Tabular Text Editor - Quick Start

The Main Window

The main window is shown below.

Main Window

Getting Started

The Tabular Text Editor does exactly what the name implies, with a little filtering and summarizing thrown in for good measure. The application is relatively simple, so there are no unexpected features, and as a result everything works as logically expected.

Start the application	Double click the desktop icon or double click an associated file in Windows Explorer. All functions can be accessed from the main menu, and most common functions from the toolbar, both of which are in area 1.
Open/import a file	Data can find its way into the Tabular data edits in one of three ways: Opening a file from the "File/Open" menu. Create an empty file from the "File/New" menu. Import data into an existing document from the "File/Import" menu.
Edit columns	Columns can be added and removed, and the names and data types changed from the menu "Edit/Columns". Changing the data type is particularly import for filtering and sorting, for example with dates.
Edit data	The data in cells (shown in area 2) can be edited directly, search/replaced and filled among the other normal editing functions.
Filter	As many filtered views as required can be opened by using the menu "Filter/New Filter", or right clicking a cell and choosing "Filter/Add '<field name>' To" from the pop up menu.
Summarize	A summary of the current view can be opened from the "View/Summary" menu as shown in area 3. The summary columns are automatically chosen from the columns chosen in the summary.
Save/Export	After editing the document can be saved, or exported to Excel, HTML or text. If any of the columns have different setting then the additional information is saved in a separate .columns file.