#! perl -w use strict; use warnings; use 5.014; use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel; my $workbook=Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new('perl1.xls'); my $worksheet=$workbook->add_worksheet(); my $red_background=$workbook ->add_format( color => 'white', big_color => 'red', bold => 1, ); $worksheet->write(0,0,'colored cell',$red_background);