I know it's been almost a year since this discussion started but I had the same problem recently and wanted to share the solution I found. MIA Computers, SAS's representative in Israel, created an updated version of the ExcelXP tagset that includes the option sheet_layout="RTL". It can be downloaded from here (Hebrew only): http://www.miac.com/cp31_תמיכה-בעברית.aspx Hope this helps someone in the future!
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