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 http://search.cpan.org/~jmcnamara/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.11/lib/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel.pm#COLOURS_IN_EXCEL

* align

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

* bg_color

Set to a color value. Default is none.

* bold

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

* border

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

http://search.cpan.org/~jmcnamara/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.11/lib/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel.pm#set_border()

* border_color

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

* bottom

See border.

* bottom_color

See border_color

* color

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

* 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.

* font

This will sent the font face. Default is Arial.

* font_outline

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

* 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.

* font_strikeout

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

* hidden

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

* indent

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

* italic

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

* left

See border.

* left_color

See border_color.

* num_format

Set to the index of one of Excel's built-in number formats. See http://search.cpan.org/~jmcnamara/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.11/lib/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel.pm#set_num_format()

* pattern

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

* right

See border.

* right_color

See border color.

* 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.

* shrink

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

* 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.

* text_justlast

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

* 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 accomodate the wrapping text.

* top

See border.

* top_color

See border_color

* 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

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