text file into tab-delimited file?

[Jeff]

I have a text file (*.txt) consisting of words separated by commas.
Example:
Smith (324), Andrews (512), Henry (112), .... etc.

Is there an easy way to convert this into a tab delimited file I can
import into a spreadsheet?

Thank you.

Jeff

 

[Beth Melton]

Did you try opening the file in Excel? It should automatically display an
Import Wizard that accommodates comma separated values -- you shouldn't need
to convert it to a tab delimitated file first.

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[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Not sure why you need to, because most spreadsheets will import both
comma-delimited and tab-delimited text, but yes you can. In Word 2003
or earlier, click on Edit | Replace | More. Click in the "Find what"
box, and type a comma. Click in the "Replace with" box, and click on
Special | Tab Character | Replace All.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think Excel can import comma-separated files, but you can replace the
commas with tabs easily enough. Type a comma and a space in the "Find what"
box of the Find and Replace dialog and ^t in the "Replace with" box. Then
Replace All. You'll have to save as a Word doc, though, to preserve the
formatting. You can then copy/paste the text into Excel, or you can use
Table | Convert | Text to Table to convert it to a table before
copy/pasting.