There are a few things to keep in mind when saving and exporting files with XTabulator.
The format of a file can be changed via the "Save As..." dialog. XTabulator will only change a document to one of the two standard tabular formats (CSV or TAB). To change the format, select "Save As..." from the "File" menu. Select the desired format in the "File Format" popup at the bottom of the dialog, then save. That's all you need to do. The field separator (delimiter) will be changed to the appropriate character and the file will have the appropriate extension.
If CSV or TAB (or even pipe- or space-delimited) files aren't what you're looking for, XTabulator offers a few more choices. Called "Export" this feature is really more of a "Convert" feature. You can export tabular files to any of the following three formats:
To export, select "Export..." from the "File" menu, choose a format, then click the "Export" button. When prompted, choose a file name. The file will be exported to the location you specified.
When saving or exporting, XTabulator handles quoted fields automatically. If one or more fields in a column contain the field separator (delimiter), all fields of that column are quoted. If no fields in a column contain the separator, the fields of that column are not quoted.
This behavior is chosen to ensure fields are properly quoted while striking a balance between maintaining maximum compatibility with most third-party applications and injecting the minimum number of characters needed to ensure that compatibility.
When saving, if any columns contain header titles, then a header row is written (as the first line of the file), preserving the headers in the file.
When exporting, the use of headers varies, depending on the type of export: