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.

HI :)
Errr, i'm not sure if this link might help for this but it might help in the future.  

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile

The User Profile is where all the settings and configurations are kept and it's slightly different 
across the major platforms.  

Dohhh, i just found a link showing the Mac dock is at the bottom too 

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#anatomy
Grrrr.  At least there is something at the top too so Gnome users (like me) wont be too alienated.  
I got that link from this page
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/

Regards from
Tom :)  






> ________________________________
> From: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
> To: Mas <tier3support@gmail.com>; "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
> Sent: Friday, 14 September 2012, 13:06
> Subject: 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.
>
>
> Hi :)
> It's worth getting a book about Macs.  A quick google search gave me a few good looking links to 
> online guidance.  
>
> The official LibreOffice guides have a useful page early on that gives the Mac equivalents of the 
> right-click and stuff
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
> Also i think it helps to download the "Getting Started with LibreOffice" guide so that you can dip 
> into it for odd bits&bobs.  It sounds like you might appreciate the Calc guide too!  
>
> There should be a menu or a set of icons somewhere that opens individual elements of LibreOffice, 
> perhaps down the side or at the top of the screen?  On Windows the equivalent is almost always on 
> the bottom of the screen and a bit more basic but in other OSes they tend to be a tad more 
> sophisticated. 
 I've not used a Mac in years but i do use Ubuntu which seems to be trying to look more like a Mac 
these days, and Ubuntu has a weird dock thing down the left hand side.  
> Has anyone seen Alex lately?
> Regards from
> Tom :)  
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: Mas <tier3support@gmail.com>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> > Sent: Friday, 14 September 2012, 11:31
> > Subject: 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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