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THE DATA LEVEL - BASIC FUNCTIONS
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handles the selection as a graphic segment (see “Creating and Working with
Graphical Quotations.”
Creating A Free Textual Or PDF Quotation
Mark a section in the primary document.
Click the CREATE FREE QUOTATION button (see left) in the HU Editor’s primary
document toolbar. Alternatively you can right click on the selection and choose
CREATE FREE QUOTATION from the context menu. The option is also available from
the main Quotations menu.
Figure 122: Creating free text quotations
If you accidentally select a section for which a quotation already exists, the
context menu will not include the Create Free Quotation command.
A new entry is shown in the quotation drop down list or if opened the
Quotation Manager. The default name consists of the first 30 characters of the
selected text.
Text quotation are highlighted according to the highlight color you have set in
Windows. The highlight color for PDF documents can be set within ATLAS.ti in
the PDF preferences window (TOOLS / PREFERENCES / PDF PREFERENCES).
Creating Quotations Using Drag & Drop
This technique allows you to virtually "throw" pieces of text into the
quotations list. This however only works for textual, not of PDF files (txt, doc,
docx, rtf).
Move the mouse pointer into the selected text. The pointer will change to its
"drag & drop" appearance.
By holding down the left mouse button, drag the selection into the quotation
drop-down list or the Quotation Manager.
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