Importing a .xls tab delimited file into number

Hi there... I downloaded a .xls document from the internet and attempted to open it in Numbers. The following import problem presented itself:
Import Warning - This is a tab delimited document, not a valid Excel document. The data might look different.
Indeed the data does look different- all of the formatting is visible, and the document is essentially unusable. Is there a way to convert this sort of document into something that can be used in Numbers?
Thanks

I opened the document in Text Edit, but was unable to convert tab to commas... here is a clip from the original document when it is opened in both TextEdit and Numbers
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This is why I urged you to replace the .xls extension which is not the correct one for a Tab Separated Values document.
I described also the behavior of CSV files because some users don't make the difference betwee TSV and CSV.
The described behavior was not matching Double clicking the file icon and opening with Numbers09, gives me all the info entire file in one cell with all the delimiting symbols. Changing file extension to .csv produces same results. Dragging and dropping the file on a blank Numbers page and opening an existing file through Numbers09 gives identical results.
Your explanation of CSV delimiting was very enlightening, but I need some direction on how to tell Numbers what the delimiting character should be.
If you document isn't a tsv or a csv one you are the only one able to know what it is.
I repeat : send the document to my mailbox.
At this time everybody is wasting time more or less precious.
"Everybody" means :
you, the Original Poster
Barry which must work to earn its life so I guess that time available to help is limited
me because I'm old and in such a case, every minute is a precious one.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mardi 25 janvier 2011 21:51:31

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