>File -> Export Addresses -> Format Tab Delimited, No Groups > >Then, open the file in a word processor such as MS Word. Then Replace all >Tabs with Commas. Save the file (with a new name, if you want) as Plain >Text. This should give you what you want.
Although this may work for Emailer, I would not count on it for normal Tab to Comma conversion. If any of the fields in a record contain the delimiting character, the field should be encased in quotes. Doing a global find/replace will not take that into account, and you could end up screwing up some of the field data. In the case of Emailer, you will almost certainly not encounter any field data that contains a tab. However, you could encounter field data that contains a comma (if you used on in a person's name, such as "John Smith, Jr."). If that is the case, if you do not also enclose that field data in quotes, then the comma will appear as a field break when imported later. If there are no instances of commas in any names or email addresses (I believe CompuServe uses commas in their addresses, and commas are not an illegal character so any system is free to use them), then doing the change in Word or any other text editor should work. A better safer route is to let a program that knows how to deal with Tab and Comma delimited data do the conversion. Excel or AppleWorks should be able to handle it. As should FileMaker or probably just about any other general purpose database or spreadsheet program. MacLink probably also has a Tab to Comma filter. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
