Gentlemen,

My first post to this forum.

Using Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. I'm finding that set_align() has no effect when applied to cells that have been merged, either by the merge_cells() method or the set_merge() method. The token always comes out centred.

Here is example code meant to merge all the columns of the fist row up to $last_col, and then right align $page_number: 

my $format_page_num = $workbook->addformat();
$format_page_num->set_size(10);
$format_page_num->set_font('courier');
$format_page_num->set_align('right');
$format_page_num->set_merge();

#merge cells and write page_num 
$worksheet->merge_cells(0, 0, 0, $last_column);
$worksheet->write(0, 0, $page_number, $format_page_num);
for $c (1 .. $last_column) {
      $worksheet->write_blank(0, $c, $format_page_num);
}

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Am I doing something wrong, or is this a well-known feature of Spreadsheet::WriteExcel? (Otherwise, a super duper rockin' module.)

Thanks.

In reply to set_align() of merged cells in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel by Anonymous Monk

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