NVivo 10 for Windows SP6 Readme

Before you start working with NVivo 10 for Windows, we encourage you to read this document. From installation instructions to how to get started, it contains important information you should know.

System requirements

Installing the 32-bit or 64-bit version of the software

Install NVivo 10 for Windows

File locations

Start NVivo and activate the license

Access other resources

New in NVivo 10 for Windows

Already using QSR software?

What is in Service Pack 6

What is in Service Pack 5

What is in Service Pack 4

What is in Service Pack 3

What is in Service Pack 2

What is in Service Pack 1

Known issues in NVivo 10 for Windows

Copyright and notices

System requirements

Minimum system requirements

Recommended system requirements

Additional requirements if you want to install and use NVivo's supplementary add-ons:

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Installing the 32-bit or 64-bit version of the software

If you are running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or the 32-bit version of Windows 7 or Windows 8, you must install the 32-bit version of NVivo.

If you are running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or Windows 8, you can install the 32-bit or 64-bit version of NVivo. You should install 32-bit NVivo if you want to work with .mov and .qt video files. If you do not know whether you are running the 32-bit or 64-bit version, refer to the FAQs section on the QSR website.

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Install NVivo 10 for Windows

You must have administrator permissions for the computer on which you are installing the software.

If you are running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or Windows 8, you will have the option of installing a 32-bit or 64-bit version of NVivo. You should install the 32-bit version, if you want to work with .mov and .qt video files.

  1. Locate and double-click the NVivo file that you downloaded—the installation process starts automatically. If you are installing from physical media, do one of the following:

  1. Follow the prompts to:

  1. Click Install and the installation confirmation is displayed.

  2. Click Finish.

If you work with audio and video files, you may need to install additional codecs—for more information, refer to the FAQ section of the QSR website.

If you have difficulties installing NVivo or the supplementary add-ons, check the installation tips on the QSR website.

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File locations

By default, NVivo files will be installed to these locations (the locations may vary slightly on 64-bit environments or when your system drive is not the C: drive):

-  C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\QSR\NVivo 10 (on Microsoft Windows XP)

-  C:\ProgramData\QSR\NVivo 10 (on Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 8)

-  C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\NVivo 10 Samples (on Microsoft Windows XP)

-  C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\NVivo 10 Samples (on Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 8)

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Start NVivo and activate the license

When you first start NVivo, you are prompted to enter and activate your license key. Activation ensures that only valid licenses are used to operate the software.

You can find your license key in the email communication received from QSR (or on your physical media case). If you have downloaded the trial software, the trial license key is included in the software, so you do not need to enter it, but you still need to activate it.

To start NVivo and activate your license key:

  1. Start NVivo, by doing one of the following:

  1. In the Welcome to NVivo 10 dialog box, enter your license key (or choose to trial the software) and then click OK. You can find the license key in the download email from QSR (or on your physical media case).

    The license key contains both numbers and letters. To ensure accuracy, we recommend you copy and paste the license key from the email. If you type in the license key, please make sure you enter the number Ø (zero) and the letter O correctly.

  1. In the License Activation dialog box, enter your details. Fields marked with an (*) must be completed.

  2. Click Activate.

  3. On the User Profile dialog box, you are prompted to enter your name and initials—your initials are used to identify your work in NVivo projects. You can also change your user interface language.

Note: If activation fails because you do not have an Internet connection, you can submit an activation request to QSR International by email, mail/fax or phone—refer to the NVivo Help for more information. You can access the Help by clicking the Help icon at the top of the License Activation dialog box, or from the Start menu (All Programs>QSR>NVivo 10>English>NVivo 10 Help).

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Access other resources

For technical information about NVivo software and installation instructions for IT administrators, refer to the QSR Technical Resource Center.

For resources to help you learn how to use NVivo:

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New in NVivo 10 for Windows

Improved performance

Usability improvements

Get your media professionally transcribed

Capture web pages and social media data

Work with data from Evernote or Microsoft OneNote

General enhancements

For detailed information on NVivo 10 for Windows features, please refer to the QSR website.

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Already using QSR software?

NVivo 10 allows you to open and work with projects from previous versions of QSR software: NVivo 9, NVivo 8, NVivo 7, NVivo 2, NVivo 1, and N6 (NUD*IST 6), N5 (NUD*IST 5) and N4 (NUD*IST 4).

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What is in Service Pack 6

This software includes the following improvements:

Application

Improved handling of SQL Server installation problems

Projects

Improved features for recovering and repairing project data including the automatic creation of project recovery files (system administrators can specify a default location for project recovery files during a command line installation—refer to the Technical Resource Centre for more information)

Improved usability of ‘Add Stop Words’ dialog box

Improvements to compact and repair functionality to handle duplicate node names

Sources

Evernote login persists between NVivo sessions and users have ability to logout or switch accounts from within NVivo

Ability to check status of outstanding TranscribeMe orders

Improvements to exporting 'entire content' including correct rotation of images

Classifications

Ability to set attribute value type to boolean when default value assigned to a longer integer

 

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What is in Service Pack 5

This software includes the following improvements:

Projects

45633 Ability to open, copy to, copy from, import and export NVivo 10 for Mac (.nvpx) project files

48880 Ability to import (merge) NVivo 7, 8 and 9 projects into the open project

45068 Picture logs are included when exporting data to a new  project

55561 The locations for saving query results are preserved when importing (merging) a project

55929 Improved stability when compacting and repairing projects with many dataset coding references

Sources

56406 Ability to purchase transcripts for audio and video sources using the TranscribeMe transcription service

56404 Ability to import data collected on smartphones and tablets directly from an Evernote account

56404 Improved representation of imported Evernote notes as sources with linked resources

Coding

56605 Nodes selected to auto code at using existing coding patterns are now checked for suitability

54636 Ability to specify nodes as scope when auto coding using existing coding patterns

56295 Ability to save the results matrix when auto coding using existing coding patterns

54680 Results matrix when auto coding using existing coding patterns now shows hierarchical names

54675 Auto coding using existing coding patterns will always "ignore previous auto coding"—the checkbox for selecting this option has been removed.

Nodes

56215 Improved performance when merging nodes in projects with large framework matrices

55607 Corrected encoding identifier when exporting nodes as HTML files

Queries

56327 Corrected handling of aggregate nodes and overlapping coding references in matrix coding queries

 

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What is in Service Pack 4

This software includes the following improvements:

Application

54775 Improved support resources in the Help menu

Software Management

50747 Improved update capability for SurveyMonkey import handler

Projects

54211 Improved stability in read-only projects

54231 Corrected handling of document locations when importing ATLAS.ti projects

Sources

46982 Ability to import .png images

53936 Improved stability of summary links in framework matrices when replacing or inserting content in some scenarios

Bibliographical Data

53950 Corrected behavior when importing Mendeley RIS files from non-mapped network locations

Coding

49744 Added experimental feature to auto code text content based on existing coding patterns

54138 New Auto Code wizard for all types of auto coding

Queries

50597 Word Frequency queries find words in Chinese text

54574 Improved stability in Matrix Coding queries

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What is in Service Pack 3

This software includes the following improvements:

Application

49401 Japanese user interface language is now available for all NVivo 10 licenses

51643 Discontinued support for Internet Explorer 7

Software Management

45625 Ability to replace a license key that cannot be activated

45701 Improved behavior when deactivating a license key

Sources

49403 Ability to import survey responses directly from SurveyMonkey

50281 Ability to see the context of replies to comments in Facebook datasets (collected using NCapture)

47093 Ability to adjust the column width of multiple selected columns in a dataset

Bibliographical Data

46809 Ability to exchange bibliographical data with Mendeley

50247 Corrected default behavior when importing RIS files from Zotero or RefWorks containing non-Western characters

Coding

50537 Corrected reference count for pictures and PDF regions coded by aggregate nodes

35191 Corrected coding of 'whole words' in PDFs to prevent coding of extra text surrounding selected Chinese or Japanese text

Queries

49743 Ability to create Text Search, Word Frequency, Coding and Matrix Coding queries more easily using a Query Wizard

49885 Word Frequency queries find words in Japanese text

49925 Word Frequency queries correctly handle contractions containing apostrophes in French text (for example, l'avenir or s'entend)

51807 For Japanese text, improved results for Text Search and Word Frequency queries when including synonyms, specializations and generalizations

51694 For Japanese text, improvements to Text Search queries—stop words are no longer filtered out because this caused incorrect terms to be included in the results

51671 Corrected behavior of Word Frequency queries when searching in aggregate nodes

48960 Corrected display of 'Duration Coded' in node matrices coding large amounts of audio or video

Visualizations

49742 Ability to generate a word cloud visualization of Word Frequency query results

50221 Improved stability when viewing cluster analysis results as a 3D Cluster Map

Projects

49888 Improved reliability when working with projects located on network drives

Documentation

01010 NCapture Help moved to a separate Help site

01011 Updated Help topics for Query Wizard

01012 Updated a selection of Help topics for more clarity

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What is in Service Pack 2

This software includes the following improvements:

Application

42659 Additional user interface languages. The NVivo interface is now available in Chinese (Simplified Chinese), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.

42284 Improved design of the NVivo Welcome screen to include a Community feed with News, Tips and Videos

31621 Corrected behavior of Coding queries and Advanced Find to display Boolean attribute values according to the labels selected in Application Options

40702 Ability to reset Application Options to default settings

40939 Improved support for Windows 8

31608 Improved stability when undocking a large number of Detail View windows

41664 Ability to add a wider range of ribbon commands to the Quick Access Toolbar

41064 Corrected behavior of the Recent Projects list to show the accurate date of last access

38280 Improved behavior when opening an NVivo project on a computer using the Windows Aero theme

42338 Improved stability when editing in an NVivo Server project while another user is performing a long running operation within the same project

Software Management

38364 Improved usability of the License Activation dialog

42968 Improved behavior when emailing product activation requests

Sources

40947 Ability to work with YouTube videos and associated comments (collected using NCapture)

42063 Improved ability to import AVI files into NVivo

40894 Improved stability when adding 'see also' link in a picture log

34839 Improved stability when pasting node content into a transcript or a picture log

Bibliographical Data

41901 Ability to Import bibliographical data from EndNote X6

42079 Corrected mapping of attributes for data imported from EndNote

41233 Corrected mapping of attributes for data imported from Zotero

Node Matrices

31434 Ability to modify node matrix cell content or open node matrix properties via context menu from the chart tab

Coding

40080 Improved readability of PDF content in Node Detail View by increasing the transparency of the color overlays used to indicate uncoded regions and coding context

40820 Corrected behavior of autocoding to prevent the creation of folders with a blank name

41897 Corrected wording in the Auto Code wizard for coding social media datasets

39984 Corrected behavior of the aggregate option in the Auto Code wizard when coding social media datasets

34815 Corrected behavior of the Recent Nodes list to show nodes created via 'Create As Node'

40836 Improved stability when uncoding multiple times via coding stripes

Classifications

40681 Improved behavior when classifying nodes from a dataset

Queries

41781 Improved stability when running a Word Frequency query when the default display (selected in Application Options) is Cluster Analysis View

Models

33249 Improved behavior when adding one way connections to models

40688 Improved the stability and behavior of models during editing

Visualizations

42545 Ability to geovisualize social media data collected using NCapture

34972 Improved zoom behavior in Twitter dataset chart

Projects

42843 Ability to Import projects from MaxQDA 11

40286 Ability to import projects from Atlas.ti Version 7

Export

40902 Corrected behavior when exporting Node List View showing child node headers to Excel

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What is in Service Pack 1

This software includes the following improvements:

Application

39602 More informative messages when NVivo license key extension was not successful

32854 Ability to add any command to the Quick Access Toolbar

33036 Close button on Detail View provides option to undock the window

32387 Close button on Detail View provides option to close all other windows

38311 Improved stability when Quick Coding bar is 'floating'

40457 Support for the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system

NCapture for Chrome

32893 The NCapture browser extension is now available for Google Chrome 21 (or later) and can optionally be installed together with NVivo

Import

34578 Ability to import content from Microsoft OneNote into NVivo (via the NVivo Add-In for OneNote)

38685 Improved performance when importing Evernote content

37419 Improved behavior when importing projects

Sources

33269 Improved usability by suppressing 'save project' reminders in transcribe mode

39460 Corrected behavior to prevent deletion of summaries that are no longer included in a framework matrix

40142 Improved stability in Framework Matrices

38410 Improved stability when adding custom fields to audio or video transcripts

Annotations

31344 Corrected behavior when text entered exceeds the 1024 character limit for annotations (text is not cleared)

31603 Improved behavior when finding text in annotations within PDF sources

Nodes

34946 Improved behavior when merging nodes which contain video or picture source content with 'see also' links

38437 Improved stability when merging nodes in Sets List View

Coding

32778 Ability to display coding stripes for all nodes that code the content

32353 Improved usability by providing confirmation of coding on the status bar

32578 Ability to create new nodes within a folder (rather than a parent node) when auto coding

40134 Improved stability when coding 'In Vivo' in PDF sources

36846 Corrected behavior of coding stripes in picture sources

31379 Improved text selection behavior when coding content in dataset cells

Classifications

37945 Improved stability when adding attributes to a classification

Queries

39156 Improved behavior when sorting Matrix query results by percentage

37235 Improved performance when running Text Search queries

35344 Improved Word Frequency query results—cluster analysis diagram only generated when the query has sufficient scope items

33466 Improved behavior of coding stripes in audio and video sources when the timeline has been zoomed

Visualizations

31633 Corrected values in charts showing node counts and coding reference counts

40389 Improved stability when displaying cluster analysis diagrams

Reports and extracts

38683 Improved performance when running filtered reports and extracts

Export

32526 Improved the way save options are displayed when exporting project items

31538 Corrected export of Node List View so that child node values appear in the correct columns

36711 Improved the export of List View to spreadsheet or text files

Print

31810 Improved stability when changing paper size via ‘print preview’

Documentation

39842 Improved Help information about Text Search query operators

38868 Improved Help about working with demographic data

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Known issues in NVivo 10 for Windows

Please refer to the QSR website for information and advice on known issues in this software.

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Copyright and notices

Copyright © 1999-2014 QSR International Pty Ltd.

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All rights reserved.

 

NVivo and QSR words and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of QSR International Pty Ltd. Microsoft, Windows, XP, Vista, OneNote and Internet Explorer are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. QuickTime and QuickTime logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Inc., used under license therefrom. EndNote is a trademark or registered trademark of Thomson Reuters Inc. Mendeley is a trademark of Mendeley Limited. Zotero is a trademark or registered trademark of George Mason University. Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc. Twitter and Tweet are trademarks of Twitter, Inc. in the United States and other countries. LinkedIn is a registered trademark of the LinkedIn Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Evernote is a trademark of Evernote Corporation. Google, Chrome and YouTube are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Google Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. MAXQDA is a trademark or registered trademark of VERBI Software Consult Sozialforschung GmbH. ATLAS.ti is a trademark or registered trademark of ATLAS.ti Scientific Software Development GmbH. SurveyMonkey is a trademark of SurveyMonkey Inc. in the United States. TranscribeMe is a registered trademark of TranscribeMe Inc. This information is subject to change without notice.

 

 

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