To see an example, open the Group2 transcript in MS Word and switch on the show/hide tool. It will be important that there is at least one hard return between each separate speaker in the transcript, whereas in the sample data there are some inconsistencies in this respect. When the focus group transcripts are imported into MAXQDA11 the layout will be retained but the hard and soft returns will be recognised differently. However it may be helpful to check and correct paragraph markers first, as these are significant in the process of coding focus group speakers.Īs shown in Figure 4.4.1, in MS Word the “Show/Hide” button on the Home ribbon can be used to switch on the display of formatting characters so that the paragraph markers may be checked. There is no necessity to carry out any substantial pre-editing of the transcripts before importing them into MAXQDA11 because the program has an editing function which can be used to correct minor errors later.
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