Importing number as text. How?

[Guest]

Rename the file from .csv to .txt:


This will cause Excel to invoke an import wizard. You can then specify text
fields

 

[lwoods]

I have a csv file with zip codes (5 digit):

"asdf","asdf","53902"

Excel is DETERMINED to convert the zip code column to a number. Of course
the problem is that certain zip codes have only 4 digits and Excel won't
keep the leading zero. There is a Microsoft article that says to put a
leading blank in the field, but this doesn't work.

How do I import these zip codes as text, and not numbers?

TIA,

Larry Woods