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What's new in NVivo 13 Windows?

NVivo (Release 13/R1) Windows adds Collaboration Cloud, NVivo Integration, coding enhancements, UI updates, multi-language support, improved activation, and bug fixes.

Feb 12, 2026
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What's new in NVivo 13 Windows?

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About NVivo 13 Windows

What's new in NVivo 13 Windows?

NVivo is under continual improvement, adding new features and improving the user experience.

If you want to make a feature request or report a bug, go here.

February 2024 (Release 1.7.2)

Feature	Description
OpenSSL Libraries	Updated the OpenSSL libraries to address the known vulnerabilities.
General	Assorted bug fixes.

December 2022 (Release 1.7.1)

Feature	Description
OpenSSL Libraries	Updated the OpenSSL libraries to address the known vulnerabilities.

September 2022 (Release 1.7)

Feature	Description
User interface	Improved the hover functionality to display long code names and enhanced the tooltip styling to support readability.
Import/Export REFI-QDA feature	Enhanced the import/export functionality for REFI-QDA (Text, PDF, Picture, Audio, Video) in new and backward compatible formats.
Text search	Improved the text query functionality to query words or phrases in annotations.
General	Assorted bug fixes.

January 2022 (Release 1.6.1)

Feature	Description
Project conversion	Improved Mac to Windows project conversion.

January 2022 (Release 1.6)

Feature

Description

Database upgrade with security improvements

Updated the database version installed with NVivo.

IMPORTANT Projects created in release 1.6 (and following) cannot be opened in any earlier versions Version compatibility.

General

Assorted bug fixes.

November 2021 (Release 1.5.2)

Feature

Description

Login credentials

myLumivero login credentials (Lumivero account) can now be used with all Lumivero products, e.g. Citavi.

Also, you can connect a social media account to log in with Log in with Social Media Account and enable two-step verification Two-Step Verification.

July 2021 (Release 1.5.1)

Feature	Description
Coding comparison query	The calculation of agreement between coders for the kappa coefficient and percentage agreement is now done separately for text coding and region coding (e.g. there may be both sorts of coding in a PDF, while documents use only text coding and pictures and media files use only region coding) Coding comparison query.

June 2021 (Release 1.5)

Feature	Description
Project recovery	If a project file is found to be corrupt while running 'compact and repair', the option to recover the project from a backup is now offered Compact projects. Project recovery can now be initiated from the File menu Project recovery files
Activation and project creation	Improved error messaging to provide more information to users. Activating NVivo Create a new project
General	Assorted bug fixes.

March 2021 (Release 1.4.1)

Feature	Description
Bibliography management	Added import and export of Citavi bibliography files (RIS format). Import/export bibliographies

February 2021 (Release 1.4)

Feature	Description
Accessibility	Screen reader improvements to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 standard.
Crosstab query	Slow performance for some crosstab queries is now corrected. See Crosstab query.
General	Assorted bug fixes.

September 2020

Feature	Description
Collaboration Cloud	Accessibility improvements to the Collaboration Cloud user interface.
NVivo - Integration	Accessibility improvements to the NVivo - Integration user interface in Word, Excel and Outlook.

August 2020 (Release 1.3)

Feature	Description
Activation	Improved workflows for automated online activation (most users) and license key activation (some enterprise users). Activating NVivo
User interface	A range of font and color changes to improve readability.
Version compatibility	Added warnings to new-project and convert-project dialog boxes to make users aware that projects created or opened in newer major NVivo versions cannot then be opened in earlier major versions. Version compatibility
Qualtrics	Updated software to restore Qualtrics survey import. Qualtrics
Printing	Fixed a bug to allow PDF printing of data files with coding stripes.
Various	Assorted minor bug fixes.

May 2020 (Release 1.2)

Feature	Description
French, Portuguese and German	The NVivo interface can be set to French, Portuguese and German. See Application options, General tab

April 2020 (Release 1.1)

Feature	Description
Spanish, Chinese and Japanese	The NVivo interface can be set to Spanish, Chinese (simplified) and Japanese. See Application options, General tab
Installation and activation options for enterprise customers	Enterprise customers have a range of options for deploying NVivo across their organizations. See NVivo for Organizations
Collaboration Cloud storage indicator.	Added an indicator bar to show the amount of cloud storage space available and being used.
Collaboration Cloud Workspace manager	Collaboration Cloud Administrators can now assign themselves as Workspace managers, improving team management.
Collaboration Cloud project status	Workspace owners can mark projects active or complete, and filter on this setting.
Collaboration Cloud blank-view instructions.	When lists in the Collaboration Cloud interface are empty, instructions relevant to the current user's role are displayed instead.

March 2020 (Release 1.0)

NVivo (Release 1.0) is a major version release for Windows and Mac. It follows the last major version, NVivo 12 (Windows and Mac).

Feature	Description
Collaboration Cloud	Users with this add-on module are able to collaborate on projects via the cloud. See Collaboration Cloud with NVivo 13
NVivo - Integration	This add-on module allows you to send files directly to NVivo from Word, Excel and Outlook. See NVivo - Integration
Integration with myLumivero	With NVivo (Release 1.0) you log into myLumivero when you run the program, giving easy access to your account and cloud-based modules. For first-time users, myLumivero login also provides seamless activation. See myLumivero for more.
Terminology changes	NVivo (Release 1.0) includes a number of terminology changes, see Terminology changes.
User interface styling changes and improved visualizations	The new NVivo has a cleaner, simpler interface, with a modern look. It includes a new Modules tab, for cloud-based add-ons, a toolbar in the Detail View for convenient access to coding commands, an improved code selection dialog box for right-click coding, and a new code panel (see below). Visualizations use a new, up-to-date color palette.
Coding stripes and coded text highlighting	The color of coded text highlighting now matches the color of the associated coding stripe. Coding stripe labels can be switched between vertical and horizontal.
New code panel	A new code panel opens inside the Detail View, allowing convenient drag-and-drop coding within the window. See Drag and drop to the code panel
List View help	When folders on the Navigation View are opened into the List View but there are no items to display, short descriptions of the functionality associated with the folders are displayed.
New project tour	When a new project is created a short slide tour introduces the main features of NVivo, for new users.
New project properties dialog box	When a new project is created, users are prompted to enter project information and saving and recovery options. See Create a new project
Autosave	Added optional autosaving for projects. See Create a new project
Additional sample projects	In addition to the two sample projects provided in previous versions, there is access to three more sample projects show-casing how NVivo accommodates different research methodologies.
Editions replaced by 'coding enhancements'	Previous 'editions' of NVivo Windows—Pro and Plus—are no longer available. Single-license users automatically get all the functionality of the previous Plus version, while enterprise-license holders can purchase the functionality as an option. See Coding enhancements
Mac/Windows project conversion	Improved performance converting NVivo projects between Mac and Windows. See Windows & Mac

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