Create a new project file

Steps

New Project

To create a new NVivo project file:

  1. Open NVivo and click the ‘New Project’ tile on the welcome page. (If you already have an NVivo project open, click ‘File’ on top-left of the ribbon and select ‘New’.

  1. Give your project a suitable title.
  2. The file name will be automatically generated.
  3. You can enter a description of the project at this stage as well. While not required, it’s good practice to include something here.
  4. You can choose a language here - English (US) is the default.
  5. Click Next.

Save and Recovery Settings

Then, choose your preferred save and recovery settings:

NB: The default setting is to have autosave disabled with save prompts every 15 minutes. If you turn on autosave, undo functions are disabled.

Not-you🤢 It’s not you, it’s NVivo

It’s VERY IMPORTANT to save regularly as NVivo has a notorious habit of crashing. Whilst the autosave reminders can be annoying they are a minor annoyance compared to spending a day working on your analysis without saving for NVivo to unexpectedly crash!

Optional tour

You will be prompted to take a quick tour, which will outline:

  • Importing data
  • Cases
  • Notes
  • Queries
  • Visualizations
  • Centralizing workflow

Skip for now – but may be worth coming back to in the future.