On 2014 Jul 6, at 21:53, Charles Hartley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> When I try that (changing .tab to .txt in the name of the file to be exported) I get the popup message "You cannot save this document with extension '.txt" at the end of the name. The required extension is '.tab'."


Hmmm. OK, export it with the “.tab” extension and change it to “.txt” with your file manager (Windows, is it?). Then try opening it in your preferred word processor.