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Welcome to our knowledge base! You can search for answers, browse our articles, or follow this content checklist to learn Protobi. Our tutorials are divided into 7 article based sections. We suggest new users start by going through all the topics in "New to Protobi?"

Below is a table of contents you can use to keep track of your self-study progress. In addition to these topics there is a[how to](/_categories/79921) section containing short gif-based answers to common Protobi questions. There is also a[video based learning](/_categories/62372) section with verbal instruction and explanation of particular topics.

Through project exploration you may naturally pick up on the topics listed. You can approach the sections in an order that is most beneficial to you or sequentially (what we recommend.)

Press on the topic to go to the tutorial.

## New User Introductions

##[New to Protobi?](/_categories/60000)

[Learning with Protobi tutorials](/new-to-protobi/introduction-to-our-tutorials)

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intro to Protobi video](/69772-obsolete/intro-to-protobi-video-old)

[Sign into Protobi](/new-to-protobi/sign-in)

[Project flow](/new-to-protobi/protobi-project-management)

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Basic navigation in Protobi](/new-to-protobi/basic-navigation-in-protobi)

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[Initial design work session](/new-to-protobi/initial-design-work-session)

[Shortcuts cheat sheet](/new-to-protobi/shortcuts-cheat-sheet)

[Protobi quick-start PowerPoint tutorial](/new-to-protobi/quick-start-powerpoint-tutorial)

Topics to study for "view"[access level](https://help.protobi.com/adminaccess/project-permissions#%0APermission%20level-1 "What are access levels? ")

##[View](/_categories/86084)

[Press to query](/view-access/click-to-query)

[Baseline](/view-access/baseline)

Sorting responses](/view-access/sorting-responses)

[Blank, skipped and missing values](/view-access/na-blank-missing-values)

[Crosstabs](/view-access/crosstabs)

[Global filters](/view-access/global-filters)

[Scenarios](/view-access/scenarios)

[Exporting data](/view-access/exporting-data)

Topics to study for "edit"[access level](https://help.protobi.com/adminaccess/project-permissions#%0APermission%20level-1)

##[Edit](/_categories/86085)

[Autogroup](/edit-access/autogroup)

[Hide, remove, delete](/edit-access/hide-remove-delete)

[Element properties](/edit-access/element-properties)

[Titles, displayKey, and footnotes](/edit-access/titles-display-key-and-footnotes)

[Move, mirror, clone](/edit-access/copy)

['x' Bin numeric values](/edit-access/bin-numeric-values)

[Summary statistics](/edit-access/summary-statistics)

[Extract common text](/edit-access/extract-common-text)

[Colors](/edit-access/colors)

[JSON editor](/intermediate-editor/edit-json)

[JSON syntax for elements](/_questions/479431)

[Chart type dialog](/charts/charttypes)

[Format dialog](/edit-access/formatting)

[Compact to…](/edit-access/compact-to)

[Code text verbatims](/edit-access/simple-open-end-recoding)

[Element specific filters](/edit-access/element-filters)

[Translate languages](/edit-access/translate-languages)

[Ways to display rankings](/edit-access/ways-to-display-rankings)

Use alternative values to calculate summary statistics](/edit-access/alternative-values)

Topics to study for "admin"[access level](https://help.protobi.com/adminaccess/project-permissions#%0APermission%20level-1)

##[Admin](/_categories/86086)

[Create a new project](/new-to-protobi/create-a-new-project)

[Project properties](/admin-access/project-properties)

[Project settings](/admin-access/project-settings)

[Project overview](/admin-access/logo-and-splash-images)

[Custom PowerPoint template](/admin-access/pptx-template)

[Protobi wiki pages](/admin-access/project-pages)

[Project permissions](/admin-access/project-permissions)

[Project data](/admin-access/project-data)

[Update project data](/admin-access/update-project-data)

[Modify survey data](/admin-access/modify-survey-data)

[Combine multiple data sets into one project](/110842-under-construction-internal/combine-data)

[Project history](/admin-access/history)

[Project To-do](/admin-access/project-to-do)

[Reformat tool](/text-open-end-questions/advanced-open-end-recoding)

[Okta authentication](/admin-access/okta-authentication)

Editing topics more advanced than those in "Edit" section

##[Advanced editor](/advanced-editor)

[Transform](/intermediate-editor/transform)

[Condense text verbatims](/text-open-end-questions/condense-text-open-ends)

[Transform to compact](/intermediate-editor/transform-to-compact-squash)

[Replacing missing values with zeros](/intermediate-editor/zero-filling)

[Splitting text responses](/intermediate-editor/splitting-text-responses)

[Numeric variables with long-tail distributions](/intermediate-editor/numeric-variables-with-long-tail-distributions)

[Extreme values: Winsorize, trim or retain](/intermediate-editor/extreme-values-winsorize-trim-or-retain)

[Date/ time values](/intermediate-editor/datetime-values)

Date/ time calculations](/intermediate-editor/date-time-calc)

[Calculating ratios](/edit-access/ratios)

[Weights](/intermediate-editor/weights)

In depth articles focused and specific chart types[](/_categories/60098)

##[Charts](/_categories/60098)

[Word clouds](/text-open-end-questions/create-word-clouds-in-protobi)

[PairedTable](/charts/paired-table)

[Venn diagrams](/charts/venn-diagram)

[Cumulative line charts](/charts/cumulative-line-charts)

[TopBoxTornado for multiple ratings](/charts/multiple-response-sets-topboxtornado)

[Sankey flow diagrams](/charts/sankey-flow-diagrams)

[US State maps](/charts/us-state-maps)

[Google Maps chart](/_questions/399922)

[Kaplan-Meier curves](/intermediate-editor/kaplan-meier-survival-curves)

[Van Westendorp's Price Sensitivity Meter](/charts/van-westendorp-price-sensitivity-meter)

Topics to study for advanced users

##[Superuser](/_categories/86087)

[Protobi REST API](/advanced-users/protobi-rest-api)

[Protobi R library](/advanced-users/protobi-r-library)

[Customize Protobi style](/advanced-users/customize-protobi-style)

[Create new chart types](/69772-obsolete/create-new-chart-types)

[Process data in Protobi](/110842-under-construction-internal/oldarticle)

[Stacking survey data loops in Protobi](/advanced-users/stacking-survey-data-loops-in-protobi)

Putting numbers up front for 7 Point Scale questions](/advanced-users/putting-numbers-up-front-for-7-point-scale-questions)

Import layout data from Confirmit](/advanced-users/import-layout-data-from-confirmit)

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](/advanced-users/import-layout-data-from-confirmit)   [Protobi Web API](/advanced-users/protobi-web-api)

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