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Copyright ©2015 y ATLAS.ti Scientific Soft!are "e#elop$ent %$&' (erlin. All rights reser#e).Manual *ersion+ ,-.20150121. Up)ate) for progra$ #ersion+ 1.0.1

Author+ "r. Susanne /riese uaC34rogra$$ing"esignLayout+ hyperte66t.co$

Copying or )uplicating this $anual or any part thereof is a #iolation of applicale la!. 7o part of this $anual $aye repro)uce) or trans$itte) in any for$ or y any $eans' electronic or $echanical' inclu)ing' ut not li$ite) to'photocopying' !ithout !ritten per$ission fro$ ATLAS.ti %$&.

Tra)e$ar8s+ ATLAS.ti is a registere) tra)e$ar8 of ATLAS.ti Scientific Soft!are "e#elop$ent %$&. A)oeAcroat is a tra)e$ar8 of A)oe Syste$s 9ncorporate): Microsoft' ;in)o!s'


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Contents

9ntro)uction ......................................................................................................................... 5Mac?Specific /eatures .......................................................................................................................................... ...... 5

Main Concepts an) /eatures ............................................................................................... @

The ATLAS.ti 4roect /ile ........................................................................................................................................... @4ri$ary "ocu$ents .................................................................................................................................................... @"ocu$ent %roups ...................................................................................................................................................... @uotations ................................................................................................................................................................. ,

Main Steps in ;or8ing !ith ATLAS.ti ................................................................................ 12

The 4rocess ........................................................................................................................................................... ... 12

%eneral Steps !hen ;or8ing !ith ATLAS.ti ............................................................................................................. 1>

The 9nterface ..................................................................................................................... 15

4roect Manage$ent ......................................................................................................... 1,

Creating A 7e! 4roect ............................................................................................................................................ 1,A))ing "ocu$ents To A 4roect ....................................................................................................................... ....... 1-The 2Suggestions /or Structuring The List =f Co)es ......................................................................................................... >@Creating Co)e3 %roups ........................................................................................................................................... >,

;or8ing ;ith Me$os ....................................................................................................... 0

"ifference (et!een Me$os An) Co)es .................................................................................................................. . 0&o! Me$os An) Co$$ents "iffer ......................................................................................................................... 0Creating A 7e! Me$o ............................................................................................................................................ 1

;or8ing !ith %roups ........................................................................................................ >

4urpose of Creating an) ;or8ing !ith %roups ...................................................................................................... .. >Co$$on 4roce)ures ................................................................................................................................................ Creating %roups 9n the 7a#igator ........................................................................................................................... 5;or8ing ;ith S$art %roups .................................................................................................................................... ,

;or8ing !ith &yperlin8s ................................................................................................... 51

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9ntro)uction

This User %ui)e is !ritten for users !ith no prior e6perience of !or8ing!ith ATLAS.ti' ut also for users ne! to the Mac #ersion.

The Mac release #ersion 1.0.63 is suitale for you if youG

• Gstart a ne! proect fro$ scratch

• Gha#e no tea$ proect e6change reHuire$ents

• Gare currently engage) in the co)e F retrie#e an) $o)el uil)ingstages of your proect

• Guse Mac co$patile $ulti$e)ia )ocu$ents in your proectse6clusi#ely

• Gcurrently ha#e no nee) for geo )ocu$ents

• Gfeel $ore co$fortale !ith ha#ing #irtually unli$ite) un)ore)ole#els

• Gcan !ait for $ore in?)epth analytic features• Gcan !ait for reports to eco$e a#ailale

• G!or8 in )ifferent languages si$ultaneously – full Unico)e supportI

• G)onJt nee) associate) )ocu$ents yet e. g.' transcript an) $e)ia3

4lease chec8 the K/eature Matri6K fro$ http+$ac.atlasti.co$ on e#eryonce in a !hile o#er the ne6t fe! $onths to see if your Kfa#oriteK tool hasalrea)y een i$ple$ente).

e$e$er+ This #ersion )oes not yet support tea$ proects I

Mac?Specific /eatures

There are Huite a nu$er of neat ne! features in ATLAS.ti for Mac that arenot a#ailale un)er ;in)o!s. These inclu)e the inspectors' the Huotation)isplay in the uotation Manager' the !ay of han)ling au)io an) #i)eo)ata' the Un)o function' full Unico)e support' an) se#eral $ore.

/or a full co$parison of features see the /eature Matri6 tale at

http+$ac.atlasti.co$

The tale an) this gui)e3 !ill e up)ate) on a regular asis to reflect thefunctionality an) features that !ill e a))e) to the Mac #ersion in theco$ing $onths.

9n )e#eloping ATLAS.ti for Mac' the ai$ !as to create a soft!are in !hichMac users they feel at ho$e' not ust a copy the ;in)o!s #ersion.Therefore the t!o #ersions !ill ne#er e co$pletely i)entical. Still' so$e ofthe features that you alrea)y fin) in the Mac #ersion !ill also ei$ple$ente) in ATLAS.ti -. The ;in)o!s #ersion an) the Mac #ersion !illcontinue to KlearnK fro$ each other an) !ill continue to $utually inspirefuture )e#elop$ent.


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MA97 C=7C1+15>,?>1+1,53 $eans that this Huotation is fro$ page >1' starting at character

15>, an) en)ing at character 1,5. The reference for co)e) i$agesin)icates the position of the Huotation !ithin the 4"/ file' li8e O22?O@1-3.

Audio And Video Quotations

Au)io an) #i)eo Huotations can e as short as a fe! $illisecon)s. Thelength of a Huotation is selecte) on a ti$e line. Seg$ent starting points an)length are )isplaye) in the follo!ing for$ats+

milliseconds / HH:MM:SS:ms

Google Earth (GE) Quotations

7ot yet i$ple$ente) in the Mac #ersion.

Co)es

The ter$ Kco)eK is use) in $any )ifferent !ays. /irst' !e !oul) li8e to)efine !hat that ter$ $eans in Hualitati#e research' an) then in ATLAS.ti.

Coding Obecti!es

/ro$ a $etho)ological stan)point' co)es ser#e a #ariety of purposes. Theycapture $eaning in the )ata. They also ser#e as han)les for specificoccurrences in the )ata that cannot e foun) y si$ple te6t?ase) searchtechniHues.

Co)es are use) as classification )e#ices at )ifferent le#els of astraction inor)er to create sets of relate) infor$ation units for the purpose ofco$parison e. g.' a concept li8e KCoping StrategyK3.

Peep co)e na$es rief an) succinct. Use the co$$ent pane for longerelaorations.

/ro$ a Klo! le#elK tool perspecti#e' co)es are typically short pieces of te6treferencing other pieces of te6t' graphical' au)io' or #i)eo )ata. Theirpurpose is to classify an often large nu$er of te6tual or other )ata units.

9n the real$ of infor$ation retrie#al syste$s' the ter$s Kin)e6'K

Kin)e6ing'K or K8ey!or)K are often use) for !hat !e call Kco)eK orKco)ing.K



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ATLAS.ti allo!s you to Huery your )ata in lots of )ifferent !ays' co$iningco$ple6 co)e Hueries !ith #ariales' e6ploring relationships et!een co)esan) to #isualie your fin)ings using the net!or8 tool.

ATLAS.ti allo!s you to #isually KconnectK selecte) passages' $e$os' an)co)es into )iagra$s that graphically outline co$ple6 relations. This feature

#irtually transfor$s your te6t?ase) !or8space into a graphicalKplaygroun)K !here you can construct concepts an) theories ase) onrelationships et!een co)es' )ata seg$ents' or $e$os.

This process so$eti$es unco#ers other relations in the )ata that !ere noto#ious efore an) still allo!s you the aility to instantly re#ert to yournotes or pri$ary )ata selection.

%eneral Steps ;hen ;or8ing ;ith ATLAS.ti

The follo!ing seHuence of steps is' of course' not $an)atory' ut )escries

a co$$on Kscript+K

Create a proect thin8 of it as your Ki)ea containerK3' $eant to encloseyour )ata' all your fin)ings' co)es' $e$os' an) structures un)er a singlena$e.

7e6t' a)) )ocu$ents' te6t' graphic' au)io an) #i)eo files' an) %oogle


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^ "efines the colu$n to list the pri$ary )ocu$ents author

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;or8ing ;ith uotations

Starting Dour Analysis (y 9)entifyinguotations

9t is not al!ays )esire) to start setting co)es i$$e)iately. Dou can egin yi)entifying interesting seg$ents in your )ata' $ar8 the$ an) co$$ent onthe$. This is e6e$plifie) elo! ase) on a #i)eo )ocu$ent. 9f you preferto start co)ing your )ata )irectly' continue rea)ing here+ K;or8ing ;ithCo)es.K

9n a #i)eo or au)io )ocu$ent' you create a Huotation si$ply y

highlighting an area on the au)io?!a#e for$. /or all other )ocu$enttypes' you nee) to clic8 on the utton U=T T9=7 /=M S


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uotation 9"+ The Huotation 9" consists of the )ocu$ent nu$er an) anu$er in)icating the chronological seHuence !hen a Huotation !ascreate) in the )ocu$ent. Thus' Huotation E+5 co$es fro$ )ocu$ent E an)!as the fifths Huotation that !as create) in this )ocu$ent.

Useful =ptions ;hen ;or8ing ;ithuotations

ena$e uotations An) ;rite Co$$ents

9n the inspector on the right?han) si)e you can $o)ify the Huotation na$ean) re#ie! or e)it Huotation co$$ents.

e#ie!ing Dour uotations

;hen you select a Huotation in the list' its content is )isplaye) in thepre#ie! area. This also to all $e)ia types. Dou can rea) te6t Huotations'listen to au)io Huotes' #ie! i$age an) #i)eo Huotations. This is acon#enient !ay to ro!se through your Huotations see /igure 1E ao#e3.

e#ie!ing uotations (y Co)e

;hen selecting a co)e on the left?han) si)e in the uotation Manager' afilter is set an) only the Huotations3 co)e) !ith the selecte) co)e aresho!n in the list.


/igure 1E+ The uotation Manager


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Mo)ifying The Length =f A uotation

ust )rag the start or en) points to a )ifferent position. The Huotation ar inthe $argin area auto$atically follo!s. This applies to all $e)ia types see /igure 213.


/igure 20+ e#ie!ing Huotations y co)e

/igure 21+ Mo)ifying the length of a Huotation


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The Co)e Manager offers the follo!ing options+ you can a)) !rite co)eco$$ents' a)) co)e colors' retrie#e co)e) seg$ents' create co)e groupsor use it for )rag F )rop co)ing. /urther' you can re#ie! co)e freHuencyan) )ensity.

/reHuency in)icate) y the Huotation icon3+ nu$er of Huotations co)e)

!ith the co)e"ensity 9n)icate) y the co)e icon3 is the nu$er of lin8ages to otherco)es that the user has create).

Adding Code Color

Clic8 on the circle in the Kcolor colu$nK ust efore the co)e na$e an)select a color for each co)e. 9n /igure 2 elo! you see ho! co)e colorsare )isplaye) in the $argin.

Co)ing ;ith + The Co)e Manager

/igure 2+ A))ing co)e colors an) )isplay in $argin area


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Unlin8ing Co)es

ight?clic8 on a co)e in the $argin area an) select the option


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9f the $erge) co)e has a co$$ent' the co$$ent is a))e) to the targetco)e. 9f oth co)es ha#e a co$$ent' an au)it trail is pro#i)e) see /igure2@3


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To Start Auto Co)ing

To open the Auto?Co)ing "ialog' select C="


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;hen transcriing inter#ie! or focus group )ata' enter a lan8 lineet!een spea8er turns if you are going to to use the auto?co)ing toolfor co)ing spea8er units.

9t !oul) e te)ious to co)e spea8er or section turns $anually. T!o thingsare nee)e)+ A goo) K$ar8erK for !hich to search an)' once the $ar8er isfoun)' a reliale i)entification of the unit sentence' paragraph3 to eco)e).

9nsert easily i)entifiale $ar8up in the te6t to let the auto?co)ing pattern$atcher )o this for you. 9n co$ination !ith a fe! for$atting rules')ocu$ents can e create) that can rea)ily support auto?co)ing Huite a it.

Si$ple e6a$ples are+

4+ or Q4eterR for a respon)ent !ith the na$e 4eter

0,?01?11letter for a letter !ritten on the first of uly 2011.

The i)entifier shoul) e use) e6clusi#ely to $ar8 passages in the te6t thatin)ee) relate to the person or oect i)entifie). The plain !or) 4eter !illli8ely also occur else!here in the te6t for instance' !hen another person isreferring to 4eter3. The $ar8up K4+ K or Q4eterR ho!e#er ' is unli8ely tooccur else!here.

9n or)er for the Auto?Co)ing tool to select a co$plete spea8er section' asection )eli$iter is nee)e). As )iscusse) ao#e' a spea8er or section turn!ill start !ith the spea8erJs i)entifier $ar8up. The en) of a section is est$ar8e) y an e$pty line' i.e. t!o paragraph $ar8ers see /igure >03. Thete6t of one spea8er nee)s to e containe) !ithin one paragraph. 9f youra8e a speech into $ultiple paragraphs' only the first paragraph !ill eco)e).

;hen auto?co)ing such a )ocu$ent' you !oul) choose 4 % 4& for

e6ten)ing the $atche) te6t.

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%2.[:dii:] Any )eci$al )igit[:a1:] Any graphical character. 9n this #ersion' this $ean any character !ith

the co)e R >2.[:lo'e:] Any lo!ercase character [:"nc:] any punctuation character [:sace:] Any !hite?space character [:"e:] Any uppercase character [:4dii:] Any he6a)eci$al character

9n the follo!ing' a fe! search e6a$ples are presente) sho!ing the$atching %


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caeo, 89s"b 6

caeo, 89s"b 5

caeo, 89s"b

;8=>@A

caeo, 9s"b 6

caeo, 9s"b 5

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A further possiility is to sort co)es y nu$ers or nu$ers an) letters3+

6 ;8=>@A 8

66989s"b 6

65989s"b 5

6989s"b

5 ;8=>@A

5699s"b 6

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599s"b etc.

The sorting or)er is+ 13 special characters ] W ^ ? N + . : ' etc.3' 23nu$ers' an) >3 letters. Therefore' it is 7=T a goo) i)ea to useprefi6es li8e 1' 1.1. ' 1.1.1 ' 2' 2.1' 2.1.2 etc.. Such a nu$ering sche$e!ill necessarily !rea8 ha#oc !ith your inten)e) sorting or)er K10K !ille sorte) efore K2K3. ;hen using nu$erals ' al!ays use K01'K K02'K

K0>'K or an) so on for sorting to e on the safe si)e.

All ter$s prece)ing a colon +3 in)icate the $ain category na$e: the ter$sfollo!ing the un)erscore or colon constitute su co)es. =ther proects $ayreHuire a))itional su le#els. (ut )ont o#er)o itI

As $ain category co)e an) su co)e na$es $ay contain $ore than one!or)' an e$pty space is not sufficient to separate the t!o le#els of co)ing.Therefore it is est to use one the of special characters that you fin) onyour 8eyoar) to #isually separate le#els of co)ing.

Creating Co)e3 %roups

Co)es' )ocu$ents an) $e$os can e groupe). %roups are the eHui#alentto KgroupsK in ATLAS.ti for ;in)o!s. %roups can e use) for sorting an)organiing purposes' ut also as filter. Currently groups can e use) to setlocal filters' !hich $eans the filter only applies to the currently open!in)o! an) not to the entire proect. %loal filter options !ill e a))e) inthe future.

This is ho! you create groups+

=pen one of the Managers. Clic8 on the plus sign at the otto$ of the%roups pane or right?clic8 insi)e the %roups pane an) select 7


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A)) $e$ers to the group #ia )rag an) )rop fro$ the list of)ocu$ents co)es or $e$os in the respecti#e $anager.

9f you clic8 on a group' the ite$s in the $anager are filtere) an) only the$e$ers of the selecte) group are liste). Clic8 on S&=; LL C="1+ The Co)e %roup Manager


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To &e,o!e Group e,bers

Select one or $ore oects fro$ the list K9n %roup K an) clic8 on theutton !ith the )oule arro!s pointing to the right. =r )oule?clic8 eachite$.



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;or8ing ;ith %roups

ust as co)es )escrie sets of Huotations' groups cluster 4ri$ary"ocu$ents' Co)es' an) Me$os. =ne i$portant oecti#e is to $anagelarge a$ounts of oects y classifying the$ into susets' e. g.' alltheoretical co)es' all 4"s fro$ respon)ents of a certain age group or location ' all $e$os relate) to a the$e ' etc. =ects of the sa$e type cane a $e$er of $ultiple groups. /or e6a$ple' the inter#ie! transcript of


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Currently groups can only e use) as local filters' i.e. you can filter theoects !ithin $anagers.

The 4"?%roup tale function pro#i)es a con#enient !ay to i$port an)e6port #ariales feature not yet i$ple$ente)3.

Co)e groups can e use) to loosely group co)es that elong together. Doucan use the$ to sort' filter an) organie your co)es in the Co)e Managerin the na#igator. =ther than in 7et!or8 *ie!s !here specific relationshipset!een co)es nee) to e )efine)' in co)e groups it is not necessary tospecify the !ays in !hich co)es relate to each other feature a#ailale3

Use $e$o groups to sort' filter' an) organie your $e$os feature

a#ailale3

Co$$on 4roce)ures

9n the follo!ing' the general proce)ures for !or8ing !ith groups are)escrie).

%roups can e create) in oth the %roup Manager an) the na#igator ofthe respecti#e $anagers. The na#igators are etter integrate) into the

regular !or8?flo!. Thus' for )aily regular acti#ities it is easier to use thena#igators. Currently you nee) to use the %roup Manager to re$o#eite$s fro$ a fa$ily an) to )escrie your fa$ilies. Later you !ill also eale to create s$art groups in the $anager using A7"' =' = an)7=T as operators. The na#igators offer A7" an) = co$inationsonly.


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Creating %roups 9n The 7a#igator

9n case you are fa$iliar !ith the ;in)o!s #ersion of ATLAS.ti' groups arethe eHui#alent to Kfa$ilies.K %roups can e use) for sorting an) organiingpurposes' an) currently to set local filters. This $eans the filter only applies

to the currently open !in)o! an) not to the entire proect. %loal filteroptions !ill e a))e) in the future.

=pen one of the Managers. Clic8 on the plus sign at the otto$ of the%roups pane or right?clic8 insi)e the %roups pane an) select 7@+ A))ing a group in the na#igator


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Opening A Group anager

9n the $ain $enu' un)er "ocu$ents' Co)es' an) Me$os you fin) anoption to open the respecti#e group $anager. Dou can also open a%roup Manager #ia a conte6t $enu in any of the oect $anagers' orsi$ply )oule?clic8 on a group to open the %roup Manager.

Adding And &e,o!ing Group e,bers

Select one or $ore oects fro$ the list K7ot in %roup K an) clic8 on theutton !ith the )oule arro!s pointing to the left KK9n %roup.K =r)oule?clic8 each ite$.

Select one or $ore oects fro$ the list K9n %roup K an) clic8 on theutton !ith the )oule arro!s pointing to the right K7ot in %roup.K =r)oule?clic8 each ite$.


/igure >-+ A))ing an) re$o#ing an ite$ to fro$ a group

/igure >,+ %roup Manager


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;or8ing ;ith S$art %roups

S$art groups are co$ination of other groups. They can also contain others$art groups. Dou can uil) co$ple6 groups incre$entally fro$ e6istinggroups using a set of po!erful (oolean operators. Dou can either generate

te$porary groups using the *enn )iagra$ in the na#igation panel' or youcan create an) store s$art groups in the S$art %roup


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9n /igure 0' the s$art 4" group contains all $arrie) respon)ents !ithchil)ren. 9n or)er to get this co$ination' the option KAll of the follo!ing

are trueK !as selecte). This is the eHui#alent of the A7" operator. 9n thefollo!ing all four operators are e6plaine) an) an e6a$ple Huery is sho!n.


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if you co$ine the )ocu$ent group Kengineering )egreeK an) KM(AKusing the = operator' you get all respon)ents !ith an engineering )egree'all respon)ents !ith an M(A' an) all respon)ents !ho ha#e oth anengineering )egree an) an M(A.

"one O0 The Follo'ing Are True ("OT)

The 7=T operator tests for the asence of a con)ition. Technically' it

sutracts the fin)ings of the non?negate) ter$ fro$ all other a#ailaleoects of the sa$e type. 9f you select Knone of the follo!ing are trueK an)the group Kengineering )egree'K you retrie#e all respon)ents that ha#e anM(A or other )egrees.

9f you !ant to retrie#e those !ith an M(A that )o not ha#e an engineering)egree' ut possily others )egrees' select+

9f you only !ant to fin) respon)ents !ith an M(A that )o not ha#e other)egrees' select+


/igure + 7=T Huery+ 7one of the follo!ing are true

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All s$art groups are liste) in the na#igator together !ith the other groups.They are auto$atically na$e) y ATLAS.ti+ S$art %roup1' S$art %roup 2'S$art %roup > an) so on. The group icon is fille) in see left3. 9t isreco$$en)e) to rena$e the s$art groups after creation in or)er tore$e$er !hat they contain.

A s$art group can e e)ite) at any ti$e. 9n or)er to )o so' right?clic8 on as$art group an) select


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Creating &yperlin8s

Creating &yperlin8s 9n The uotation Manager

To lin8 t!o Huotations to each other' si$ply )rag one Huotation srouce3an) )rop it on top of another Huotation target3 – either in the uotationManager or in the $argin area.

7e6t' select one of the offere) relations. 9f the offere) relations )o notsuit your nee)s' you can create ne! relations in the elations Manager+/ro$ the $ain $enu select+ U=T T9=7S 5 S&=;


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/igure 52+ Creating hyperlin8s utiliing the $ultiple?)ocu$ent #ie!


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Margin "rag F "rop

All oects populating the $argin area i. e.' K$argin oectsK3 support)rag F )rop. The ar #isualie Huotations seg$enting the )ocu$ent' an) ?)epen)ing on the conte6t ? the oects attache) to the ars representthe$sel#es or the lin8 !ith the Huotation.

The effect of a )rag F )rop operation )epen)s on the oects that arein#ol#e) as )rag sources those that are )ragge)3 an) targets those onto!hich oects are )roppe)3. A large #ariety of oects fro$ the $argin areacan e )roppe) into the $argin area. /urther$ore' oects can also e)ragge) fro$ other oect $anagers an) ro!sers.

Mo#e Lin8e) =ects;hen a co)e' $e$o' or a Huotation is )roppe) on a Huotation ar' a ne!lin8 is create) et!een the oect an) the Huotation represente) y thear. Dou can for instance )rag?an)?)rop Huotations' co)es an) $e$osfro$ the na#igator or any of the $anagers.


/igure 5@+ Co)ing #ia )rag an) )rop fro$ the na#igator

/igure 5,+ Co)ing #ia )rag F )rop fro$ the Co)e Manager


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Copy Lin8e) =ects

An oect in the $argin is unlin8e) fro$ its original Huotation !hen it is)roppe) on another Huotation ar. To 8eep the oect fro$ unlin8ing fro$its original place' hol) )o!n the alt?8ey !hen )ropping. This rese$les)ragging oects fro$ $anagers an) ro!sers into the $argin area' !hich

)oes not change e6isting lin8s.Dou !ill see a green utton !ith a plus sign if an oect is copie) an) not$o#e).

Lin8ing uotations

"ragging a Huotation ar onto another Huotation ar creates a hyperlin8et!een the t!o Huotations.

=pen t!o )ocu$ents si)e?y?si)e see KMultiple "ocu$ent *ie!K3."rag the Huotation ar fro$ one )ocu$ent onto the Huotation ar inanother )ocu$ent. A list of relations opens to chose fro$. Select one ofthe offere) relations. 9f none of the e6isting relations a)eHuately reflectsthe relation et!een the t!o Huotations' you can create ne! relations inthe relation $anager see K"efining 7e! &yperlin8 elationsK3. Afterselecting a relation the t!o Huotations are lin8e) an) the hyperlin8 is)isplaye) in the $argin area see /igure 513.


/igure 5E+ Creating a hyperlin8 across )ocu$ents !hen opening t!o )ocu$ents si)e?y?si)e

/igure 5-+ ;hen copying lin8e) oects' hol) )o!n the alt 8ey


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/igure ,> sho!s the result of an e6a$ple A7" Huery. The t!o co)es^fa$+ ha#e chil)ren an) ^fa$+t?teenagers ha#e een selecte) hol)ing)o!n the c$ ) 8ey. The Huotation list )isplays the resulting @ Huotationsthat contain all co$$ents !ritten y parents of teenage 8i)s.

The Huotation content is )isplaye) in the otto$ pane.

;or8ing ;ith S$art Co)es

S$art co)es are a con#enient !ay to store Hueries. They are #ery si$ilar inloo8 an) feel to nor$al co)es' !ith one i$portant )ifference+ 9nstea) ofKhar)!ire)K connections to Huotations' s$art co)es store a Huery toco$pute their #irtual references !hene#er nee)e). They Kauto$aticallyKchange their eha#ior )uring the course of theory uil)ing. 9f you ha#e as$art co)e ase) on a Huery li8e

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an) you a)) or )elete Huotations lin8e) to either Co)e A' ( or C' then theHuotations lin8e) to the s$art co)e !ill auto$atically e a)uste).


/igure ,>+ unning an A7" Huery in the uotation Manager

K9ntelligentKS$art Co)esco$pute theirHuotations Kon)e$an).K


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;or8ing ;ith The Co)e Cooccurence Tale

Dou fin) the Co)e Cooccurence Tale un)er the 7 LDS9S $enu. 9n /igure

-- elo! you see an e6a$ple Huery co$paring the ans!ers pro#i)e) yrespon)ents !ith an) !ithout chil)ren colu$n co)es3 !ith regar) to anu$er of )ifferent issues ro! co)es3+

The operators that are use) to calculate co)e cooccurences are enclosing eing enclose) o#erlapping at start o#erlapping at en) All of thefollo!ing are true. /or further infor$ation on these operators seeK=perators.K

To create a tale as sho!n in /igure -- select colu$n an) ro! co)es onthe left?han) si)e y tic8ing the o6es in front of the co)es. The talefills in auto$atically !hen selecting ro! co)es. The first nu$er is the

nu$er of hits – ho! often )o the co)e an) colu$n co)es co?occur: thesecon) nu$er is the c?coefficient see elo! for further infor$ation3.

Currently oth' nu$er of hits an) c?coefficient are )isplaye). 9n thefuture' you !ill e ale to chose !hich nu$ers3 you !ant to see. The c?coefficient only $a8es sense an) is interpretale !ith specific type of )ataan) higher case nu$ers.

Clic8 on a cell in the tale to #ie! the resulting Huotations in the pane atthe otto$. "oule?clic8 to access a Huotation in conte6t.


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/igure E+ ;or) Cruncher options

/igure E5+ A))ing !or)s to thee6ception list

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