Formatting output to excel in pl/sql

I have a process which creates monthly reports. Then there is the option to view the reports in excel. Everything works great, however I can't find any documentation on how to format the individual cells. For instance: bold, italics, center, left or right align, header cells, etc. All of these and more are issues and I have idea of how to format.

Try assigning a startup template for the users. (tools,general,alternate startup location). In that template, create macros to do what you want.
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