Oracle Portal Report - Formatting Excel output

We are using Oracle Portal 10.1.4.1 and we are using the Locally built providers create new report function.
The report data itself is working as expected. You click the report it prompts to open the excel file and it opens.
We are attempting to find a way to better format what is passed to Excel.
When we add header and footer information in the "Additinal PL/SQL" boxes it shows up on the HTML version of the report, but this does not however show up in the excel version. The excel version seems to be pretty much a raw dump of whatever columns and rows you selected.
Is there a way to add a header or footer to what Oracle Portal outputs to excel?
Thanks for the help!

I remember seeing a Bug that formating conditions do not get saved for number and Date fields when sent to excel.
That might be the cause.
Thanx,
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