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You can:
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* auto-code exact text. An extra window will ask which files you want to auto-code.
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* auto-code sentences based on a text fragment. An extra window will ask which files you want to auto-code.
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* auto-code the current file using start and end text marks. You can use ‘\n’ for a line ending character. The start mark text is included in the coded section.
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* Undo previous auto-coding
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* A check box to activate Regex. This is a special function to apply a more flexible auto-coding based in wildcards and other functions. See [https://techearl.com/regex-cheat-sheet](https://techearl.com/regex-cheat-sheet)
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Automatic coding is case sensitive. You must also define the end of a sentence, there is a default setting with a period and space. \n can be used also to denote a line ending character.
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For auto-coding exact text matches, multiple sections of text can be assigned by auto code using the pipe ‘|’ symbol. For example, politics|politicians can be assigned to the same code at the same time (for exact auto code text matches only). There is an undo option to undo recently performed auto-coding. Although if the project is closed and reopened, the undo option will be lost.
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The _Auto-code exact text_ button has a right-click menu for more options. The default is to auto-code all text. There are options to autocode only the first matching text or the last matching text in the document. The auto-code exact text asks which files you want auto-coded, so this is a useful option of you want to identify only one instance across many files.
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The _Auto-code exact text_ button and the _Auto-code text fragment_ button have a right-click menu for more options. The default is to auto-code all text. There are options to autocode only the first matching text or the last matching text in the document. Another option is to apply the auto-code only if it appears within another code (for example within a specific coded speakers text). The auto-code exact text and text fragment buttons ask which files you want auto-coded.
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There is an undo button to remove the auo-codings that were last applied.
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## Maximise screen area
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To hide the top control panel, click in the text area and press the 'h' key. To show the top panel, press 'h' again.
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To hide the top control panel, click in the text area and press the 'H' key. To show the top panel, press 'H' again.
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## Convenience methods for loading text files in the files list pane.
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![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b3c32938-c1df-455c-be3e-3753c813535c)
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## Large text files
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Large text files slow QualCoder. When opening a large text file (greater than 50,000 characters), right click on the file. A menu option allows you to get the first approximately 50,000 characters, subsequent clicks will open the next approximately 50,000 and so on. Approximately, because QualCoder looks for a line-ending (such as a paragraph or sentence ending) to more nicely section the start and end of text chunks. If the 50,000 chuck still slow Qualcoder, in Settings you can reduce this further.
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Large text files slow QualCoder. When opening a large text file (greater than 50,000 characters), right click on the file. A menu option allows you to get the first approximately 50,000 characters, subsequent clicks will open the next approximately 50,000 and so on. Approximately, because QualCoder looks for a line-ending (such as a paragraph or sentence ending) to more nicely section the start and end of text chunks. If the 50,000 chunk still slows Qualcoder, in Settings you can reduce this character size further.
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## Modifying code positions
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* Alt + left arrow Shrinks coded text from the right hand side towards the left
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* Alt + right arrow Shrinks coded text from the left hand side towards the right
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It is always best to save a copy of the project before editing the text, to avoid the need to edit coding positions, in case after editing text the coding positions are shifted incorrectly. The below key strokes may help to recover the correct positions. (QC version 3.4 plus)
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It is always best to save a copy of the project before editing the text, to avoid the need to edit coding positions, in case after editing text the coding positions are shifted incorrectly. The below key strokes may help to recover the correct positions.
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* Hash symbol - Shift + 3 Displays clicked character position.
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* Caret symbol ^ Shift + 6 Shift code positions, after the clicked character position. May be needed after the text is edited (added or deleted) to shift subsequent coding segments by a number of characters.

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