Smallest word вЂ“ Defines the size of the smallest word. Word distance вЂ“ Defines the minimum distance between words

30/45 degrees: Some words are additionally displayed at the selected angle diagonally upwards or downwards.Д¬olors вЂ“ Lets you choose from a range of different color schemes.

Horizontal and vertical: Words are randomly aligned horizontally and vertically, the most common word is always displayed horizontally.

Vertical: All words are displayed vertically.

Horizontal: All words are displayed horizontally.

It is also helpful to use the Smallest Word slider to adjust the size differences of the words (and thus the required space) to fill the shapes evenly.ДЄlignment вЂ“ Lets you define the alignment of words. Please note: For some selected shapes you need to increase the number of words to fill in the shape completely. a custom-selected image (is converted into a black and white image with the black area filled in, hence black and white images are best).predefined forms (circle, ellipse, square, triangle).There are various variations to choose from: Shape вЂ“ Lets you define the outer borders of the word cloud. Rearrange вЂ“ Regenerates the word cloud, placing words in different random locations.Д¬opy to Clipboard вЂ“ Copies the current view to the clipboard so you can easily paste the word cloud into a report or presentation.Д®xport вЂ“ Exports the current view as an image file for further processing. Language Options вЂ“ Change the language to Japanese to create word clouds from Japanese texts. Ignore Numbers вЂ“ Excludes all вЂњwordsвЂќ consisting only of numbers. For example, the words вЂњearthвЂќ, вЂњEarthвЂќ and вЂњEARTHвЂќ are treated as three different words. The selected characters then apply to all word-based functions in MAXQDA and MAXDictio.Д¬ase Sensitivity вЂ“ If this option is activated, a distinction is made between capitalized and non-capitalized words. Minimum Frequency вЂ“ Defines the minimum number of times a word must occur in order to be displayed.Д¬haracters to be disregarded вЂ“ Clicking on the button with the three dots opens a small dialog box in which you can enter characters that should be cut off from words and ignored during counting. Lemmatize words вЂ“ When this option is activated, words are returned to their respective basic forms, so that words with the same meaning are combined regardless of declination or case. If several words occur with the same frequency, words starting with letters earlier in the alphabet are selected first. You can use the slider to incrementally remove rarer words. Words вЂ“ Specifies how many words are visualized. Words can easily be transferred from the word frequency list to the stop list.Д®dit Stop List вЂ“ Opens the list of all excluded words and lets you import existing stop lists. Word frequencies вЂ“ Opens a list of all words contained in the analyzed texts (without the stop words) and shows their frequencies. You can use the numerous options in the Start and Display tabs to customize the appearance of the word cloud, including the number of words displayed, their font, their shape, and color. To do this, click and drag one or more words onto another word with your mouse.

It is also possible to combine several words to one. This list shows, amongst other things, how often each individual word occurs. Via Start > Word frequencies you can open a list of all the words contained in the analyzed texts. Tip: вЂњMAXQDA PlusвЂќ and вЂњMAXQDA Analytics ProвЂќ users can also edit the stop list via MAXDictio > Stop List and easily exchange entries between different lists. An icon with the same name is also available in the toolbar. You can also select several words in the list (using Ctrl + or cmd + the left mouse button or Shift + the left mouse button for an area in the list) and then right-click and select Add to Stop List to transfer them to the stop list. The table that appears will list all the words in the text in their order of frequency.Дouble-clicking on the green icon in front of a specific word will put it in the stop list, which means it wonвЂ™t be considered for word clouds. The easiest way to do this is to open the Word frequencies function in the Start tab. So that your word cloud does not consist mainly of insignificant words or words bearing very little meaning, you can create a stop list of these words.

Stop list: Excluding words in the word cloud Only the words listed in the вЂњRetrieved SegmentsвЂќ window will be analyzed. To do so, click on the -icon in the toolbar of the вЂњRetrieved SegmentsвЂќ window. Tip: You can create a word cloud of the words most often used in the displayed retrieved segments.

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