How you format data determines how you read it. For example, a common way to format data to be easily read is by creating Tab-separated values in text files.

The file format is plain text, which means you can use a free plain text editor such as Windows Notepad to open, edit, and then save the file in the same CFG format.

And Notepad defaults to margin settings that don’t accommodate a typical 80-column text file. If you want a quick hard copy of your plain text files, the formatting change may distract from ...