PHPExcel - set cell type before writing a value in it

Question

Do you know how can I set the cell type before writing a value in it? I would like to be able to set types like \"General\", \"Text\" and \"Number\".

Thank you.

Answer 1

Followed Mark's advise and did this to set the default number formatting to text in the whole workbook:

$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel(); 
$objPHPExcel->getDefaultStyle()
    ->getNumberFormat()
    ->setFormatCode(
        PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat::FORMAT_TEXT
    );

And it works flawlessly. Thank you, Mark Baker.