1) A while ago, I was moaning about the lack of low-learning curve software tools for coding #qualitative data to a colleague. It seems like you either have to do hard copy stuff with pen and paper, or invest time (and potentially money) into big software packages.

2) I have found Nvivo etc. a bit too 'much' - both for myself and my students. The learning curve is quite high, and it doesn't really match onto the processes of #reflexiveTA that I use and teach (which make sense, because Nvivo et al. weren't designed for this method).

3) I have tended to use the comment function in Word, and would then cut and paste codes into Excel (or more recently Miro) to do the thematic construction phases of a #reflexiveTA. This is a better 'fit' with the way I was trained and my own analytic tendencies.

4) This was time consuming. My colleague (after commiserating) asked if I had thought of using a Word macro to spit the comments/codes into an Excel document with a couple of button clicks. I hadn't because who even knows what a macro is? And could it be that easy?

5) So, he went away and came up with a prototype and it was GOOD. I used it often and talked enthusiastically about how good it was and the time it was saving me. Unfortunately, given it was a prototype, it was a little fiddly at the software end.

6) We could easily share it, because while people valued what it did, often struggled with things like installation etc. It also had a couple of other features that (while saving time), weren't as efficient as they might be. So, more recently we took it back to the drawing board.

7) From a bunch of the feedback from early use and a little bit of unexpected cashflow, Duncan has made an amazing version 2 of the macro, with support documentation to support all the early setup

8) I can now click Alt T on a coded document, respond to a couple of prompts and turn a bunch of coded interviews (etc) into an excel spreadsheet with codes, data, and participant info all in nice tidy columns that I can then sort and manage in effective ways. It's BETTER.

9) AND it's also readily available with a doi and everything from the Open Science Foundation. If this sounds like your thing, then here's a link:
osf.io/za7b6/