SSRS export tab delimited with line breaks - csv

I've created a table in SSRS 2008 with multiple rows. Meaning, 1 row of information from the database displays as multiple rows in the the table. Until I export, then it gets flattened into a single row. I'm exporting to a custom CSV that uses tab delimitation.
Is there any way I can force the export to do a line break at the end of my SSRS table rows, as opposed to the database rows? I want the end of my SSRS table rows to produce an <CR><LF> when exported like each field produces a <Tab>.
It's hard to explain. Please let me know if I can clarify anything. Thanks.

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I am working on some SSRS reports which already were built using Crystal reports.
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Is there a way to write data to an excel spreadsheet after skipping x number of rows...excel is my destination and a sql query would be my source?
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read all columns in as text
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Refer the attached image.
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I am creating a report in SSRS. I have a table showing the date and time the report was generated, it's a single column table with one expression =Now() and is not linked to any datasets.
The trouble I am having is that it returns 77 rows all with the exact same date. My main dataset returns 77 rows in a different table but that table is not linked to this one in any way.
How can I stop it from returning so many rows? The reason I'm using a table and not a text box is because I want it to have the same look and feel as other data presented in my report i.e. Header Row and Data Presented underneath. There are a few tables that use the same approach and all of them are returning duplicate rows. As you can see from the image below, I just need the first row from each table.
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