Strip Tags From Interactive Report Download.

Hi,
Is it possible to strip html tags from a column during a CSV download on a interactive report?
Basically i have a report where one of the columns is as follows
453<font color="red"> | </font>0
but in the download i want to strip out the tags so in the csv the column would show
453 | 0
Any ideas how i can do this using the standard csv download from the drop down menu?
Thanks Andy

Just wondering if any one had any thoughts on how I may be able to do this

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Edited by: Deepak_J on Feb 24, 2010 11:46 AM
Edited by: Deepak_J on Feb 24, 2010 11:48 AM

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