On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Richard Quadling < [email protected]> 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. -- -- Masekela Walls Web Security Analyst | Senior Server Administrator Powserve.com / Gemini ISP Networks -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
