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url: https://docs.laravel-excel.com/2.1/export/sheets.md
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# Sheets

### Creating a sheet

To create a new sheet inside our newly created file, use `->sheet('Sheetname')` with callback of `LaravelExcelWorksheet` type parameter.

```
Excel::create('Filename', function($excel) {

    $excel->sheet('Sheetname', function($sheet) {

        // Sheet manipulation

    });

})->export('xls');
```

### Creating multiple sheets

You can set as many sheets as you like inside the file:

```
Excel::create('Filename', function($excel) {

    // Our first sheet
    $excel->sheet('First sheet', function($sheet) {

    });

    // Our second sheet
    $excel->sheet('Second sheet', function($sheet) {

    });

})->export('xls');
```

### Changing properties

There are a couple of properties we can change inside the closure. Most of them are set to the config values by default. See `app/config/packages/maatwebsite/excel/config.php`.

```
Excel::create('Filename', function($excel) {

    $excel->sheet('Sheetname', function($sheet) {

        $sheet->setOrientation('landscape');

    });

})->export('xls');
```

> Go to the reference guide to see a list of available properties.

### Default page margin

It's possible to set the default page margin inside the config file `excel::export.sheets`.
It accepts boolean, single value or array.

To manually set the page margin you can use: `->setPageMargin()`

```
// Set top, right, bottom, left
$sheet->setPageMargin(array(
    0.25, 0.30, 0.25, 0.30
));

// Set all margins
$sheet->setPageMargin(0.25);
```

### Password protecting a sheet

A sheet can be password protected with `$sheet->protect()`:

```
// Default protect
$sheet->protect('password');

// Advanced protect
$sheet->protect('password', function(\PHPExcel_Worksheet_Protection $protection) {
    $protection->setSort(true);
});
```