To reproduce: Create a RadPivotGrid with some data and export it by following the article http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/pivotgrid-export-to-excel.html Set the following settings to the exporter: exporter.ShowGridLines = true; exporter.ExportVisualSettings = true; exporter.HeaderCellsFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 8); exporter.DataCellsFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 8); exporter.GridLinesColor = Color.Black; exporter.CellBackColor = Color.White; exporter.SheetName = this.ClientManager.CubeEngine.Title; exporter.ExportFlatData = false; Also subscribe to the PivotExcelCellFormatting event use the following code: e.Cell.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleRight; e.Cell.DrawBorder = true; e.Cell.BorderColor = Color.Black; e.Cell.DrawText = true; e.Cell.DrawFill = true; You will see that the exported cells will not have borders, nor their font will be changed. Additionally, if you set a specific ForeColor, BackColor, it is not applied as well.