Export as TAB Delimited File

Follow these steps to convert a TMX file to TAB delimited format that can be reviewed using Microsoft Excel or similar applications.

About this task

Tab-delimited files are plain text files used for storing data in a tabular structure, e.g., database table or spreadsheet data, and a way of exchanging information between databases. Each record in the table is one line of the text file and entries are separateed by a TAB character.

Procedure

  1. Open the TMX file that you want to export.
  2. In main menu, select File → Export as TAB Delimited File....
  3. Use the dialog that appears to locate and select the file where to save the TAB delimited version.

Results

A progress indicator is displayed while the file is exported as TAB delimited using Microsoft Excel standard settings (UTF-16LE character set, TAB as column separator and no text delimiters).