9. Automatic coding and Word Trees
How to:
- Getting started: On the Ribbon View, click the tab "Explore", choose “Text Search”.
- Choose sources: Select the files you wish to search in (selected items to choose certain files or "files & externals" to search in everything).
- Search: In the “Search for”: write the word(s) you want to search for. There are several advanced search options. These can be found in the dropdown menu “Special”.
You can also play around with "Finding Matches" indicating if you are searching for the word in its exact form or including stemmed words.
Examples of how to search using AND/OR and special signs that replace a letter:
- visualise OR visualize
- visuali?ation
- visual*
- psycho* AND measur*
- "psychological measures"
* truncates the word and means that any ending the word might have after the * will be included.
? is a joker that replaces any one single letter in the word.
- Perform search: Click “Run Query” to perform search.
- Add results to project: Click on the Reference tab to see the text snippets containing your search term(s). Use Command +A to select all the results, two-finger click and Code Selection.
- Choose if you are coding to an existing code or creating a new code.
- Save search: You can save your search by clicking “Save Criteria…”. Give the search a title, describe the search and click “OK”. You can now find your searches in the Navigation menu on the left under "Explore", "Queries" >“Query Criteria”. Then you can run your query again as you add new content to your project.
Word Tree – how to:
- After you have clicked “Run”, your results will automatically show in a list view under "Summary".
- To the right of the summary tab, you'll find the “Word Tree” tab.
- Experiment with the silde bar on the top right. This changes the depth of context.
- Highlight text in the Word Tree to run a query that will identify the text snippet in your files.