Is there a recommended approach for setting default styles in PHPExcel for consistent output?

Setting default styles in PHPExcel can help ensure consistent output by defining the formatting options for cells, such as font size, color, alignment, and borders. One recommended approach is to create a separate function or class to handle the default styles, which can be called at the beginning of the script or whenever needed to apply the styles to the cells. 

// Define a function to set default styles
function setDefaultStyles($objPHPExcel) {
    $defaultStyle = array(
        'font' => array(
            'size' => 12,
            'name' => 'Arial',
            'color' => array('rgb' => '000000')
        ),
        'alignment' => array(
            'horizontal' => PHPExcel_Style_Alignment::HORIZONTAL_CENTER,
            'vertical' => PHPExcel_Style_Alignment::VERTICAL_CENTER
        ),
        'borders' => array(
            'allborders' => array(
                'style' => PHPExcel_Style_Border::BORDER_THIN
            )
        )
    );

    $objPHPExcel->getDefaultStyle()->applyFromArray($defaultStyle);
}

// Example usage
$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();
setDefaultStyles($objPHPExcel);

// Now the default styles are applied to all cells in the PHPExcel object

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