MAXQDA 2022

A memo in MAXQDA is a place to write notes, questions, and hypotheses about your coded data. Think of a memo like a sticky-note you are attaching to different blocks of text, codes, or documents. 

Memos can be attached to individual codes, documents, or to text that you have highlighted.

• There is a Memo toolbar found on the top menu of MAXQDA. 

Highlight the text you want to memo.

You then want to Right-Click. This box will appear:

Choose Insert Memo for Selection.  A memo box appears for you to write in that documents the date/time. You can also rename your memo if you want to:

After you close the memo, it appears next to the text you highlighted:

Please note:

• Once you are finished writing a memo, close the box and a yellow post-it will appear next to the code. This post-it signals to you that there is a memo attached to this block of text.

There is also a Memo Side Bar you can use to see and work with memos. To use it, you need to make sure it is open. 

Code System Memos:

• Go to the Code System. Right-click in the Memo column:

This box will appear:

You then fill out the memo as you did above and close it. You now have a new memo attached to a code.

• Just fill out the memo information and close it. A yellow post-it will appear next to the code to let you know that the memo is attached.
• You do the same process to attach a memo to a document in the Document System. The memos look the same across windows.