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# UTTypeUTF8TabSeparatedText

A type that represents UTF-8–encoded text containing tab-separated values.

```
extern UTType * const UTTypeUTF8TabSeparatedText;
```

## Discussion

The identifier for this type is `public.utf8-tab-separated-values-text`.

This type conforms to [`UTTypeDelimitedText`](/documentation/UniformTypeIdentifiers/UTTypeDelimitedText) and [`UTTypeUTF8PlainText`](/documentation/UniformTypeIdentifiers/UTTypeUTF8PlainText).

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