming and Lemmatization is coming to MAXDictio! Different forms of a word (car, cars, car’s) can be grouped together in the word frequency results table. Available for these languages: Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, English, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian
  • New filter option: Analyze word frequencies by document groups
  • Text Search. Search Results Preview and New Extended Search Options:
  • Overhauled “Extended lexical search” dialog window to make room for new search options, e.g. searching for a combination of search strings across multiple sentences, pages or cells in text documents, tables or PDF files
  • Search results table with new “preview” column, making it easier to evaluate the quality of each finding. Of course you can still click on a result to jump into the original document
  • Search results table with new “context” column, when searching for combinations of search items displays how close or far search items are from each other (e.g. 1 paragraph or 2 sentences)
  • Search results table for text search in memos: doubleclick a search term to highlight it in a memo
  • Creative Coding:
  • Save Creative Coding map as a standard MAXMap for audit trail
  • New colors are automatically applied to selected codes
  • Coding. General Improvements:
  • You can now code text right inside the preview window at the top of the “Overview of coded segment” table. Just drag & drop a code onto the selected text segment or vice versa
  • Extend a code across highlighted text by right-clicking on the coding stripe and selecting “Extend with highlighted segment”
  • Smoother text selection in PDF documents
  • Focus Groups. Activate by Participants “Activity”:
  • Activate focus groups by name, number of contributions, and number of characters for easy comparison of participants who talk more and less.
  • Document Variables. SPSS Data File Compatibility:
  • Import and export document variables to and from SPSS data file (*.sav) for direct exchange with statistical software
  • Other:
  • “Retrieved Segments” export includes a memos label type
  • New info box for unsuccessful DOC/X import in MAXQDA for Windows
  • Double-click to remove a variable condition in “Activate by variable” dialog
  • FIXES AN ISSUE WITH:
  • starting MAXQDA from a different user account than the user account that installed MAXQDA 12.0.3 on a Mac
  • linking media files with a long file path to a transcript
  • unbundling external files
  • the length of media clips in “Overview of coded segment” exports
  • changing the file path when exporting “Overview of coded segments”
  • changed settings during refresh of “MAXDictio Word frequency” table
  • transfering projects, that contain several code sets, from MAXQDA 11 to MAXQDA 12
  • transfering geo links when merging projects

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.0.3 (Jan 22, 2016)

  • Improvements:
  • Code System: Set standard color for new codes
  • Search results: Autocode or export sentences in PDF documents
  • Creative Coding: select also top-level codes with a maximum of two subcode levels
  • Import data from Twitter: import the number of likes of a Tweet
  • Summary Tables: transform column into a document variable
  • Summary Tables: swap rows and columns
  • Already imported text documents: convert to a focus group document
  • Document variables: export to SPSS syntax file
  • Document variables: first column displays document type icon
  • Import Word DOC/X files: included images may be imported
  • Import of multiple PDF or image documents: save all at once in folder for external files
  • Code favorites: easier re-arrangement of codes
  • Quote Matrix: export coded segment with original formatting to RTF reports
  • Overview tables: keeps actual sorting when entering new values in sorted column
  • MAXApp import: import a zip file that contains the exported MAXApp folder
  • Code Relations Browser: double click on aggregated node lists segments in Retrieved Segments window
  • Fixes an issue with:
  • importing Word files when starting MAXQDA from a pen drive
  • connecting the activation server when activating a MAXQDA license
  • using shortcuts for codes in Multimedia Browser window
  • exporting comments of coded segments and exporting code alias in Smart Publisher
  • extended lexical search in memos
  • choosing columns to be displayed in the document variables
  • activation by color for subcodes
  • opening MAXQDA 11 project with special content in MAXQDA 12
  • reaching the limit for Tweets when importing Twitter data
  • using the shortcut cmd+alt+W for creating a new code
  • importing documents from Excel spreadsheet with cells that contain quotation marks

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.0.2 (Dec 11, 2015)

  • Improvements:
  • Sorting Code System by frequency includes collapsed sub codes
  • Summary Grid: view all coded segments for a code and its subcodes at once by collapsing a code
  • Intercoder agreement: calculate Kappa even when comparing one code only
  • MAXMaps: optimized font size for new objects and models
  • Highlight coding: Faster display of colored passages in PDF documents
  • Fixes an issue with:
  • updating the number of coded segments displayed in the status bar when displaying Retrieved Segments in table view
  • intercoder agreement in some PDF documents
  • highlighting a coded segment after clicking on a coding stripe
  • automatic variable type detection during variable import
  • exporting text with special characters to Code Book or as text documents
  • saving documents as external files when importing documents
  • Statistic of Subcodes for aggregated subcodes

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.0.1 (Oct 28, 2015)

  • Improvements and bugfixes:
  • You can now use highlight coding in PDF files
  • Set user interface to larger font in “Preferences …”
  • Large projects close faster
  • MAXQDA 12 projects, that were last used on a Mac, open faster on your PC
  • Faster (survey) import of documents from an Excel table
  • Fixes an issue with importing Word files
  • Fixes an issue with user interface in different languages
  • Fixes an issue with silent installation when equipping pc labs
  • Fixes an issue with converting Code Alias names and Logbook from MAXQDA 11 to 12 projects

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 12.0.0 (Sep 2, 2015)

  • Beautiful User Interface
  • Focus Group Analysis
  • Twitter Import
  • Second Document Browser
  • Creative Coding
  • Similarity Analysis
  • Better Survey Import
  • Enhanced Document Portraits
  • Enhanced Summaries
  • Additional new features:
  • Coding:
  • Code documents while you are in edit mode
  • Property menu for codes
  • Define individual keyboard shortcuts for most used codes
  • Multiple page coding in PDF documents
  • Autocode:
  • Autocode multiple words with MAXDictio Coder
  • Autocode xy words before and after a search hit
  • Intercoder:
  • Calculate Kappa
  • Code System and Document System
  • Activate documents and codes by single click on the circle next to the code or document
  • icon; also works with a single click on frequency display of coded segments
  • Collapse all documents and subcodes
  • Sort subcodes by frequency
  • Coding Query:
  • Optimized dialog for simple and complex coding query
  • List all codes assigned to a coded segment in the “Retrieved Segments” window
  • Import and Export:
  • Import ODT document from Open Office in Windows, if you have installed Word
  • Include a list of codes assigned to each coded segment when exporting coded segments
  • Memos:
  • Text search inside the opened memo
  • Define individual labels for different memo icons
  • Assign memo not only to a single position, but to the range of a highlighted segment
  • Visual Tools:
  • One-Case Model for document groups and document sets
  • Sum for columns and rows in Code Matrix Browser and Code Relations
  • Browser:
  • Quote Matrix for Code Relations Browser
  • Drag and drop columns in Code Matrix Browser and Code Relations Browser
  • Mixed Methods:
  • Optimized selection of variable value, e.g. for activating via document variables
  • Typology Table: Highlight highest and lowest value per row; double click on cell to list all assigned coded segments
  • Configuration Table: analyze the combination of up to 10 codes (formerly 5); double click on row to list all assigned coded segments; create frequency tables and diagrams for the results
  • Descriptive statistics for frequency tables
  • Drag and drop columns in Crosstab and Typology Table
  • Overview Tables:
  • New “Overview of Codes” displaying the used codes in documents, document groups, or document sets
  • Filter “Only activated documents” and “Only activated codes” in overview tables
  • Filter for overview tables
  • Audio and Video:
  • New transcription mode and easier assigning of media files to text documents
  • Media Browser: Copy screenshot of video image to clipboard, or create new image document with the displayed video image
  • Teamwork:
  • Ignore existing documents when merging projects

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.1.0 Build 150305 (Mar 6, 2015)

  • Improvements:
  • Optimized Media Player and transcription MAXQDA can handle more media formats without the need for additional codec packs
  • Preview images for video files have become optional, making the import of video files much faster. Create preview images by clicking the corresponding button in multimedia browser at any time
  • Better selection of video clips
  • Optimized transcription: more space between paragraphs
  • Optimized document portrait for PDF documents
  • Optimized quote matrix: coded segments in each cell ordered by appearance in document
  • Fixes issues with:
  • too many memos in the Retrieved Segments windows for specific PDF documents
  • empty coded segment previews when importing .mex files from Mac
  • Smart Publisher and unreadable special characters

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0.11 Build 141201 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • Improvements and bugfixes:
  • Includes a new Portuguese example project
  • Optimized sorting in the retrieved segments window
  • Fixes an issue where in specific cases it was not possible to create a new map in Windows 8
  • Display of time frames for co-occurences of media files codes in source information cards

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0.10 Build 141014 (Oct 16, 2014)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Memos in PDF documents are displayed in the retrieved segments window
  • Paragraph numbering in text documents that contain tables identical to earlier versions of MAXQDA
  • Improvements for license and activation management
  • Code-Matrix-Browser: Correction of column header names for document groups and documents set during excel export
  • Ignore hidden hyperlink information for word frequencies

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0.9 Build 140704 (Jul 5, 2014)

  • Transfer projects from Mac to Windows:
  • Import MAXQDA for Mac projects as MAXQDA exchange files
  • Bugfixes:
  • Optimized sequence order for authors in bibliographical documents
  • Fixes an issue with intersection of codes in table documents

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0.8 Build 140409 (Apr 12, 2014)

  • Allow import of f4/f5 transcripts with timestamps that are not chronologically sorted
  • Support of additional media file types: 3GPP, M4V, M4A
  • Progress bar during import of projects from MAXApp
  • No more overlapping of coding stripes for PDF documents

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0.7 Build 140319 (Mar 20, 2014)

  • Faster display of coded segments from within the Code-Relations-Browser
  • Optimized handling of leasing license

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0.5 Build 140121 (Jan 25, 2014)

  • Optimized MAXQDA exchange file export
  • Improved admin system when changing user names
  • Paragraph numbering for specific excel exports fixed

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0.4 Build 131223 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Various menu improvements

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0.3 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Better performance when opening projects with many documents
  • Code-relations-browser and the complex retrieval option ‘intersection’ now available for images
  • The Multi-Media Browser stays closed, when opening a document that is linked to a video file if the media player is switched on
  • The option ‘Reset activations’ does not affect the selection of coding stripes
  • Example projects are now saved in your “public documents“ folder
  • Activation via variable‘ option includes document group names
  • Time frames and size of video preview images can be set in the options menu
  • Various improvements:
  • Better color mixtures for overlapping codes when coded text is displayed in color
  • Better timestamp setting during transcriptions
  • Better memo export from the ‚Retrieved Segments’ window
  • Export of coded media segments to Excel and HTML includes start and end times

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0.2 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Updated help material
  • Updated example projects
  • Faster performance when moving documents in the “Document System” and codes in the “Code System”
  • Optimized paragraph numbering during automatic reformatting of text
  • Better window management with undocked windows
  • Better user management window display on small screens
  • Several bugfixes

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0.1 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Fixes a display problem in some information boxes

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 11.0 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Summary Grid:
  • A whole new level of analysis that works with thematic summarization with an easy-to-read visual layout.
  • emoticode:
  • Code beyond language and transcend the limits of verbal tagging with over 300 emoticons and symbols.
  • Multimedia:
  • Code audio and video files directly and transcribe faster. All inside the new and powerful multimedia browser.
  • Literature Connection:
  • Import and analyze RIS data from reference management tools such as Endnote, Citavi, and Zotero.
  • Smart Publisher:
  • Create professional and customizable reports in an instant with this convenient report generator.
  • Statistics & Graphics:
  • Count the countable. All-new options for statistical data evaluation and representation in flexible graphical forms.
  • Screen Layout:
  • Personalize your screen from a number of layout options, designed for widescreen or multiple monitors
  • MAXApp:
  • Import projects from MAXApp to your desktop via DropBox for a smooth transfer from mobile to desktop work.
  • Admin System:
  • Establish ranked administrative rights for more secure teamwork and maintain control of team projects.
  • Tables as Documents:
  • Directly import XLS/XLSX files into your projects to code, edit and analyze them just like any text document.
  • Coding Query:
  • Complex & refined retrievals made easy with MAXQDA’s new Retrieval Manager. Go deeper into your research.
  • Optimized User Interface:
  • New activation dialog start with a quick connection to MAXServer for network and pc lab licenses.
  • A new start screen makes it easy to access MAXQDA’s service features, like example projects, or manuals.
  • Optimized toolbars in the “Document System” and “Code System” windows: quickly create documents and new document groups with new buttons.
  • Highlight codes received a special code icon in the “Code System” to set them apart from regular codes.
  • Easily export documents by using a new context menu entry.
  • New button to quickly import document or code variables into the data editor window.
  • Quick and Efficient:
  • Drag folders into the “Document System” to create new document groups including all the documents in that folder.
  • Intuitively move codes around your “Code System” – no need to hold the Shift-Key anymore.
  • Easily add codes to code favorites via drag & drop.
  • Subcodes are displayed automatically when coding via drag & drop.
  • Customize complex queries quickly by dragging codes into the complex query window via drag & drop.
  • Extended Document Options:
  • Extended Document OptionsVisualize coded segments in coded images.
  • Edit initially used selection frames in images and PDF documents.
  • Move all activated documents at once with a new entry in the context menu.
  • Start up the lexical search even faster by directly searching for text you selected in your documents.
  • Convert text documents into tables.
  • Add web links more quickly with right click context menu.
  • Extended Code Options:
  • Move all activated codes at once with a new entry in the context menu.
  • Copy coded segments directly from the “Retrieved Segments” window with their citation information.
  • Display the “Retrieved Segments” window in table view.
  • Include variable values when exporting the “Retrieved Segments” window.
  • Change the weight score of multiple coded segments at once in the “Overview of coded segments”.
  • Get more insight with the new „Overview of documents“ for codes.
  • Easily code search results with a new code.
  • Get more insight with a new display of codes assigned to selected segments.
  • Optimized Visual Tools:
  • Optimized Visual ToolsMore control with Code Matrix Browser dialog window.
  • Create a Code Matrix Browser for document groups or document sets.
  • Use the weight filter when creating a Code Matrix Browser.
  • Stay closer to the original data in the Code Matrix Browser. Quickly call up coded segments for aggregated segments in each node.
  • More control with Code Relations Browser dialog window.
  • Saving:
  • Easily exchange files between MAXQDA 11 and MAXQDA 10 by saving MAXQDA 11 projects as MAXQDA 10 project files.
  • Undo text edits inside memos.
  • Automatically save open MAXMAps every 10 minutes.
  • Get reminded to save text documents when they are open in the edit mode.

New in MAXQDA Analytics Pro 10 R250412 (May 23, 2012)

  • Internal bugfix with no effect on the use of MAXQDA.