weft qda users - Dec 2006 - [Weft QDA users] Merging two halves of a project using identical category codebook

Alex, thanks for your response.  We''re both using the identical
codebook
- she''s coding half the transcripts on one side of the country, and
I''m
coding the other half on the other side of the country.  We can send 
each other a CD of each half of the project (each half is too big to 
email), but we''d still have to run the reports twice (once for each 
half), though I see what you mean about cutting and pasting.  I was just 
wondering if there was a merge component - like is available from some 
of the commercial software programs.  Weft is wonderful for what it does 
do; I just wanted to be sure I was getting the greatest potential out of 
it.  Merging ability would be a fantastic feature for large projects.

Roberta

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>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:44:20 -0500
>From: Roberta_Goldman <Roberta_Goldman at mhri.org>
>Subject: [Weft QDA users] merging two halves of a project
>To: weft-qda-users at rubyforge.org
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>Dear Alex and users of Weft - I have used other ethnographic software 
>programs previously and was delighted to use Weft in my current project 
>as its simplicity to learn was important for the people working with 
>me.  One feature that would be helpful for my current and other large 
>projects is the ability to merge two halves of a project after two 
>individuals have each completed coding a different half of the 
>transcripts.  That would allow running reports on the entire project 
>rather than separately for each half.  Is this a feature that is 
>possible and I missed that information in the manual?  If not, is there 
>some way around this problem that I could use?
>
>I apologize if this question is redundent - I posted it previously but 
>am new to using list serves and did not see a response in the digest.
>
>Thank you for your help,
>Roberta
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