MAXQDA operates through activation.
- You activate the codes and documents that you want to work with.
- In order to use the Retrieved Segments window, you must activate at least one code and one document.
- Whatever you activate turns into a red arrow sign.
To activate:
- Click on the circle next to the name of the code.
Here the first three codes in the Code System have been activated and have changed into red arrows:
![](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/181761/images/first_3_codes_activated_.png)
- If you want to reset your activations, you click on the Reset Activations tab,
, on the top of the Code System menu.
- Activating documents works the same way. You click on the gray circles and they change into red arrows. Below, the first two documents are activated.
![](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/181761/images/first_2_docs_activated.png)
In order to use the Retrieved Segments window:
- You need to activate at least one code and at least one document. Remember that you must have coded text from that document for it to show up.
- Once you do that, the relevant coded segments will appear in the Retrieved Segments window.
- Here, one document and one code has been activated and you can see the results in the Retrieved Segments window.
![](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/181761/images/rs_activation_.png)
- If you click on the side coding stripe symbol, you will be taken to that coded text in the Document Browser.
![](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/181761/images/coding_stripe_.png)