[R] Help with tabs, and importing data

[Alan Smith]

Hello,
I am new at using R and I am trying to import data from microarray experiments and analyze the data using the MAANOVA package and also bioconductor. I have searched this lists email archive and could not find the solution to my problem so hopefully members of this group can help me.
OS=windowsXP
R 1.6.2
My Problem:
It seems that MS excel is adding little boxes at the end of each cell when I save the file as tab delimited. Is there any way to let R know by sep command that these little boxes really mean a tab is present? I have had success using comma delimited format, but it seems that one of the programs I am using is designed to recognize tabs.
Another question: Is there a way to stop MS excel (XP version) from placing these hidden boxes after each of the cells in a row and really place a tab?
Could you please reply back to my email address because I am not a member of this list.

Thank You,

Alan Smith
Graduate Student
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics
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