NAME¶

Excel::Template::Container::Format - Excel::Template::Container::Format

PURPOSE¶

To format all children according to the parameters

NODE NAME¶

FORMAT

INHERITANCE¶

Excel::Template::Container

ATTRIBUTES¶

Boolean attributes should be set to 1, 0, true, or false. Color values can be the color name or the color index. See "COLOURS IN EXCEL" in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

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align

Set to either left, center, right, fill, or justify. Default is left. See also valign.

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bg_color

Set to a color value. Default is none.

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bold

This will set bold to on or off, depending on the boolean value.

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border

Set the border for all for edges of a cell. Also see bottom, top, left, and right. Valid values are 0 - 7.

See " set_border()" in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

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border_color

Sets the color value for the border. See also border, top_color, bottom_color, left_color and right_color.

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bottom

See border.

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bottom_color

See border_color

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color

This will set the color of the text, depending on color value. Default is black.

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fg_color

Set to a color value. This color will be used in foreground of some patterns. See color to change the color of text. Also see bg_color and pattern.

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font

This will sent the font face. Default is Arial.

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font_outline

This will set font_outline to on or off, depending on the boolean value. (q.v. OUTLINE tag)

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font_shadow

This will set font_shadow to on or off, depending on the boolean value. (q.v. SHADOW tag). This only applies to Excel for Macintosh.

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font_strikeout

This will set font_strikeout to on or off, depending on the boolean value. (q.v. STRIKEOUT tag)

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hidden

This will set whether the cell is hidden to on or off, depending on the boolean value.

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indent

Set the indentation level for a cell. Positive integers are allowed.

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italic

This will set italic to on or off, depending on the boolean value. (q.v. ITALIC tag)

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left

See border.

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left_color

See border_color.

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num_format

Set to the index of one of Excel's built-in number formats. See " set_num_format()" in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

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pattern

Set to an integer, 0 - 18. Sets the background fill pattern of a ell. Default is 1, solid.

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right

See border.

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right_color

See border color.

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rotation

Set the rotation of the text in a cell. The rotation can be any angle in the range -90 to 90 degrees. The angle 270 is also supported. This indicates text where the letters run from top to bottom.

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shrink

A boolean value. If true, text will shrink to fit a cell.

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size

This will set the size of the font. Default is 10. Unless a row height is specifically set, the row will grow taller as necessary.

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text_justlast

A boolean value to justify the last line. Only applies to Far Eastern versions of Excel.

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text_wrap

A boolean value. When set to true, text will wrap in a cell instead of crossing over into empty cells. If the row height is not set, the row will grow taller to accommodate the wrapping text.

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top

See border.

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top_color

See border_color

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valign

Set to top, vcenter, bottom, or vjustify. Default is vcenter. See also align.

CHILDREN¶

None

EFFECTS¶

None

DEPENDENCIES¶

None

USAGE¶

  <format bold="1">
    ... Children here
  </format>

In the above example, the children will be displayed (if they are displaying elements) in a bold format. All other formatting will remain the same and the "bold"-ness will end at the end tag.

AUTHOR¶

Rob Kinyon (rob.kinyon@gmail.com)

SEE ALSO¶

BOLD, HIDDEN, ITALIC, OUTLINE, SHADOW, STRIKEOUT