APPENDIX

Mapping Networks with NodeXL

A Quick Guide to Using NodeXL

Here is a step-by-step guide to doing your own analysis using free software.

  1. Download NodeXL, which is an open source Excel-based add-on for basic network analysis. From the main website (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/), go to “Downloads” and download the latest version to your desktop and install it. The installation creates a shortcut to an Excel template with the set of macros necessary to set up a data sheet and run analyses.
  2. Open the Excel template by clicking on the shortcut in your Start menu. You get to an empty version of the Excel template (see figure A-1):
  3. From here, you can either import network data, for example from your Outlook e-mails, or enter data manually. ...

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