Create a new project (NVivo 15 Windows)

You can create a new project (saved as an .nvp file) on your computer or a network drive. If you are an NVivo Collaboration Server user with appropriate permissions you can create a new NVivo Collaboration Server project.

Create a new project

1. Click New Project on the Welcome screen or if a project is open, File , then New.

   NOTE  In NVivo 15.4 and later versions, only one project file can be open at a time by design. You may encounter an error if you attempt to open a second project simultaneously.

2. Enter a project name in the Project title field (names cannot include the following characters: \ : / * ? " < > | ).
   The project's default file name and path is displayed in the File name field—click Browse to change the file name or save the project in a different location (see note below).
   

3. Optionally enter a project description.

4. Select Keep a log of user actions if you want to keep a log of every action carried out in the project (accessed from File/Info).

5. Select a text content language.
   This is the language that the data files in the project (or most of them) will be in. It selects the correct dictionaries and other resources for textual analysis (e.g.text search) on your data.

6. Click Create Project to create and open the project.

NOTE  If you save project files on a network drive, copies are made on your local computer when you open NVivo, and all your changes are saved locally until you close the application. The network copy is then updated.

TIP  You can save a copy of a project using File > Copy Project option, for more information, see Save a copy of your project.

Create a new NVivo Collaboration Server project

To create an NVivo Collaboration Server project you need appropriate user permissions and a NVivo Collaboration Server connection. See Collaboration Server 15