Re: [libreoffice-users] How do I open a file with a .tsv extension as a .csv file on a Mac OSX (Lion?) using OpenOffice Calc.

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Richard Quadling <
richard@fantasyshopper.com> wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I'm new to using a Mac and some of the things I can do in Windows I'm
> unable to even work out the question for on a Mac, so please bear with me.
>
> The files are generated from an automated system, several hundred a day and
> have a .tsv extension (can't change it for every file). The files are UTF-8
> encoded text files with TAB separated content.
>
> I need to be able to double click the file and have it open in Libre Office
> Calc. Even if it has to ask me to choose the delimiter to process it with.
>
> I've no idea if this is possible. On Windows, I'd associate .tsv with Excel
> and all would be "just done".
>
> I can't even find Calc for LibreOffice, only the LibreOffice.app in my
> Applications directory - again, this may be me - I'm VERY VERY new to Mac
> and the differences are sometimes confounding.
>
> If I try to open Libre Office first and then open a Spreadsheet file, the
> open file dialogue doesn't allow me to pick the .tsv files. They are all
> greyed out.
>
> Really stuck. Renaming the files first, editing the content as I need, and
> then reversing the rename takes forever on a mac - OK I know this bit is
> me, I'm so used to doing everything from the keyboard and having to
> constantly go to the mouse to do things just beeps me off a bit.
>
> If I get Finder to open .tsv files all the time, they open in the word
> processor part.
>
> Any useful suggestions would be brilliant!
>
> Thank you.
>
> Richard Quadling.
You can force the file to open with any application you wish on a mac.
Check out http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2291

I am unable to tell you the path to the calc executable on a mac.  maybe
someone else could assist you with that portion.


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