# Features cross reference - ✔ Supported - ● Partially supported - ✖ Not supported - N/A Cannot be supported ## Readers
Readers
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Reader Options ✔ ✔ ● ● 6 ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Read Charts ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A ✖
Read Data Only (no formatting) ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Read Only Specified Worksheets ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Read Only Specified Cells ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔
Read External Images ✖ ✔ 9 ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A ✔ 9
Document Properties ● ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Standard Properties ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Creator ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Creation Date/Time ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Modifier ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔
Modified Date/Time ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A ✔
Title ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Description ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Subject ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Keywords ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Extended Properties ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Category ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Company ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Manager ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ N/A N/A ✔
User-Defined (Custom) Properties ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A ✔
Text Properties ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A ✔
Number Properties ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A ✔
Date Properties ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A ✔
Yes/No (Boolean) Properties ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A ✔
Cell Data Types
Empty/NULL ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Boolean ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Integer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Floating Point ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
String ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Error ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Formula ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ ✖
Array Formula ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✖ N/A
Rich Text ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖
Conditional Formatting ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A ✖
Rows and Column Properties ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Row Height/Column Width ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Hidden ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A N/A ✔
Worksheet Properties ● ✔ ● ● ✖ N/A N/A ●
Frozen Panes ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A N/A
Hidden Worksheets ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ ✖ N/A N/A ●
Coloured Tabs ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A N/A
Drawing hyperlink ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A ✔
Cell Formatting ✔ ✔ ● ● ✔ N/A ● ● 7
Number Format Mask ✔ ✔ ✔ ● ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Alignment ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✖ ● 7
Horizontal ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✖ ✔
Vertical ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✖ ✔
Wrapping ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✖ ●
Shrink-to-Fit ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✖ ●
Indent ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔ N/A ✖ ✔
Background Colour ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ● 7
Patterned ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✖
Font Attributes ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ● 7
Font Face ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Font Size ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Bold ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Italic ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Strikethrough ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Underline ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Superscript ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Subscript ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Borders ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ● ● 7
Line Style ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Position ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Diagonal ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ N/A ✖ ✖
Hyperlinks ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
http ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✖ ✔
Merged Cells ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✖ ✔
Cell Comments ● ● ● ● ● N/A ● ●
Rich Text ✖ 2 ✔ ✖ ✖ ● N/A N/A ✖
Alignment ✖ 3 ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A ✖ ✔
Background Image ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A ✖ ✖
Cell Validation ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A N/A
AutoFilters ● ● ● ● ● N/A N/A N/A
AutoFilter Expressions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
Filter ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
Custom Filter ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
Date Filter ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
Dynamic Filter ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
Colour Filter ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A N/A
Icon Filter ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A N/A
Top 10 Filter ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A N/A
Macros ✖ ● 5 ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖
Form Controls ✖ ● 4 ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖
Security ● ● ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖
Protection (prevent editing) ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖
Encryption (prevent viewing) ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖
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1. Only text contents 2. Only BIFF8 files support Rich Text. Prior to that, comments could only be plain text 3. Only BIFF8 files support alignment and rotation. Prior to that, comments could only be unformatted text 4. Xlsx forms and controls can be read and written but not otherwise manipulated 5. Xlsx macros can be read and written; their values can be retrieved and changed, but only in a binary form which is unlikely to be useful 6. There is very limited support for reading styles from an Ods spreadsheet. Writing styles has better support, although Number Format is incomplete. 7. In most cases, Html reader processes only inline styles; styles provided by Css classes may be ignored. 8. Code must [opt in](../topics/recipes.md#array-formulas) to array output. 9. Use with caution - allowing external images may can subject the caller to security exploits. Starting with release 4.5.0 (also earlier releases 3.9.3, 2.3.10, 2.1.11, and 1.29.12), code can allow or not external images. In those starting releases, and in earlier releases which do not offer an option, default is to allow it. In release 5+ (and earlier supported versions 1.30+, 2.1.12+, 2.4+, and 3.10+), the default is to not allow it. ## Writers
Writers
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Document Properties
Standard Properties
Creator ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Creation Date/Time ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✖
Modifier ✔ ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✖
Modified Date/Time ✔ ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✖
Title ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Description ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✖
Subject ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Keywords ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Extended Properties
Category ✔ ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✖
Company ✖ ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✖
Manager ✖ ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✖
User-Defined (Custom) Properties ✖ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ N/A
Rich Text ✔ ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✔
Conditional Formatting ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖
Array Formula8 ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Rows and Column Properties
Row Height/Column Width ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Hidden ✔ ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✔
Worksheet Properties
Frozen Panes ● ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✖
Hidden Worksheets ● ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✖
Coloured Tabs ✖ ✔ ✖ N/A ✖ ✖
Drawing hyperlink ✖ ✔ ✖ N/A ✖ ✖
Cell Formatting
Number Format Mask ✔ ✔ ● N/A ✔ ✔
Alignment ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Horizontal ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Vertical ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Wrapping ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Shrink-to-Fit ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Indent ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Background Colour ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Patterned ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Font Attributes
Font Face ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Font Size ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Bold ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Italic ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Strikethrough ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Underline ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Superscript ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Subscript ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Borders
Line Style ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Position ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Diagonal ✖ ✔ ✖ N/A ✖ ✖
Hyperlinks ✔ ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✖
http ✔ ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ ✖
Merged Cells ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
Cell Comments ✖ ● ● N/A ● 1 N/A
Rich Text ✖ ✔ ✖ N/A ✖ N/A
Alignment ✖ ✔ ✖ N/A ✔ N/A
Background Image ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖ ✖
Cell Validation ✔ ✔ ✖ N/A N/A N/A
AutoFilters
AutoFilter Expressions ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
Filter ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
Custom Filter ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
DateGroup Filter ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
Dynamic Filter ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
Colour Filter ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A N/A
Icon Filter ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A N/A N/A
Top 10 Filter ✖ ✔ ✖ N/A N/A N/A
Macros ✖ ● 5 ✖ N/A ✖ ✖
Form Controls ✖ ● 4 ✖ N/A ✖ ✖
Security
Protection (prevent editing) ✔ ✔ ✖ N/A ✖ ✖
Encryption (prevent viewing) ✖ ✖ ✖ N/A ✖ ✖
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## Setters and Getters
Methods
Getters Setters
Reader Options
Read Data Only (no formatting) $reader->getReadDataOnly() $reader->setReadDataOnly()
Read Only Specified Worksheets $reader->getLoadSheetsOnly() $reader->setLoadSheetsOnly()
$reader->setLoadAllSheets()
Read Only Specified Cells $reader->getReadFilter() $reader->setReadFilter()
Document Properties
Standard Properties
Creator $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getCreator() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCreator()
Creation Date/Time $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getCreated() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCreated()
Modifier $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getLastModifiedBy() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setLastModifiedBy()
Modified Date/Time $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getModified() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setModified()
Title $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getTitle() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setTitle()
Description $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getDescription() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setDescription()
Subject $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getSubject() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setSubject()
Keywords $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getKeywords() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setKeywords()
Extended Properties
Category $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getCategory() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCategory()
Company $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getCompany() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCompany()
Manager $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getManager() $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setManager()
User-Defined (Custom) Properties $spreadsheet->getProperties()->getCustomProperties()
$spreadsheet->getProperties()->isCustomPropertySet()
$spreadsheet->getProperties()->getCustomPropertyValue()
$spreadsheet->getProperties()->getCustomPropertyType()		 $spreadsheet->getProperties()->setCustomProperty()
$drawing->getHyperlink()->getUrl() $drawing->setHyperlink()->setUrl($url)
$cell->getHyperlink()->getUrl($url) $cell->getHyperlink()->setUrl($url)
Cell Comments
Background Image $comment->getBackgroundImage() $comment->setBackgroundImage()
Cell Validation $cell->getDataValidation() $cell->setDataValidation()
AutoFilters $sheet->getAutoFilter() $sheet->setAutoFilter()
Macros $spreadsheet->getMacrosCode();5 $spreadsheet->setMacrosCode();5
Security
Protection (prevent editing) $sheet->getProtection() $sheet->getProtection()->setSheet(true)
Getters Setters
Methods