Editing Tab key (section)

=== Tab-separated values ===
[[Tab-separated values]] (TSV) are used for exporting and importing database or spreadsheet field values. Text divided into fields delimited by tabs can often be pasted into a [[word processor]] and formatted into a table with a single command. For example, in Microsoft Word 2010, Insert &gt; Table &gt; Convert Text to Table... is the necessary command, producing a dialog where the user selects further details.

The TSV convention for exporting data may be compared to the alternative [[comma-separated values]] (CSV) convention (that may be using semicolons instead of commas), and both are easily converted into each other.

[[Gopher (protocol)|Gopher menus]] use tab-separated values to indicate selectors.

TSV has also been cited in a modern approach to solving the programming debate regarding the use of tabs and spaces for code alignment called [[elastic tabstops]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/|title=Elastic tabstops - a better way to indent and align code|first=Nick|last=Gravgaard|website=nickgravgaard.com|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref> This idea uses a scheme called tab-separated columns (TSC) rather than the similar tab-separated values (TSV).