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Whats New in ATLAS.ti 7

User Interface
Sure, it does look a lot prettier... but looks arent everything. In fact, they
are only the (literally) surface of ATLAS.tis numerous new inner values.
Innovation comes from within!
The ATLAS.ti user interface has undergone numerous extremely usability-
enhancing changes. These changes will increase your productivity but still
let you get to work without interrupting your work fow.
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New interactive side panels let you maximize the avail-
able workspace while giving you immediate access to
preselected lists of objects at all times. Have all your tools
where you need them - but only when you need them.
On-screen real estate is always at a premium when con-
ducting professional research. Intelligent and fexible use
of screen space through collapsible panels is the answer
Panels can be minimized and resized, and be used for any
purpose, such as coding, creating hyperlinks, and access
management to your primary documents. They can be
displayed on the fy or docked for permanent use.
Simplifed entry of code labels: An additional feld opens
automatically to enter multiple codes if desired.
Multimedia
ATLAS.ti 7 now gives you detailed access and a frame-
level preview of video fles. High-precision navigation is a
must for in-depth media analysis.
Create PDs frame-level work for in-depth
scene coding and multi-dimensional analysis.
All codes display in the margin area just as
nature intended!
For each multimedia fle you get full frame-by-frame
preview and a zoomable display of the audio wave form.
Navigation is highly precise.
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Videos can be displayed in the main program window, or
fown out in a separate window for optimal viewing and
use of the work area.
Audio and video now share ATLAS.tis central metaphor
for presenting and working with content: the margin
area. Text, PDF, images, audio, video all utilize the same
powerful workspace, arguably the most natural work
environment for the qualitative researcher.
Coding audio and video works just like youre used to
from text documents: In the margin area. Couldnt be
more intuitive and faster!
When entering a code name, a list of already existing
code names that start with the same letter or letter se-
quence is displayed for swift and accurate coding.
Multi Document View
You can load up to four documents into the new HU edi-
tor document regions for simultaneous viewing, coding,
linking. Thats what qualitative data analysis should be
like!
One document is not enough work with up to four
simultaneously including the usual margin area for each.
Time to get that large screen; now you can REALLY put it
to use!
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Comparing different document versions, different mani-
festations of the same phenomenon, or multiple sources
of a common theme is a breeze.
You can open and work on up to four different docu-
ments of any type at once in this way. This opens up
fantastic new possibilities for of all kinds of comparative
work.
Automatically load corresponding documents (such as
transcripts) in parallel next to one another and display
them in sync. For example, play a segment from a video
by marking it in the transcript, and vice versa.
Display the regular margin area along with the loaded
documents and code in either document. You can also
create direct hyperlinks between the multiple documents,
right on the same screen.
Network Views Reloaded
ATLAS.tis semantic network views have been drastically
improved, both visually and functionally, into a powerful
anaytical tool, fully integrated into the analytical process.
Clear and intelligent visualization of complex scenarios
is a must. Projects beneft from the new and powerful
network view engine.
Network views are ever more a powerful, closely inte-
grated work tool. It doesnt hurt that theyre now pretty,
too. Capabilities have been vastly improved so you can
perform many important tasks conveniently directly from
the visual network view.
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Get the full picture at just once glance - all codes associ-
ated with a document.
If you import the associated quotations as well, you can
expand the network to a full case-based view. And, of
course, all networks can be printed in high quality or
saved as a PDF fle.
Clouds
The use of clouds is another new feature in ATLAS.ti 7.
A staple of many Web applications and already available
as an output format since v. 5, ATLAS.ti 7 now integrates
cloud views seamlessly into the program core.
The Word Cruncher can display word frequencies as a
Word Cloud to make for quick, intuitive work fow. Faders
let you control the display of word frequency and select a
cut-off for words you want fltered out.
Word crunching made easy. Gain a full overview of word
frequencies at a single glance.
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Managed Documents
ATLAS.ti 7 provides fast, fexible and secure document
management through Managed Documents. This power-
ful new concept ensures referential and content integrity
to make users life easier.
You now have a choice if you want to keep your project
fles stored in their original location (as before) or if you
want ALAS.ti to handle all document management tasks
for you, safely and securely. The managed document con-
cept also includes a team library that contains shared
material for collaborative work.
You can retain the project document structure youre used
to, or convert your legacy HUs to managed docs.
Metadata Exploitation
If your document contains internal metadata, ATLAS.ti
extracts them automatically and uses them appropriately
by creating families or comments for your objects. Import
audio fles, videos, PDF or Word documents. Available
meta data (such as ID3 tags or other document property
information) is immediately put to productive use.
XML Converter/Report Generator
The XML Converter has undergone a major revision to in-
crease usability and to allow for long-term expandability.
ATLAS.ti comes with many powerful report formats pre-
programmed. They not only enhance results output but
also provide powerful instant feedback during the analyti-
cal stages of your work.
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Improved Image Selection
When working with image PDsincluding images
extracted from videos in the new multimedia frame-
workusers will enjoy increased fexibility, usability, and
functionality.
Existing selections can now be freely moved and resized.
Selection frames correspond in color to the color of their
quotation bar in the margin area and display existing
comments.
In connection with the new multimedia framework this
facilitates powerful in-depth analysis of video clips at the
frame level.
PDF documents and images can now printed complete
with their margin area. Image segments are now included
even in RTF exports.
Powerful New Analysis Tools
Improved Coocurence Explorer, easier selection of column
and row codes
Added preference settings on cooccurrence tables.
Column and row width can be set, code colors can be
selected for cells.
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Codes-Primary-Documents table do not only choose
codes and PDs for cross-tabulation, now you can create
tables also on an aggregated level based on code and PD
families. In addition, you can select whether the codes
should be displayed in the codes or the rows. Less much
additional formatting and calculation in Excel is necessary.
Filter settings now also available in network views. All
objects excluded by the flter are faded out.
Upgrading to ATLAS.ti 7
Users of ATLAS.ti 6.x can upgrade to ATLAS.ti 7 at a substantially reduced rate (nearly 50% discount). This offer is li-
mited and may end at any time.
To upgrade, simply go to http://order.atlasti.com, select
your existing license type and upgrade. Enter your
existing license key when asked.
With your purchase of the upgrade you will receive a
setup fle and a new license key. Use this license key to
activate the upgrade after installation.
Please note that for technical reasons version 5 can
upgrade online only if the license was properly registered
at the time of purchase. Versions older than 4.2 cannot
be upgraded online. For these cases, please contact our
support. Student licenses cannot be upgraded from ANY
version, but if you have full-time student status,you can
apply for a new student license at the highly discounted
student rate.
Our support team will also be happy to assist you in
obtaining the proper upgrade in case of problems or ques-
tions. Write to upgrade@support.atlasti.com and include
your license key and any additional information you have
(license type and size) for fast and effcient service.
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Tips and Tricks
New Analysis Options in ATLAS.ti 7
In this new category, we will be introducing different features and tools of the new ATLAS.ti 7 through practrical ex-
amples. Look for more hands-on introductions of this kind in upcoming issues of INSIDE ATLAS.ti.
The following example demonstrates how the new flter
options greatly advance the analytic power of ATLAS.ti
network views. The example is based on the A7 sample
project Children & Happiness stage II, albeit somewhat
modifed, as the stage II project already includes network
views and links. If you want to follow along, download
the modifed sample project here.
A description of the sample project can be found in the
frst memo. I will show you how to fnd an answer to one
of the questions posted in the memo: RQ1: Children and
Happiness viewed by parents and non-parents. Based
on the data set, is happiness defned differently by those
who have children as compared to those who do not have
children?
Open the Code Manager by clicking on the Code button.
You fnd a code family that has been especially created for
this resarch question:
It includes all codes of the defnition of happiness cat-
egory + the two attribute codes #fam: have children and
#fam: dont have children.
Activate the flter by clicking on the code family in the
side panel holding down the ctrl+shift key.
Right-click on the frst attribute code #fam: dont have
children and select the option Open Network View.
As the the entire length of each blog post is coded with
the appropriate attribute code, we can now import the
cooccuring codes that mark those segments within each
blog post where respondents have provided their own
defnition of happiness.
Right-click on the code node in the network view and
select the option Import Cooccuring.
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Two codes are imported. Link them to the attribute code
using the relation is reported by.
Close this network view. There is no need for saving it.
Repeat the importing and linking process for the second
attribute code #fam: have children.
The memo was previously already linked to the #fam:
have children code and therefore is be displayed when
you open a network view on the code.
Now drag & drop the fam: dont have children code
from the Code Manager code into this network view. The
already existing linkages with the appropriate defnition
codes become visible instantly.
Arrange the nodes in a suitable way so it best refects the
answer to the research question. To save the network
view, select Network / Save as Graphic File.
If you want to review the answers, right-click on a code
note and select the option List Quotations:
To compare individual responses of non-parents and par-
ents, there are actually different ways to achieve this. You
can for instance use the Code Cooccurence Table applying
the same flter setting. How this works will be explained in
the next newsletter.