XML output to Excel

From an XML newbie.
Hi all
If I generate a report in XML output from Reports10g, which contains data like 01, 02, 03, etc, and then import this into Excel 2003, how do I ensure that the format of the data is preserved, and not imported as 1,2,3, etc?
This would be the preferred method of importing into Excel, as it eliminates the need for users to have to manually import a text file.
Many thanks in advance.

Hi,
<?xdoxslt:abs(ELEMENT_NAME)?>
use above one i think this may work

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