How do I read a formatted excel worksheet as a string array

I am using the report toolkit to read a excel worksheet as a LV string array.  This works fine except that it reads the full precision of numeric cells (~10 digits of precision).
In my workbook I have the displayed precision set to 2.  Is there any way to read the table as it is displayed instead of how it is internally stored?  (BTW, I understand how to do this
manually by parsing the string array and limiting the precision myself but would prefer to use excel itself to determine the precision)
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sachsm,
This should allow you to get the actual displayed text from an cell or range of cells.  Kind of doing a 'Paste Special' 'Values'.
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