As an aside Charles, given that you're on a Mac, you could also use
AppleScript (within a FileMaker script) to create/rename/process the file
after export.


On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Charles Hartley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> That's pretty much what I do. On my Mac I have .tab set to open with
> BBEdit, and go from there. Thanks for the input.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Richard S. Russell <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
>


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