File this under "you learn something new every day" - my coworker (Linda Knott - The Magnificent!) reminded me that the Save button during the file name prompt has a down-arrow. Clicking the down-arrow allows you to select "Save with encoding..." which allows you to choose Unicode (the default), ANSI (which is ASCII), or Chineese characters.

Huzza! Select the correct encoding for the type of file you want to output and voila! It's a done deal.

/john