Importing Data to NVivo
Once you are finished with creating your project, it is time to start gathering the information that you want to organize and eventually analyze. There is a multitude of formats that we can choose from: Word documents, PDF files, online services (such as survey monkey) or even image files. All of the aforementioned files can be imported into an NVIVO project.
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On the Data tab, in the Import group, click Documents or PDFs.

- Choose the files you want to import, and click Import.

- (Optional) Change the name or description of the new document source. And click Done.

- Congratulations! You have imported your documents.

Import an audio file
- First click Data in the navigation view. Then, click Audios.

- Locate the file you want to import. Note: only compatible document file types will be shown. Then, click Import.

- Rename the file when the dialogue box opens and select Done.

- Congratulations! You have imported your audio file.

Import a dataset
- First click Data in the navigation view. Then, click Dataset.

- Locate the file you want to import. Note: only compatible document file types will be shown. Then, click open.

- Rename the file when the dialogue box opens and select Import.

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Congratulations! you have imported your dataset.
