# Tab Delimited Files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tab-delimited-files/1475
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 26, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tab-delimited-files/1475 "2004-11-26T19:07:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@psycho2K](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/psycho2K)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tab-delimited-files/1475/1 "2004-11-26T19:07:57Z")
Hopefully a quick question:
How do I apply a tab-delimited tagfile to tags? I'm importing and exporting to a large master spreadsheet (Excel). Exporting works like a champ, using $char(9), but I'm not able to import from the newly created file.
I use a lot of commas within the tags themselves, so I haven't considred a .CSV file.
I've considered other characters for delimiting, but then export and import to the spreadsheet becomes very difficult.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks,
Jeremy
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tab-delimited-files/1475/2 "2004-11-27T13:22:55Z")
Hi Jeremy,
you can easily import from a tab delimited file using the converter Taglist-file - Tag. To add the tab to the formatstring, you have to copy the Tab char from a text file to the edit field (using [Ctrl+C] and [Ctrl+V]).
Bes regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tab-delimited-files/1475/3 "2026-02-09T12:19:16Z")