Is there an obvious way, when saving as .csv retaining the
double-quotes around *all* of the data elements? Thanks.

Try Earl Kiosterud's Text Write program:
www.smokeylake.com/excel
(or directly: http://www.smokeylake.com/excel/text_write_program.htm)

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If you want to try to write your own macro, here's a couple of nice spots to get
started:

Chip Pearson's:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/imptext.htm

J.E. McGimpsey's:
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/textfiles.html

Zamdrist wrote:

Is there an obvious way, when saving as .csv retaining the
double-quotes around *all* of the data elements? Thanks.

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Dave Peterson