Convert texts with tab stops into tables

[PaRunk]

Hello Affinity team,
it would be possible that the function could be added, that texts written with tabs could be converted into tables.

This function is available in ID and finds this function very helpful if you only receive a text file and can convert the text that you have structured and marked with tabs into a table.

Had received several such texts in the last few days, which I then had to convert into tables, which was very time consuming.
The function described above would have been very helpful.

[loukash]

On 6/4/2020 at 9:51 PM, PaRunk said:

I then had to convert into tables, which was very time consuming

It's a multi-step process but it's relatively quick and simple:

1. create a blank table; even one single cell should suffice
2. copy rich text with tab separators to clipboard; if you're copying from another text editor, it won't work with plain unformatted text because for some reason bug
3. select a whole cell – or any random number of cells – in your blank table, but do not place cursor inside it or your text lands inside the cell as a whole
4. paste

On 6/4/2020 at 9:51 PM, PaRunk said:

The function described above would have been very helpful.

Definitely.