The MAXQDA Screen is broken into four windows. These are:
1. Document System: View imported files.
2. Code System: Displays the code system.
3. Document Browser: Code and edit documents.
4. Retrieved Segments: See what has been coded. Look at one or multiple codes at the same time.
MAXQDA allows you to open and close windows so you can work most productively.
Click on the X on any window in the top right-hand corner to close it.
To get a window back once you close it:
The light blue lets you know that the window you are looking at is open. When you close a window, it turns white. Below, the Document System has been closed.
You can view MAXQDA in 4 different configurations, based on your preferences for working. To get back to the four-field view after you have closed a window, click on any of the 4-window view tabs. This will reopen all the screens. These can be found under the Home menu.
The Document System window shows you all your imported documents.
The Document System has a few important icons. These are:
Reset activations
Import document
New document
The Code System window is where all your codes live. You can add new codes here or through working in the Document Browser.
The Code System has a few important icons. These are:
Code highlighted segment
Code with a new code
Undo code
The Retrieved Segments window is where you view and can export your already coded text.
In order to use this window, you must activate the code(s) and document(s) you want to look at. (Please see the page of this guide on Coding and Activation for more details on activation.)
The Retrieved Segments window has a few important icons. These are: