| During the installation AQUAD automatically creates the following directories on your computer. For simplification we assume here that you use "C:\AQUAD8_e_*" as suggested by the installation routine for the root directory of all files related to AQUAD (* represents 'text' for text files, 'audio' for sound files, 'video' for videos and 'grafic' for graphic files).: | |
| C:\AQUAD8_e_* | Base or root directory; here the supplied sample data are installed automatically. The data files (*.txt, etc.) of your project must also be stored in this directory. |
| C:\AQUAD8_e_*\cod | Coding files (*.aco) created during the interpretation work (*.aco); additionally, you find here the parameters of the projects and the directories of codes, keywords, etc., which are stored for further analysis. |
| C:\AQUAD8_e_*\cod_s | This directory is used to back up your codes, especially so that previous codes can be restored in case you merge different codes with similar meanings and replace them by new metacode(s). |
| C:\AQUAD8_e_*\lit | The nanual. Here you can also store publications, links, etc., which are important for your work on the current project. |
| C:\AQUAD8_e_*\mco | Metacode files (summaries of codes of identical or similar meaning). |
| C:\AQUAD8_e_*\prg | The program itself, the help file and parameters of the current project. |
| C:\AQUAD8_e_*\res | Above all the results of your analyses, word or code lists, frequency counts as lists (*.txt) and/or tables (*.csv files). |