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MAXQDA

How to Import

You can import text (Word, RTF), PDFs, Excel sreadsheets, images, audio, video, Twitter data, Youtube comments, bibliographic data, websites, and surveys.

In order to get started with MAXQDA, you first need to import your files.

To do this:

  • Click on the Import tab.
  • Click on the kind of data you want to import.
  • Choose the file(s) from your computer, and click Import.

After you import your files, they will be present in the Document System.

MAXQDA 24 Import tab with buttons for: texts, transcripts, focus group transcripts, images, audio, videos, survey data etc.

MAXQDA Web Collector

Use the MAXQDA web collector extension for Chrome to bring web pages into MAXQDA.

Sample Import Files

cool_username9. (2021, September 17). Working mom’s who are (mostly) happy with your work/life balance, what do you do? [Reddit Post]. R/Workingmoms. https://www.reddit.com/r/workingmoms/comments/pq5tap/working_moms_who_are_mostly_happy_with_your/

Igielnik, R. (2021). A rising share of working parents in the U.S. say it’s been difficult to handle child care during the pandemic. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/01/26/a-rising-share-of-working-parents-in-the-u-s-say-its-been-difficult-to-handle-child-care-during-the-pandemic/

Rathnaweera, D., & Jayathilaka, R. (2021). In employees’ favour or not?—The impact of virtual office platform on the work-life balances. PLOS ONE, 16(11), e0260220. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260220