Use the attached project to reproduce. - Start the project and group by any column and export the grid. - The same code works finme if the document is imported. Workaround: Edit the document after it is exported: var provider = new XlsxFormatProvider(); var workbook = new Workbook(); using (var stream = File.OpenRead(@"D:\123.xlsx")) { workbook = provider.Import(stream); } PatternFill solidPatternFill = new PatternFill(PatternType.Solid, System.Windows.Media.Color.FromRgb(46, 204, 113), Colors.Transparent); CellValueFormat textFormat = new CellValueFormat("@"); Worksheet sheet = workbook.ActiveWorksheet; CellRange range = new CellRange(0, 0, 1, 4); CellSelection header = sheet.Cells[range]; if (header.CanInsertOrRemove(range, ShiftType.Down)) { header.Insert(InsertShiftType.Down); } header.Merge(); header.SetFormat(textFormat); header.SetFontFamily(new ThemableFontFamily("Rockwell")); header.SetFontSize(24); header.SetHorizontalAlignment(Telerik.Windows.Documents.Spreadsheet.Model.RadHorizontalAlignment.Center); header.SetVerticalAlignment(Telerik.Windows.Documents.Spreadsheet.Model.RadVerticalAlignment.Center); header.SetFill(solidPatternFill); header.SetValue("Test"); using (var stream = File.OpenWrite("result.xlsx")) { provider.Export(workbook, stream); } Process.Start("result.xlsx");