Release notes

NVivo Windows Release 1

For more information about new features and enhancements in recent versions of NVivo Windows Release 1, refer to What's New in the NVivo Help.

February 2024 (Release 1.7.2)

  • Improved: Upgraded the OpenSSL libraries to address the known vulnerabilities.

  • Resolved: Assorted bug fixes.

December 2022 (Release 1.7.1)

  • Improved: Upgraded the OpenSSL libraries to address the known vulnerabilities.

September 2022 (Release 1.7)

  • Improved: Hover functionality to display long code names and enhanced the tooltip styling to support readability.

  • Improved: Enhanced the import and export functionality for REFI-QDA (Text, PDF, Picture, Audio, Video) in new and backward compatible formats.

  • Improved: Text query functionality to query words or phrases in annotations.

  • Resolved: Assorted bug fixes.

January 2022 (Release 1.6.1)

  • Improved: Mac to Windows project conversion.

January 2022 (Release 1.6)

  • Improved: Database upgrade with security improvements.

    IMPORTANT

     

    Project files created in release 1.6 are NOT BACKWARDS-COMPATIBLE with any earlier versions of NVivo, including releases 1.0–1.5.

     

    If sharing projects, ensure that all collaborators upgrade to this version.

     

    For more information see Version compatibility in the User Help.

     


  • Resolved: Assorted bug fixes.

November 2021 (Release 1.5.2)

  • Improved: myLumivero login credentials (also known as 'QSR International account') can now be used with all QSR International products, e.g. Citavi.

  • Improved: Two-step verification login option, and option to log in with a social media account. See myLumivero for more information.

July 2021 (Release 1.5.1)

  • Improved: For coding comparison, kappa values are now calculated separately for region and text coding.

June 2021 (Release 1.5)

  • Improved: Activation and project creation error messages.

  • Improved: Project compact and repair now includes project recovery for corrupt files.

  • Added: 'Restore Project' menu item.

  • Improved: Screen reader improvements to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standard.

  • Resolved: Assorted bug fixes.

March 2021 (Release 1.4.1)

  • Added: Import and export of Citavi bibliography files (RIS format).

February 2021 (Release 1.4)

  • Improved: Screen reader improvements to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 standard.

  • Resolved: Slow performance for some crosstab queries.

  • Resolved: Assorted bug fixes.

August 2020 (Release 1.3)

  • Improved: Online and offline activation flows.

  • Resolved: Qualtrics API upgrade to restore Qualtrics survey import.

  • Improved: User interface readability.

  • Added: Project backwards-compatibility warnings added to new project and convert project dialog boxes.

  • Resolved: Fixed bug to allow printing data files with coding stripes to PDF.

  • Resolved: Assorted bug fixes.

May 2020 (Release 1.2)

  • Added: Additional user interface languages. NVivo is now available in Portuguese, French and German.

  • Improved: Localization improvements for Chinese user interface.

April 2020 (Release 1.1)

  • Added: Ability to change the user interface language. NVivo is available in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish.

  • Added: NVivo activation via command line is available.

March 2020 (Release 1.0)

  • Added: A new on boarding tour and in-context feature information to showcase the main features of NVivo for new users.

  • Added: Automated saving of NVivo projects.

  • Added: Additional sample projects to show how NVivo accommodates different research methodologies.

  • Added: Cloud modules for transcription, collaboration and Microsoft Office integration.

  • Improved: A simplified terminology to better reflect the research process.

  • Improved: An enhanced user interface and improved visualizations.

  • Improved: Seamless activation to streamline the activation process.

  • Improved: Improved performance when converting NVivo projects between Mac and Windows.