When you open an early-version project in NVivo, a new project is created with a .nvp extension—the original project is not overwritten.
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When you open an early-version project in NVivo, a new project is created with a .nvp extension—the original project is not overwritten. |
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To open and convert an early project:
On the File menu, click Open Project.
The Open Project dialog box is displayed.
From the Files of type drop-down list (at the bottom of the dialog box), select the type of legacy project you want to open. You can open the following projects in NVivo 8:
NVivo & NUD*IST Projects (.nvp, .qda, .stp)
NVivo 7 & 8 (.nvp)
NVivo 1 or2 (.qda)
N4, N5 or N6 including N6 Student (.stp)
Locate the folder that contains the project you want to open.
Click the required project file.
Click the Open button.
The Convert Project dialog box is displayed.
Click the Browse button to choose the destination and name for the converted project.
Using the Save in drop-down list, click the destination folder for the newly created project.
In the File name field, enter a name for the converted project.
Click Save.
Set any required Import Options 
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Code sources at cases |
Click this option to create a case for each document in the project. The case name is based on the document name. Each document is coded at the case created for it. If the documents in your existing project are already coded at cases, then do not select this option. For NVivo1 and2 projects, existing document attributes are converted to case attributes. |
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Import paragraph styles |
Click this option if you want to import the text styles used in the existing project. Clear the check box, if you want to use default NVivo 8 paragraph styles. |
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Project requires a username, or username and password |
If the project you are converting is password protected, click the check box and enter the required user name and password. |
If required, enter the relevant user name and/or password for the converted project.
Click the Convert button.
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For NVivo 2 users: Any files in your NVivo 2 'External DataBites' folder will be imported into your NVivo 8 project as 'externals'. However, paths to the files will still refer to their original location i.e.: \\All Users\\External DataBites\\' or elsewhere in your NVivo 2 project folder structure. Before you delete the NVivo 2 project, you should copy these files to a different folder and update the file path or location within the NVivo 8 externals. Refer to Creating Externals for more information. |
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For NVivo 1 and 2 projects the following items are not included in your newNVivo 8 project:
Models
Team member login information such as user names and passwords
Team member named "Administrator"
Node-to-node links
Extract nodes
Any background colors or text highlighting
For NVivo 7, teams and team member information are not included in your new project.
For N4, N5 and N6 projects the following items are not included in your new project:
Matrix nodes
Clipboard node
Reports folder
Commands folder
Rawfiles folder
