In the Text Formats preferences page you configure the text formats of LDIF, CSV and Excel files.

LDIF

In the LDIF tab you can configure the LDIF format.

Option	Description	Default
Line Separator	Select the line spearator to use for LDIF files. Possible values are Windows, Mac OS or Unix	The platform specific line separator
Line length	The line length in LDIF files.	76
Space after colon	If checked a space in inserted between the colon and the value.	on

CSV Copy

In the CSV Copy tab you can configure the format used when copying CSV to clipboard (Copy Entry as CSV, Copy Table).

Option	Description	Default
Attribute Delimiter	The character used to separate attributes. Select default or one from the drop-down box or enter a custom character.	Tabulator (ASCII 9)
Value Delimiter	The character used to separate values of multi-valued attributes. Select default or one from the drop-down box or enter a custom character.	Pipe (|)
Quote Character	Each attribute is enclosed by this quote character. Select default or one from the drop-down box or enter a custom character.	Double Quote (")
Line Separator	Select the line spearator to use. Possible values are Windows, Mac OS or Unix	The platform specific line separator
Binary Encoding	When copying binary values they must be encoded. Choose Ignore: if binary values should not be copied. BASE-64: to copy the binary values BASE-64 encoded. HEX: to copy the HEX representation of each byte.	Ignore

CSV Export

In the CSV Export tab you can configure the format used when exporting to CSV.

Option	Description	Default
Attribute Delimiter	The character used to separate attributes. Select default or one from the drop-down box or enter a custom character.	Comma (,)
Value Delimiter	The character used to separate values of multi-valued attributes. Select default or one from the drop-down box or enter a custom character.	Pipe (|)
Quote Character	Each attribute is enclosed by this quote character. Select default or one from the drop-down box or enter a custom character.	Double Quote (")
Line Separator	Select the line spearator to use. Possible values are Windows, Mac OS or Unix	The platform specific line separator
Binary Encoding	When exporting binary values they must be encoded. Choose Ignore: if binary values should not be exported. BASE-64: to export the binary values BASE-64 encoded. HEX: to export the HEX representation of each byte.	Ignore
File Encoding	The file encoding used to when exporting to CSV. Select default or one from the drop-down box.	The platform specific file encoding

Excel Export

In the Excel Export tab you can configure the format used when exporting to Excel.

Option	Description	Default
Value Delimiter	The character used to separate values of multi-valued attributes. Select default or one from the drop-down box or enter a custom character.	Pipe (|)
Binary Encoding	When exporting binary values they must be encoded. Choose Ignore: if binary values should not be exported. BASE-64: to export the binary values BASE-64 encoded. HEX: to export the HEX representation of each byte.	Ignore