Leading zeros in excel

Hi,
I am trying to load a flat file in .csv format but whenever I open the file I am losing the leading zeros. It is very cumbersome for me to do those changes in notepad.
Does one know how to keep the leading zeros even when I open in excel and edit and save? I changed the format of that column to text but if I close the file and next time I open the file, it is again back...
ANy suggestions please?

Hi,
In excel, make the columns as text and save it. Then save as .csv format. But dont open the csv file becoz if you open, it will get its orginality back. So if you want to see whether it is in text format or not just open the csv file in notepad format. Now you can see leading zeros in the notepad. Without opening the csv file only, load the file.
Regards,
Bindu

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