3.1. Creating a New Project
You can create a new project under the ‘Project’ menu.
If you call it "Test", the project will be saved as Test.qda. Test.qda is actually a folder containing subfolders which hold the database, empirical documents and other files. If you want to send the project to another person via email, zip the entire folder.
It is not recommended to store your project in the cloud (OneDrive, DropBox, etc.) and use it from there. The reason is that sometimes files may not import into the project. Accessing a cloud stored project from different computers is especially dangerous, since it may lead to synchronization issues and even a corrupted database. See this page for safe strategies to work together in a team and on multiple computers.
This is especially important if you want to use the AI based features in QualCoder. The project memo will be used in the communication with the AI to provide some context information about the current project, leading to much more targeted and useful answers.
If you don't want the project memo to be sent to the AI, you can disable this in the Settings dialog.
Under the Project menu click on Project memo. This is where you can put notes about your overall project.
