Preserve leading zeroes?

All,
I created an interactive report, where one of the columns (type: string) periodically has data that "looks" numeric. That is, the column will contain six digits, like "123456" or "001233". The column displays fine--until we save the report as a CSV. The CSV file looks like this:
"123456","other columns"...
"001233","more data"...Excel, in its infinite "wisdom", sees the "001233" and decides that it's really a number--1,233. Which is horribly wrong, and rather annoying to me (and my users). If I go through the data import wizard, I can "force" Excel to see the column as text, but asking my users to remember to do that every time is going to be a losing battle. Is there any way around this?
Thanks,
-David

have you looked at this article?
What I would do myself is have it be tab delimited, not use double quotes around fields (or does apex do that?) and
like they suggest, output a space in front of columns with leading zeros. But it all depends on what exactly you have in
those columns e.g. if people managed to get carriage returns in them (boo! :-)
PS I was using excel 2007).
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214233
Avoiding Automatic Number Formatting
If you want to type a value such as 10e5, 1 p, or 1-2, and you do not want the value to be converted to a built-in number format, type the number as a text value. To type a number as a text value, use any of the appropriate methods below.
Method 1
Place a space at the beginning of the entry.
NOTE: This method does not work if the entry resembles a number formatted in scientific notation. For example, typing 1e9 results in a scientific number.
Method 2
   1. Choose Format Cells
   2. Click the Number tab.
   3. Click Text, and then click OK.
This method allows you to type data in the selected cells as text. You must perform these steps before you type the numbers in the cells.
Method 3
Precede the entry with an apostrophe. For example, type the following:
'1 p

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