Different file types

I really dislike about Numbers that if I work with any other file type than *.numbers I can´t directly save in that file.
I am working as evolution biologist and I mostly work with *.csv and *.tsv for different programs.
Numbers should really be able to save in the original file type.
Cause I dislike exporting each file as *.csv, open it in TextEdit and change each separation symbol from ";" to TABs for example.
Or do I miss a button in that program ?
Cheers
Niklas

Hi Gaia,
Cause I dislike exporting each file as *.csv, open it in TextEdit and change each separation symbol from ";" to TABs for example.
If you need tab-delimited data (.tsv), instead of exporting as .csv and then converting you can just select the cells with the data, command-c to copy, and you will then have tab-delimited data on the system clipboard. You can paste then that into TextEdit and save with a .tsv extension or paste directly into other apps that accept tab-separated data.
A simple AppleScript can also save a .tsv file at the touch of a keyboard shortcut. I haven't done that because I find copy-paste easier.
SG

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