Save your progress as files you keep

Save your project to your own computer as files you can load next time, because Themescape keeps no copy of it.

Used in phases 3, 4, 5 and 6, generating themes and reviewing themes and defining themes and writing up

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Boundaries andOverworkBlurredhoursNo offswitchEmail atnightWeekendworkLog outExit with my progressSave and exitExit without savingdata.csvframework.csvconnections.csvsettings.csvProject folder
Nothing kept in the browser

Your project lives in your files, so save them before you close the tab.

Your project lives in your files

Themescape keeps no copy of your project, on its servers or in your browser. When you have refined definitions, starred quotes, marked connections or arranged the map, you save that work as files on your own computer. Loading the same files next time carries on where you left off.

A save downloads the same four files the template uses, Data, Framework, Connections and Settings, plus a layout file when you have arranged or built anything. Each file is named after your project, with "themescape session end" and the date and time added, so the latest save is easy to find.

At a glance

Saved by
Your progress, Export, or Exit with my progress in the Log out box
Files
four CSV files, plus a layout file when anything has been arranged or built
Named
your project name, then "themescape session end" and the date and time
Kept in the browser
nothing

Saving and coming back

Make saving the last thing you do in a session.

ExportBoundaries andOverworkBlurredhoursNo offswitchEmail atnightWeekendworkExportYour progressDefinitions (CSV)Definitions table (Word)Connections (CSV)data.csvframework.csvconnections.csvsettings.csv
Project folderinterview-01.docxinterview-02.docxdata.csvframework.csvconnections.csvsettings.csvlayout.json
Start a projectDataRequireddata.csvFrameworkOptionalframework.csvConnectionsOptionalconnections.csvSettingsOptionalsettings.csvLayoutOptionallayout.csvdata.csvframework.csvconnections.csvsettings.csvlayout.json
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Saved by you, on your computer

The files are made in your browser and saved to your computer. Nothing is sent anywhere.

  • Read locally

    Transcripts and quotes are read locally and never leave the machine.

  • Nothing to submit

    No file submission or permanent storage is required.

  • Quotes untouched

    Verbatim quotes are never altered, with a separate refined column for presentation wording.

  • Sheets is opt in

    The Google Sheets mode is opt in, for non-sensitive data only.

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Your file. Your browser. Your screen. Nothing travels to Themescape.

What each file carries

The Data file comes back with your own columns, rows and notes, with the preferred column set to your current stars. Framework carries the definitions, the order and any theme colours. Connections carries each link with its note, type and arrow. Settings carries your title, name, subtitle and version.

The layout file

When you have placed bubbles with Custom placement, reordered the hierarchy or file tree, or built a figure in Build mode, a small layout file is saved too. It holds names and positions only, never quotes. Since 13 October 2026 it is the only way to keep an arrangement between sessions.

If you close the tab without saving

Changes since your last save are gone, because nothing is kept in the browser. Save at natural breaks, as you would with any document.

Related features

The features you will use alongside progress files, closest first.

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Export back to the spreadsheetTake the definitions, stars and connections you refined in Themescape back into your coding workbook, in the same format.See the featureWork modeEvery tool in view for the slow part of analysis: rewriting definitions, choosing quotes and marking how themes relate.See the featureBuild modeBetaConstruct your final figure on a free canvas, starting from a node network, hierarchy or file tree, then export it for a thesis, article or poster. In beta.See the featureNode networkEvery theme, code and quote drawn as a connected map, so the shape of your analysis is visible at a glance.See the feature

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