Hi:
The original posting is old...7 years old...from 2013. As far as I know, it is still not possible to read/import an Excel sheet and get the colors/formulas that are inside the cell as separate, readable items. SAS will read/import the data that is in the cell, not the formulas, colors or images.
It would probably be useful in the future to start a new posting with your data or your example and then refer back to the older post in your new one.
Cynthia
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