diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 099dbbb..fc3d229 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # xls
 
-[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/extrame/xls?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/extrame/xls)
+[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/csg800/xls?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/csg800/xls)
 
 Pure Golang xls library writen by [Rongshu Tech(chinese)](http://www.rongshu.tech). 
+Add Formula & Format support by [chen.s.g] (http://www.imohe.com)
 
 Thanks for contributions from Tamás Gulácsi, sergeilem.
 
diff --git a/cell_range.go b/cell_range.go
index 2dde04e..ec30526 100644
--- a/cell_range.go
+++ b/cell_range.go
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ type HyperLink struct {
 	IsUrl            bool
 }
 
+func (h *HyperLink) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("hyper link col dump:%#+v\n", h)
+}
+
 //get the hyperlink string, use the public variable Url to get the original Url
 func (h *HyperLink) String(wb *WorkBook) []string {
 	res := make([]string, h.LastColB-h.FristColB+1)
diff --git a/col.go b/col.go
index 371af91..4ed2e20 100644
--- a/col.go
+++ b/col.go
@@ -1,17 +1,31 @@
 package xls
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
-
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/extrame/goyymmdd"
 )
 
+var ErrIsInt = errors.New("is int")
+
+/* Data types */
+const TYPE_STRING2 = 1
+const TYPE_STRING = 2
+const TYPE_FORMULA = 3
+const TYPE_NUMERIC = 4
+const TYPE_BOOL = 5
+const TYPE_NULL = 6
+const TYPE_INLINE = 7
+const TYPE_ERROR = 8
+const TYPE_DATETIME = 9
+const TYPE_PERCENTAGE = 10
+const TYPE_CURRENCY = 11
+
 //content type
 type contentHandler interface {
+	Debug(wb *WorkBook)
 	String(*WorkBook) []string
 	FirstCol() uint16
 	LastCol() uint16
@@ -26,6 +40,10 @@ type Coler interface {
 	Row() uint16
 }
 
+func (c *Col) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("col dump:%#+v\n", c)
+}
+
 func (c *Col) Row() uint16 {
 	return c.RowB
 }
@@ -42,39 +60,12 @@ func (c *Col) String(wb *WorkBook) []string {
 	return []string{"default"}
 }
 
-type XfRk struct {
-	Index uint16
-	Rk    RK
-}
-
-func (xf *XfRk) String(wb *WorkBook) string {
-	idx := int(xf.Index)
-	if len(wb.Xfs) > idx {
-		fNo := wb.Xfs[idx].formatNo()
-		if fNo >= 164 { // user defined format
-			if formatter := wb.Formats[fNo]; formatter != nil {
-				i, f, isFloat := xf.Rk.number()
-				if !isFloat {
-					f = float64(i)
-				}
-				t := timeFromExcelTime(f, wb.dateMode == 1)
-				return yymmdd.Format(t, formatter.str)
-			}
-			// see http://www.openoffice.org/sc/excelfileformat.pdf Page #174
-		} else if 14 <= fNo && fNo <= 17 || fNo == 22 || 27 <= fNo && fNo <= 36 || 50 <= fNo && fNo <= 58 { // jp. date format
-			i, f, isFloat := xf.Rk.number()
-			if !isFloat {
-				f = float64(i)
-			}
-			t := timeFromExcelTime(f, wb.dateMode == 1)
-			return t.Format(time.RFC3339) //TODO it should be international
-		}
-	}
-	return xf.Rk.String()
-}
-
 type RK uint32
 
+func (rk RK) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("rk dump:%#+v\n", rk)
+}
+
 func (rk RK) number() (intNum int64, floatNum float64, isFloat bool) {
 	multiplied := rk & 1
 	isInt := rk & 2
@@ -97,22 +88,40 @@ func (rk RK) number() (intNum int64, floatNum float64, isFloat bool) {
 	return int64(val), 0, false
 }
 
-func (rk RK) String() string {
+func (rk RK) float() float64 {
+	var i, f, isFloat = rk.number()
+	if !isFloat {
+		f = float64(i)
+	}
+
+	return f
+}
+
+func (rk RK) String(wb *WorkBook) string {
 	i, f, isFloat := rk.number()
 	if isFloat {
 		return strconv.FormatFloat(f, 'f', -1, 64)
 	}
+
 	return strconv.FormatInt(i, 10)
 }
 
-var ErrIsInt = fmt.Errorf("is int")
+type XfRk struct {
+	Index uint16
+	Rk    RK
+}
 
-func (rk RK) Float() (float64, error) {
-	_, f, isFloat := rk.number()
-	if !isFloat {
-		return 0, ErrIsInt
+func (xf *XfRk) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("xfrk dump:%#+v\n", wb.Xfs[xf.Index])
+	xf.Rk.Debug(wb)
+}
+
+func (xf *XfRk) String(wb *WorkBook) string {
+	if val, ok := wb.Format(xf.Index, xf.Rk.float()); ok {
+		return val
 	}
-	return f, nil
+
+	return xf.Rk.String(wb)
 }
 
 type MulrkCol struct {
@@ -121,16 +130,24 @@ type MulrkCol struct {
 	LastColB uint16
 }
 
+func (c *MulrkCol) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("mulrk dump:%#+v\n", c)
+
+	for _, v := range c.Xfrks {
+		v.Debug(wb)
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *MulrkCol) LastCol() uint16 {
 	return c.LastColB
 }
 
 func (c *MulrkCol) String(wb *WorkBook) []string {
 	var res = make([]string, len(c.Xfrks))
-	for i := 0; i < len(c.Xfrks); i++ {
-		xfrk := c.Xfrks[i]
-		res[i] = xfrk.String(wb)
+	for i, v := range c.Xfrks {
+		res[i] = v.String(wb)
 	}
+
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -140,6 +157,10 @@ type MulBlankCol struct {
 	LastColB uint16
 }
 
+func (c *MulBlankCol) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("mul blank dump:%#+v\n", c)
+}
+
 func (c *MulBlankCol) LastCol() uint16 {
 	return c.LastColB
 }
@@ -154,23 +175,209 @@ type NumberCol struct {
 	Float float64
 }
 
+func (c *NumberCol) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("number col dump:%#+v\n", c)
+}
+
 func (c *NumberCol) String(wb *WorkBook) []string {
+	if v, ok := wb.Format(c.Index, c.Float); ok {
+		return []string{v}
+	}
+
 	return []string{strconv.FormatFloat(c.Float, 'f', -1, 64)}
 }
 
-type FormulaCol struct {
-	Header struct {
-		Col
-		IndexXf uint16
-		Result  [8]byte
-		Flags   uint16
-		_       uint32
+type FormulaColHeader struct {
+	Col
+	IndexXf uint16
+	Result  [8]byte
+	Flags   uint16
+	_       uint32
+}
+
+// Value formula header value
+func (f *FormulaColHeader) Value() float64 {
+	var rknumhigh = ByteToUint32(f.Result[4:8])
+	var rknumlow = ByteToUint32(f.Result[0:4])
+	var sign = (rknumhigh & 0x80000000) >> 31
+	var exp = ((rknumhigh & 0x7ff00000) >> 20) - 1023
+	var mantissa = (0x100000 | (rknumhigh & 0x000fffff))
+	var mantissalow1 = (rknumlow & 0x80000000) >> 31
+	var mantissalow2 = (rknumlow & 0x7fffffff)
+	var value = float64(mantissa) / math.Pow(2, float64(20-exp))
+
+	if mantissalow1 != 0 {
+		value += 1 / math.Pow(2, float64(21-exp))
 	}
-	Bts []byte
+
+	value += float64(mantissalow2) / math.Pow(2, float64(52-exp))
+	if 0 != sign {
+		value *= -1
+	}
+
+	return value
+}
+
+// IsPart part of shared formula check
+// WARNING:
+// We can apparently not rely on $isPartOfSharedFormula. Even when $isPartOfSharedFormula = true
+// the formula data may be ordinary formula data, therefore we need to check
+// explicitly for the tExp token (0x01)
+func (f *FormulaColHeader) IsPart() bool {
+	return 0 != (0x0008 & ByteToUint16(f.Result[6:8]))
+}
+
+type FormulaCol struct {
+	parsed bool
+	Code   uint16
+	Btl    uint16
+	Btc    uint16
+	Bts    []byte
+	Header *FormulaColHeader
+	ws     int
+	vType  int
+	value  string
+}
+
+func (c *FormulaCol) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("formula col dump:%#+v\n", c)
+}
+
+func (c *FormulaCol) Row() uint16 {
+	return c.Header.Col.RowB
+}
+
+func (c *FormulaCol) FirstCol() uint16 {
+	return c.Header.Col.FirstColB
+}
+
+func (c *FormulaCol) LastCol() uint16 {
+	return c.Header.Col.FirstColB
 }
 
 func (c *FormulaCol) String(wb *WorkBook) []string {
-	return []string{"FormulaCol"}
+	if !c.parsed {
+		c.parse(wb, true)
+	}
+
+	return []string{c.value}
+}
+
+func (c *FormulaCol) parse(wb *WorkBook, ref bool) {
+	c.parsed = true
+
+	if 0 == c.Header.Result[0] && 255 == c.Header.Result[6] && 255 == c.Header.Result[7] {
+		// String formula. Result follows in appended STRING record
+		c.vType = TYPE_STRING
+	} else if 1 == c.Header.Result[0] && 255 == c.Header.Result[6] && 255 == c.Header.Result[7] {
+		// Boolean formula. Result is in +2; 0=false, 1=true
+		c.vType = TYPE_BOOL
+		if 0 == c.Header.Result[3] {
+			c.value = "false"
+		} else {
+			c.value = "true"
+		}
+	} else if 2 == c.Header.Result[0] && 255 == c.Header.Result[6] && 255 == c.Header.Result[7] {
+		// Error formula. Error code is in +2
+		c.vType = TYPE_ERROR
+		switch c.Header.Result[3] {
+		case 0x00:
+			c.value = "#NULL!"
+		case 0x07:
+			c.value = "#DIV/0"
+		case 0x0F:
+			c.value = "#VALUE!"
+		case 0x17:
+			c.value = "#REF!"
+		case 0x1D:
+			c.value = "#NAME?"
+		case 0x24:
+			c.value = "#NUM!"
+		case 0x2A:
+			c.value = "#N/A"
+		}
+	} else if 3 == c.Header.Result[0] && 255 == c.Header.Result[6] && 255 == c.Header.Result[7] {
+		// Formula result is a null string
+		c.vType = TYPE_NULL
+		c.value = ""
+	} else {
+		// formula result is a number, first 14 bytes like _NUMBER record
+		c.vType = TYPE_NUMERIC
+
+		var flag bool
+		if c.isGetCurTime() {
+			// if date time format is not support, use time.RFC3339
+			if c.value, flag = wb.Format(c.Header.IndexXf, 0); !flag {
+				c.value = parseTime(0, time.RFC3339)
+			}
+		} else if c.isRef() {
+			if ref {
+				var ws = -1
+				var find bool
+				var rIdx uint16
+				var cIdx uint16
+
+				if 0x07 == c.Bts[0] {
+					var exi = ByteToUint16(c.Bts[3:5])
+					rIdx = ByteToUint16(c.Bts[5:7])
+					cIdx = 0x00FF & ByteToUint16(c.Bts[7:9])
+					if exi <= wb.ref.Num {
+						ws = int(wb.ref.Info[int(exi)].FirstSheetIndex)
+					}
+				} else {
+					ws = c.ws
+					rIdx = ByteToUint16(c.Bts[3:5])
+					cIdx = 0x00FF & ByteToUint16(c.Bts[5:7])
+				}
+
+				if ws < len(wb.sheets) {
+					if row := wb.GetSheet(ws).Row(int(rIdx)); nil != row {
+						find = true
+						c.value = row.Col(int(cIdx))
+					}
+				}
+				if !find {
+					c.value = "#REF!"
+				}
+			} else {
+				c.parsed = false
+			}
+		} else {
+			c.value, flag = wb.Format(c.Header.IndexXf, c.Header.Value())
+			if !flag {
+				c.value = strconv.FormatFloat(c.Header.Value(), 'f', -1, 64)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// isRef return cell is reference to other cell
+func (c *FormulaCol) isRef() bool {
+	if 0x05 == c.Bts[0] && (0x24 == c.Bts[2] || 0x44 == c.Bts[2] || 0x64 == c.Bts[2]) {
+		return true
+	} else if 0x07 == c.Bts[0] && (0x3A == c.Bts[2] || 0x5A == c.Bts[2] || 0x7A == c.Bts[2]) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// isGetCurTime return cell value is get current date or datetime flag
+func (c *FormulaCol) isGetCurTime() bool {
+	var ret bool
+	var next byte
+
+	if 0x19 == c.Bts[2] && (0x21 == c.Bts[6] || 0x41 == c.Bts[6] || 0x61 == c.Bts[6]) {
+		next = c.Bts[7]
+	} else if 0x21 == c.Bts[2] || 0x41 == c.Bts[2] || 0x61 == c.Bts[2] {
+		next = c.Bts[3]
+	}
+
+	if 0x4A == next || 0xDD == next {
+		ret = true
+	}
+
+	return ret
 }
 
 type RkCol struct {
@@ -178,6 +385,10 @@ type RkCol struct {
 	Xfrk XfRk
 }
 
+func (c *RkCol) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("rk col dump:%#+v\n", c)
+}
+
 func (c *RkCol) String(wb *WorkBook) []string {
 	return []string{c.Xfrk.String(wb)}
 }
@@ -188,6 +399,10 @@ type LabelsstCol struct {
 	Sst uint32
 }
 
+func (c *LabelsstCol) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("label sst col dump:%#+v\n", c)
+}
+
 func (c *LabelsstCol) String(wb *WorkBook) []string {
 	return []string{wb.sst[int(c.Sst)]}
 }
@@ -197,6 +412,10 @@ type labelCol struct {
 	Str string
 }
 
+func (c *labelCol) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("label col dump:%#+v\n", c)
+}
+
 func (c *labelCol) String(wb *WorkBook) []string {
 	return []string{c.Str}
 }
@@ -206,6 +425,10 @@ type BlankCol struct {
 	Xf uint16
 }
 
+func (c *BlankCol) Debug(wb *WorkBook) {
+	fmt.Printf("blank col dump:%#+v\n", c)
+}
+
 func (c *BlankCol) String(wb *WorkBook) []string {
 	return []string{""}
 }
diff --git a/date.go b/date.go
index b7d2d04..b6e6455 100644
--- a/date.go
+++ b/date.go
@@ -5,37 +5,57 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-const MJD_0 float64 = 2400000.5
-const MJD_JD2000 float64 = 51544.5
+// timeLocationUTC defined the UTC time location.
+var timeLocationUTC, _ = time.LoadLocation("UTC")
 
+// timeToUTCTime provides function to convert time to UTC time.
+func timeToUTCTime(t time.Time) time.Time {
+	return time.Date(t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), t.Hour(), t.Minute(), t.Second(), t.Nanosecond(), timeLocationUTC)
+}
+
+// timeToExcelTime provides function to convert time to Excel time.
+func timeToExcelTime(t time.Time) float64 {
+	return float64(t.UnixNano())/8.64e13 + 25569.0
+}
+
+// shiftJulianToNoon provides function to process julian date to noon.
 func shiftJulianToNoon(julianDays, julianFraction float64) (float64, float64) {
 	switch {
 	case -0.5 < julianFraction && julianFraction < 0.5:
 		julianFraction += 0.5
 	case julianFraction >= 0.5:
-		julianDays += 1
+		julianDays++
 		julianFraction -= 0.5
 	case julianFraction <= -0.5:
-		julianDays -= 1
+		julianDays--
 		julianFraction += 1.5
 	}
 	return julianDays, julianFraction
 }
 
-// Return the integer values for hour, minutes, seconds and
-// nanoseconds that comprised a given fraction of a day.
+// fractionOfADay provides function to return the integer values for hour,
+// minutes, seconds and nanoseconds that comprised a given fraction of a day.
+// values would round to 1 us.
 func fractionOfADay(fraction float64) (hours, minutes, seconds, nanoseconds int) {
-	f := 5184000000000000 * fraction
-	nanoseconds = int(math.Mod(f, 1000000000))
-	f = f / 1000000000
-	seconds = int(math.Mod(f, 60))
-	f = f / 3600
-	minutes = int(math.Mod(f, 60))
-	f = f / 60
-	hours = int(f)
-	return hours, minutes, seconds, nanoseconds
+
+	const (
+		c1us  = 1e3
+		c1s   = 1e9
+		c1day = 24 * 60 * 60 * c1s
+	)
+
+	frac := int64(c1day*fraction + c1us/2)
+	nanoseconds = int((frac%c1s)/c1us) * c1us
+	frac /= c1s
+	seconds = int(frac % 60)
+	frac /= 60
+	minutes = int(frac % 60)
+	hours = int(frac / 60)
+	return
 }
 
+// julianDateToGregorianTime provides function to convert julian date to
+// gregorian time.
 func julianDateToGregorianTime(part1, part2 float64) time.Time {
 	part1I, part1F := math.Modf(part1)
 	part2I, part2F := math.Modf(part2)
@@ -47,13 +67,12 @@ func julianDateToGregorianTime(part1, part2 float64) time.Time {
 	return time.Date(year, time.Month(month), day, hours, minutes, seconds, nanoseconds, time.UTC)
 }
 
-// By this point generations of programmers have repeated the
-// algorithm sent to the editor of "Communications of the ACM" in 1968
-// (published in CACM, volume 11, number 10, October 1968, p.657).
-// None of those programmers seems to have found it necessary to
-// explain the constants or variable names set out by Henry F. Fliegel
-// and Thomas C. Van Flandern.  Maybe one day I'll buy that jounal and
-// expand an explanation here - that day is not today.
+// By this point generations of programmers have repeated the algorithm sent to
+// the editor of "Communications of the ACM" in 1968 (published in CACM, volume
+// 11, number 10, October 1968, p.657). None of those programmers seems to have
+// found it necessary to explain the constants or variable names set out by
+// Henry F. Fliegel and Thomas C. Van Flandern.  Maybe one day I'll buy that
+// jounal and expand an explanation here - that day is not today.
 func doTheFliegelAndVanFlandernAlgorithm(jd int) (day, month, year int) {
 	l := jd + 68569
 	n := (4 * l) / 146097
@@ -68,24 +87,26 @@ func doTheFliegelAndVanFlandernAlgorithm(jd int) (day, month, year int) {
 	return d, m, y
 }
 
-// Convert an excelTime representation (stored as a floating point number) to a time.Time.
+// timeFromExcelTime provides function to convert an excelTime representation
+// (stored as a floating point number) to a time.Time.
 func timeFromExcelTime(excelTime float64, date1904 bool) time.Time {
 	var date time.Time
-	var intPart int64 = int64(excelTime)
-	// Excel uses Julian dates prior to March 1st 1900, and
-	// Gregorian thereafter.
+	var intPart = int64(excelTime)
+	// Excel uses Julian dates prior to March 1st 1900, and Gregorian
+	// thereafter.
 	if intPart <= 61 {
 		const OFFSET1900 = 15018.0
 		const OFFSET1904 = 16480.0
+		const MJD0 float64 = 2400000.5
 		var date time.Time
 		if date1904 {
-			date = julianDateToGregorianTime(MJD_0+OFFSET1904, excelTime)
+			date = julianDateToGregorianTime(MJD0, excelTime+OFFSET1904)
 		} else {
-			date = julianDateToGregorianTime(MJD_0+OFFSET1900, excelTime)
+			date = julianDateToGregorianTime(MJD0, excelTime+OFFSET1900)
 		}
 		return date
 	}
-	var floatPart float64 = excelTime - float64(intPart)
+	var floatPart = excelTime - float64(intPart)
 	var dayNanoSeconds float64 = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000
 	if date1904 {
 		date = time.Date(1904, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index e62fc5b..20ca64c 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package xls
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"testing"
 )
 
 func ExampleOpen() {
@@ -35,3 +36,23 @@ func ExampleWorkBook_GetSheet() {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkGetSheet(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		if xlFile, err := Open("Table.xls", "utf-8"); err == nil {
+			for i := 0; i < xlFile.NumSheets(); i++ {
+				xlFile.GetSheet(i)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkGetSheetWithBuffer(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		if xlFile, err := OpenWithBuffer("Table.xls", "utf-8"); err == nil {
+			for i := 0; i < xlFile.NumSheets(); i++ {
+				xlFile.GetSheet(i)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/format.go b/format.go
index 35b576c..8df7634 100644
--- a/format.go
+++ b/format.go
@@ -1,9 +1,228 @@
 package xls
 
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Excel styles can reference number formats that are built-in, all of which
+// have an id less than 164. This is a possibly incomplete list comprised of as
+// many of them as I could find.
+var builtInNumFmt = map[uint16]string{
+	0:  "general",
+	1:  "0",
+	2:  "0.00",
+	3:  "#,##0",
+	4:  "#,##0.00",
+	9:  "0%",
+	10: "0.00%",
+	11: "0.00e+00",
+	12: "# ?/?",
+	13: "# ??/??",
+	14: "mm-dd-yy",
+	15: "d-mmm-yy",
+	16: "d-mmm",
+	17: "mmm-yy",
+	18: "h:mm am/pm",
+	19: "h:mm:ss am/pm",
+	20: "h:mm",
+	21: "h:mm:ss",
+	22: "m/d/yy h:mm",
+	37: "#,##0 ;(#,##0)",
+	38: "#,##0 ;[red](#,##0)",
+	39: "#,##0.00;(#,##0.00)",
+	40: "#,##0.00;[red](#,##0.00)",
+	41: `_(* #,##0_);_(* \(#,##0\);_(* "-"_);_(@_)`,
+	42: `_("$"* #,##0_);_("$* \(#,##0\);_("$"* "-"_);_(@_)`,
+	43: `_(* #,##0.00_);_(* \(#,##0.00\);_(* "-"??_);_(@_)`,
+	44: `_("$"* #,##0.00_);_("$"* \(#,##0.00\);_("$"* "-"??_);_(@_)`,
+	45: "mm:ss",
+	46: "[h]:mm:ss",
+	47: "mmss.0",
+	48: "##0.0e+0",
+	49: "@",
+	58: time.RFC3339,
+}
+
+// Excel date time mapper to go system
+var dateTimeMapper = []struct{ xls, golang string }{
+	{"yyyy", "2006"},
+	{"yy", "06"},
+	{"mmmm", "%%%%"},
+	{"dddd", "&&&&"},
+	{"dd", "02"},
+	{"d", "2"},
+	{"mmm", "Jan"},
+	{"mmss", "0405"},
+	{"ss", "05"},
+	{"mm:", "04:"},
+	{":mm", ":04"},
+	{"mm", "01"},
+	{"am/pm", "pm"},
+	{"m/", "1/"},
+	{"%%%%", "January"},
+	{"&&&&", "Monday"},
+}
+
+// Format value interface
 type Format struct {
 	Head struct {
 		Index uint16
 		Size  uint16
 	}
-	str string
+	Raw   []string
+	bts   int
+	vType int
+}
+
+// Prepare format meta data
+func (f *Format) Prepare() {
+	var regexColor = regexp.MustCompile("^\\[[a-zA-Z]+\\]")
+	var regexFraction = regexp.MustCompile("#\\,?#*")
+
+	for k, v := range f.Raw {
+		// In Excel formats, "_" is used to add spacing, which we can't do in HTML
+		v = strings.Replace(v, "_", "", -1)
+
+		// Some non-number characters are escaped with \, which we don't need
+		v = strings.Replace(v, "\\", "", -1)
+
+		// Some non-number strings are quoted, so we'll get rid of the quotes, likewise any positional * symbols
+		v = strings.Replace(v, "*", "", -1)
+		v = strings.Replace(v, "\"", "", -1)
+
+		// strip ()
+		v = strings.Replace(v, "(", "", -1)
+		v = strings.Replace(v, ")", "", -1)
+
+		// strip color information
+		v = regexColor.ReplaceAllString(v, "")
+
+		// Strip #
+		v = regexFraction.ReplaceAllString(v, "")
+
+		if 0 == f.vType {
+			if regexp.MustCompile("^(\\[\\$[A-Z]*-[0-9A-F]*\\])*[hmsdy]").MatchString(v) {
+				f.vType = TYPE_DATETIME
+			} else if strings.HasSuffix(v, "%") {
+				f.vType = TYPE_PERCENTAGE
+			} else if strings.HasPrefix(v, "$") || strings.HasPrefix(v, "￥") {
+				f.vType = TYPE_CURRENCY
+			}
+		}
+
+		f.Raw[k] = strings.Trim(v, "\r\n\t ")
+	}
+
+	if 0 == f.vType {
+		f.vType = TYPE_NUMERIC
+	}
+
+	if TYPE_NUMERIC == f.vType || TYPE_CURRENCY == f.vType || TYPE_PERCENTAGE == f.vType {
+		var t []string
+		if t = strings.SplitN(f.Raw[0], ".", 2); 2 == len(t) {
+			f.bts = strings.Count(t[1], "")
+
+			if f.bts > 0 {
+				f.bts = f.bts - 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// String format content to spec string
+// see http://www.openoffice.org/sc/excelfileformat.pdf Page #174
+func (f *Format) String(v float64) string {
+	var ret string
+
+	switch f.vType {
+	case TYPE_NUMERIC:
+		if 0 == f.bts {
+			ret = strconv.FormatInt(int64(v), 10)
+		} else {
+			ret = strconv.FormatFloat(v, 'f', f.bts, 64)
+		}
+	case TYPE_CURRENCY:
+		if 0 == f.bts {
+			ret = strconv.FormatInt(int64(v), 10)
+		} else {
+			ret = strconv.FormatFloat(v, 'f', f.bts, 64)
+		}
+	case TYPE_PERCENTAGE:
+		if 0 == f.bts {
+			ret = strconv.FormatInt(int64(v)*100, 10) + "%"
+		} else {
+			ret = strconv.FormatFloat(v*100, 'f', f.bts, 64) + "%"
+		}
+	case TYPE_DATETIME:
+		ret = parseTime(v, f.Raw[0])
+	default:
+		ret = strconv.FormatFloat(v, 'f', -1, 64)
+	}
+
+	return ret
+}
+
+// ByteToUint32 Read 32-bit unsigned integer
+func ByteToUint32(b []byte) uint32 {
+	return uint32(b[0]) | uint32(b[1])<<8 | uint32(b[2])<<16 | uint32(b[3])<<24
+}
+
+// ByteToUint16 Read 16-bit unsigned integer
+func ByteToUint16(b []byte) uint16 {
+	return (uint16(b[0]) | (uint16(b[1]) << 8))
+}
+
+// parseTime provides function to returns a string parsed using time.Time.
+// Replace Excel placeholders with Go time placeholders. For example, replace
+// yyyy with 2006. These are in a specific order, due to the fact that m is used
+// in month, minute, and am/pm. It would be easier to fix that with regular
+// expressions, but if it's possible to keep this simple it would be easier to
+// maintain. Full-length month and days (e.g. March, Tuesday) have letters in
+// them that would be replaced by other characters below (such as the 'h' in
+// March, or the 'd' in Tuesday) below. First we convert them to arbitrary
+// characters unused in Excel Date formats, and then at the end, turn them to
+// what they should actually be.
+// Based off: http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/CustomFormats.htm
+func parseTime(v float64, f string) string {
+	var val time.Time
+	if 0 == v {
+		val = time.Now()
+	} else {
+		val = timeFromExcelTime(v, false)
+	}
+
+	// It is the presence of the "am/pm" indicator that determines if this is
+	// a 12 hour or 24 hours time format, not the number of 'h' characters.
+	if is12HourTime(f) {
+		f = strings.Replace(f, "hh", "03", 1)
+		f = strings.Replace(f, "h", "3", 1)
+	} else {
+		f = strings.Replace(f, "hh", "15", 1)
+		f = strings.Replace(f, "h", "15", 1)
+	}
+	for _, repl := range dateTimeMapper {
+		f = strings.Replace(f, repl.xls, repl.golang, 1)
+	}
+
+	// If the hour is optional, strip it out, along with the possible dangling
+	// colon that would remain.
+	if val.Hour() < 1 {
+		f = strings.Replace(f, "]:", "]", 1)
+		f = strings.Replace(f, "[03]", "", 1)
+		f = strings.Replace(f, "[3]", "", 1)
+		f = strings.Replace(f, "[15]", "", 1)
+	} else {
+		f = strings.Replace(f, "[3]", "3", 1)
+		f = strings.Replace(f, "[15]", "15", 1)
+	}
+
+	return val.Format(f)
+}
+
+// is12HourTime checks whether an Excel time format string is a 12 hours form.
+func is12HourTime(format string) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(format, "am/pm") || strings.Contains(format, "AM/PM") || strings.Contains(format, "a/p") || strings.Contains(format, "A/P")
 }
diff --git a/row.go b/row.go
index 3100394..f5cea22 100644
--- a/row.go
+++ b/row.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package xls
 
 type rowInfo struct {
 	Index    uint16
-	Fcell    uint16
-	Lcell    uint16
+	First    uint16
+	Last     uint16
 	Height   uint16
 	Notused  uint16
 	Notused2 uint16
@@ -20,27 +20,30 @@ type Row struct {
 //Col Get the Nth Col from the Row, if has not, return nil.
 //Suggest use Has function to test it.
 func (r *Row) Col(i int) string {
-	serial := uint16(i)
+	var val string
+	var serial = uint16(i)
+
 	if ch, ok := r.cols[serial]; ok {
-		strs := ch.String(r.wb)
-		return strs[0]
+		val = ch.String(r.wb)[0]
 	} else {
 		for _, v := range r.cols {
 			if v.FirstCol() <= serial && v.LastCol() >= serial {
-				strs := v.String(r.wb)
-				return strs[serial-v.FirstCol()]
+				val = v.String(r.wb)[serial-v.FirstCol()]
+
+				break
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return ""
-}
 
-//LastCol Get the number of Last Col of the Row.
-func (r *Row) LastCol() int {
-	return int(r.info.Lcell)
+	return val
 }
 
 //FirstCol Get the number of First Col of the Row.
 func (r *Row) FirstCol() int {
-	return int(r.info.Fcell)
+	return int(r.info.First)
+}
+
+//LastCol Get the number of Last Col of the Row.
+func (r *Row) LastCol() int {
+	return int(r.info.Last)
 }
diff --git a/workbook.go b/workbook.go
index b0aa076..ec2bba6 100644
--- a/workbook.go
+++ b/workbook.go
@@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"io"
-	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf16"
 )
 
 //xls workbook type
 type WorkBook struct {
-	Is5ver   bool
-	Type     uint16
-	Codepage uint16
-	Xfs      []st_xf_data
-	Fonts    []Font
-	Formats  map[uint16]*Format
-	//All the sheets from the workbook
+	Is5ver         bool
+	Type           uint16
+	Codepage       uint16
+	Xfs            []XF
+	Fonts          []Font
+	Formats        map[uint16]*Format
 	sheets         []*WorkSheet
 	Author         string
 	rs             io.ReadSeeker
 	sst            []string
+	ref            *extSheetRef
 	continue_utf16 uint16
 	continue_rich  uint16
 	continue_apsb  uint32
@@ -29,62 +29,50 @@ type WorkBook struct {
 
 //read workbook from ole2 file
 func newWorkBookFromOle2(rs io.ReadSeeker) *WorkBook {
-	wb := new(WorkBook)
-	wb.Formats = make(map[uint16]*Format)
-	// wb.bts = bts
-	wb.rs = rs
-	wb.sheets = make([]*WorkSheet, 0)
-	wb.Parse(rs)
+	var wb = &WorkBook{
+		rs:      rs,
+		ref:     new(extSheetRef),
+		sheets:  make([]*WorkSheet, 0),
+		Formats: make(map[uint16]*Format),
+	}
+
+	wb.parse(rs)
+	wb.prepare()
+
 	return wb
 }
 
-func (w *WorkBook) Parse(buf io.ReadSeeker) {
+func (w *WorkBook) parse(buf io.ReadSeeker) {
 	b := new(bof)
-	bof_pre := new(bof)
-	// buf := bytes.NewReader(bts)
+	bp := new(bof)
 	offset := 0
+
 	for {
 		if err := binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, b); err == nil {
-			bof_pre, b, offset = w.parseBof(buf, b, bof_pre, offset)
+			bp, b, offset = w.parseBof(buf, b, bp, offset)
 		} else {
 			break
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *WorkBook) addXf(xf st_xf_data) {
-	w.Xfs = append(w.Xfs, xf)
-}
-
-func (w *WorkBook) addFont(font *FontInfo, buf io.ReadSeeker) {
-	name, _ := w.get_string(buf, uint16(font.NameB))
-	w.Fonts = append(w.Fonts, Font{Info: font, Name: name})
-}
-
-func (w *WorkBook) addFormat(format *Format) {
-	if w.Formats == nil {
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	w.Formats[format.Head.Index] = format
-}
-
 func (wb *WorkBook) parseBof(buf io.ReadSeeker, b *bof, pre *bof, offset_pre int) (after *bof, after_using *bof, offset int) {
 	after = b
 	after_using = pre
 	var bts = make([]byte, b.Size)
 	binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, bts)
-	buf_item := bytes.NewReader(bts)
+	item := bytes.NewReader(bts)
 	switch b.Id {
-	case 0x809:
+	case 0x0809: // BOF
 		bif := new(biffHeader)
-		binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, bif)
+		binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, bif)
 		if bif.Ver != 0x600 {
 			wb.Is5ver = true
 		}
 		wb.Type = bif.Type
-	case 0x042: // CODEPAGE
-		binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, &wb.Codepage)
-	case 0x3c: // CONTINUE
+	case 0x0042: // CODEPAGE
+		binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, &wb.Codepage)
+	case 0x3C: // CONTINUE
 		if pre.Id == 0xfc {
 			var size uint16
 			var err error
@@ -92,12 +80,12 @@ func (wb *WorkBook) parseBof(buf io.ReadSeeker, b *bof, pre *bof, offset_pre int
 				size = wb.continue_utf16
 				wb.continue_utf16 = 0
 			} else {
-				err = binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, &size)
+				err = binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, &size)
 			}
 			for err == nil && offset_pre < len(wb.sst) {
 				var str string
 				if size > 0 {
-					str, err = wb.get_string(buf_item, size)
+					str, err = wb.parseString(item, size)
 					wb.sst[offset_pre] = wb.sst[offset_pre] + str
 				}
 
@@ -106,23 +94,23 @@ func (wb *WorkBook) parseBof(buf io.ReadSeeker, b *bof, pre *bof, offset_pre int
 				}
 
 				offset_pre++
-				err = binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, &size)
+				err = binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, &size)
 			}
 		}
 		offset = offset_pre
 		after = pre
 		after_using = b
-	case 0xfc: // SST
+	case 0x00FC: // SST
 		info := new(SstInfo)
-		binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, info)
+		binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, info)
 		wb.sst = make([]string, info.Count)
 		var size uint16
 		var i = 0
 		for ; i < int(info.Count); i++ {
 			var err error
-			if err = binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, &size); err == nil {
+			if err = binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, &size); err == nil {
 				var str string
-				str, err = wb.get_string(buf_item, size)
+				str, err = wb.parseString(item, size)
 				wb.sst[i] = wb.sst[i] + str
 			}
 
@@ -131,41 +119,90 @@ func (wb *WorkBook) parseBof(buf io.ReadSeeker, b *bof, pre *bof, offset_pre int
 			}
 		}
 		offset = i
-	case 0x85: // bOUNDSHEET
+	case 0x0085: // SHEET
 		var bs = new(boundsheet)
-		binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, bs)
+		binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, bs)
 		// different for BIFF5 and BIFF8
-		wb.addSheet(bs, buf_item)
-	case 0x0e0: // XF
+		wb.addSheet(bs, item)
+	case 0x0017: // EXTERNSHEET
+		if !wb.Is5ver {
+			binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, &wb.ref.Num)
+			wb.ref.Info = make([]ExtSheetInfo, wb.ref.Num)
+			binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, &wb.ref.Info)
+		}
+	case 0x00e0: // XF
 		if wb.Is5ver {
 			xf := new(Xf5)
-			binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, xf)
+			binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, xf)
 			wb.addXf(xf)
 		} else {
 			xf := new(Xf8)
-			binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, xf)
+			binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, xf)
 			wb.addXf(xf)
 		}
-	case 0x031: // FONT
+	case 0x0031: // FONT
 		f := new(FontInfo)
-		binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, f)
-		wb.addFont(f, buf_item)
-	case 0x41E: //FORMAT
-		font := new(Format)
-		binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, &font.Head)
-		font.str, _ = wb.get_string(buf_item, font.Head.Size)
-		wb.addFormat(font)
-	case 0x22: //DATEMODE
-		binary.Read(buf_item, binary.LittleEndian, &wb.dateMode)
+		binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, f)
+		wb.addFont(f, item)
+	case 0x041E: //FORMAT
+		format := new(Format)
+		binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, &format.Head)
+		if raw, err := wb.parseString(item, format.Head.Size); nil == err && "" != raw {
+			format.Raw = strings.Split(raw, ";")
+		} else {
+			format.Raw = []string{}
+		}
+
+		wb.addFormat(format)
+	case 0x0022: //DATEMODE
+		binary.Read(item, binary.LittleEndian, &wb.dateMode)
 	}
 	return
 }
 
-func (w *WorkBook) get_string(buf io.ReadSeeker, size uint16) (res string, err error) {
+func (w *WorkBook) addXf(xf XF) {
+	w.Xfs = append(w.Xfs, xf)
+}
+
+func (w *WorkBook) addFont(font *FontInfo, buf io.ReadSeeker) {
+	name, _ := w.parseString(buf, uint16(font.NameB))
+	w.Fonts = append(w.Fonts, Font{Info: font, Name: name})
+}
+
+func (w *WorkBook) addFormat(format *Format) {
+	w.Formats[format.Head.Index] = format
+}
+
+func (w *WorkBook) addSheet(sheet *boundsheet, buf io.ReadSeeker) {
+	name, _ := w.parseString(buf, uint16(sheet.Name))
+	w.sheets = append(w.sheets, &WorkSheet{id: len(w.sheets), bs: sheet, Name: name, wb: w})
+}
+
+// prepare process workbook struct
+func (w *WorkBook) prepare() {
+	for k, v := range builtInNumFmt {
+		if _, ok := w.Formats[k]; !ok {
+			w.Formats[k] = &Format{
+				Raw: strings.Split(v, ";"),
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for _, v := range w.Formats {
+		v.Prepare()
+	}
+}
+
+//reading a sheet from the compress file to memory, you should call this before you try to get anything from sheet
+func (w *WorkBook) prepareSheet(sheet *WorkSheet) {
+	w.rs.Seek(int64(sheet.bs.Filepos), 0)
+	sheet.parse(w.rs)
+}
+
+func (w *WorkBook) parseString(buf io.ReadSeeker, size uint16) (res string, err error) {
 	if w.Is5ver {
 		var bts = make([]byte, size)
 		_, err = buf.Read(bts)
-		res = string(bts)
+		res = string(bytes.Trim(bts, "\r\n\t "))
 	} else {
 		var richtext_num = uint16(0)
 		var phonetic_size = uint32(0)
@@ -190,7 +227,7 @@ func (w *WorkBook) get_string(buf io.ReadSeeker, size uint16) (res string, err e
 				err = binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &bts[i])
 			}
 			runes := utf16.Decode(bts[:i])
-			res = string(runes)
+			res = strings.Trim(string(runes), "\r\n\t ")
 			if i < size {
 				w.continue_utf16 = size - i + 1
 			}
@@ -208,23 +245,21 @@ func (w *WorkBook) get_string(buf io.ReadSeeker, size uint16) (res string, err e
 				bts1[k] = uint16(v)
 			}
 			runes := utf16.Decode(bts1)
-			res = string(runes)
+			res = strings.Trim(string(runes), "\r\n\t ")
 		}
 		if richtext_num > 0 {
 			var bts []byte
-			var seek_size int64
+			var ss int64
 			if w.Is5ver {
-				seek_size = int64(2 * richtext_num)
+				ss = int64(2 * richtext_num)
 			} else {
-				seek_size = int64(4 * richtext_num)
+				ss = int64(4 * richtext_num)
 			}
-			bts = make([]byte, seek_size)
+			bts = make([]byte, ss)
 			err = binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, bts)
 			if err == io.EOF {
 				w.continue_rich = richtext_num
 			}
-
-			// err = binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, bts)
 		}
 		if phonetic_size > 0 {
 			var bts []byte
@@ -238,18 +273,20 @@ func (w *WorkBook) get_string(buf io.ReadSeeker, size uint16) (res string, err e
 	return
 }
 
-func (w *WorkBook) addSheet(sheet *boundsheet, buf io.ReadSeeker) {
-	name, _ := w.get_string(buf, uint16(sheet.Name))
-	w.sheets = append(w.sheets, &WorkSheet{bs: sheet, Name: name, wb: w})
+// Format format value to string
+func (w *WorkBook) Format(xf uint16, v float64) (string, bool) {
+	var val string
+	var idx = int(xf)
+	if len(w.Xfs) > idx {
+		if formatter := w.Formats[w.Xfs[idx].FormatNo()]; nil != formatter {
+			return formatter.String(v), true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return val, false
 }
 
-//reading a sheet from the compress file to memory, you should call this before you try to get anything from sheet
-func (w *WorkBook) prepareSheet(sheet *WorkSheet) {
-	w.rs.Seek(int64(sheet.bs.Filepos), 0)
-	sheet.parse(w.rs)
-}
-
-//Get one sheet by its number
+//GetSheet get one sheet by its number
 func (w *WorkBook) GetSheet(num int) *WorkSheet {
 	if num < len(w.sheets) {
 		s := w.sheets[num]
@@ -257,9 +294,8 @@ func (w *WorkBook) GetSheet(num int) *WorkSheet {
 			w.prepareSheet(s)
 		}
 		return s
-	} else {
-		return nil
 	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 //Get the number of all sheets, look into example
@@ -267,9 +303,9 @@ func (w *WorkBook) NumSheets() int {
 	return len(w.sheets)
 }
 
-//helper function to read all cells from file
+//ReadAllCells helper function to read all cells from file
 //Notice: the max value is the limit of the max capacity of lines.
-//Warning: the helper function will need big memeory if file is large.
+//Warning: the helper function will need big memory if file is large.
 func (w *WorkBook) ReadAllCells(max int) (res [][]string) {
 	res = make([][]string, 0)
 	for _, sheet := range w.sheets {
@@ -277,11 +313,11 @@ func (w *WorkBook) ReadAllCells(max int) (res [][]string) {
 			max = max - len(res)
 			w.prepareSheet(sheet)
 			if sheet.MaxRow != 0 {
-				leng := int(sheet.MaxRow) + 1
-				if max < leng {
-					leng = max
+				length := int(sheet.MaxRow) + 1
+				if max < length {
+					length = max
 				}
-				temp := make([][]string, leng)
+				temp := make([][]string, length)
 				for k, row := range sheet.rows {
 					data := make([]string, 0)
 					if len(row.cols) > 0 {
@@ -295,7 +331,7 @@ func (w *WorkBook) ReadAllCells(max int) (res [][]string) {
 								data[col.FirstCol()+i] = str[i]
 							}
 						}
-						if leng > int(k) {
+						if length > int(k) {
 							temp[k] = data
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/worksheet.go b/worksheet.go
index 9bf065c..e7deb12 100644
--- a/worksheet.go
+++ b/worksheet.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package xls
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"unicode/utf16"
 )
@@ -14,6 +13,18 @@ type boundsheet struct {
 	Name    byte
 }
 
+type extSheetRef struct {
+	Num  uint16
+	Info []ExtSheetInfo
+}
+
+// ExtSheetInfo external sheet references provided for named cells
+type ExtSheetInfo struct {
+	ExternalBookIndex uint16
+	FirstSheetIndex   uint16
+	LastSheetIndex    uint16
+}
+
 //WorkSheet in one WorkBook
 type WorkSheet struct {
 	bs   *boundsheet
@@ -22,6 +33,7 @@ type WorkSheet struct {
 	rows map[uint16]*Row
 	//NOTICE: this is the max row number of the sheet, so it should be count -1
 	MaxRow uint16
+	id     int
 	parsed bool
 }
 
@@ -36,15 +48,14 @@ func (w *WorkSheet) Row(i int) *Row {
 func (w *WorkSheet) parse(buf io.ReadSeeker) {
 	w.rows = make(map[uint16]*Row)
 	b := new(bof)
-	var bof_pre *bof
+	var bp *bof
 	for {
 		if err := binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, b); err == nil {
-			bof_pre = w.parseBof(buf, b, bof_pre)
+			bp = w.parseBof(buf, b, bp)
 			if b.Id == 0xa {
 				break
 			}
 		} else {
-			fmt.Println(err)
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -63,21 +74,17 @@ func (w *WorkSheet) parseBof(buf io.ReadSeeker, b *bof, pre *bof) *bof {
 	case 0x0BD: //MULRK
 		mc := new(MulrkCol)
 		size := (b.Size - 6) / 6
-		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &mc.Col)
 		mc.Xfrks = make([]XfRk, size)
-		for i := uint16(0); i < size; i++ {
-			binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &mc.Xfrks[i])
-		}
+		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &mc.Col)
+		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &mc.Xfrks)
 		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &mc.LastColB)
 		col = mc
 	case 0x0BE: //MULBLANK
 		mc := new(MulBlankCol)
 		size := (b.Size - 6) / 2
-		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &mc.Col)
 		mc.Xfs = make([]uint16, size)
-		for i := uint16(0); i < size; i++ {
-			binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &mc.Xfs[i])
-		}
+		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &mc.Col)
+		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &mc.Xfs)
 		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &mc.LastColB)
 		col = mc
 	case 0x203: //NUMBER
@@ -85,10 +92,26 @@ func (w *WorkSheet) parseBof(buf io.ReadSeeker, b *bof, pre *bof) *bof {
 		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, col)
 	case 0x06: //FORMULA
 		c := new(FormulaCol)
-		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &c.Header)
+		c.ws = w.id
+		c.Header = new(FormulaColHeader)
 		c.Bts = make([]byte, b.Size-20)
+		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, c.Header)
 		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &c.Bts)
 		col = c
+		c.parse(w.wb, false)
+
+		if TYPE_STRING == c.vType {
+			binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &c.Code)
+			binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &c.Btl)
+			binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &c.Btc)
+
+			var fms, fme = w.wb.parseString(buf, c.Btc)
+			if nil == fme {
+				c.value = fms
+			}
+
+			buf.Seek(-int64(c.Btl+4), 1)
+		}
 	case 0x27e: //RK
 		col = new(RkCol)
 		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, col)
@@ -100,18 +123,18 @@ func (w *WorkSheet) parseBof(buf io.ReadSeeker, b *bof, pre *bof) *bof {
 		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &c.BlankCol)
 		var count uint16
 		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &count)
-		c.Str, _ = w.wb.get_string(buf, count)
+		c.Str, _ = w.wb.parseString(buf, count)
 		col = c
 	case 0x201: //BLANK
 		col = new(BlankCol)
 		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, col)
 	case 0x1b8: //HYPERLINK
+		var flag uint32
+		var count uint32
 		var hy HyperLink
 		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &hy.CellRange)
 		buf.Seek(20, 1)
-		var flag uint32
 		binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &flag)
-		var count uint32
 
 		if flag&0x14 != 0 {
 			binary.Read(buf, binary.LittleEndian, &count)
@@ -172,7 +195,6 @@ func (w *WorkSheet) add(content interface{}) {
 			w.addCell(col, ch)
 		}
 	}
-
 }
 
 func (w *WorkSheet) addCell(col Coler, ch contentHandler) {
@@ -180,33 +202,36 @@ func (w *WorkSheet) addCell(col Coler, ch contentHandler) {
 }
 
 func (w *WorkSheet) addRange(rang Ranger, ch contentHandler) {
-
 	for i := rang.FirstRow(); i <= rang.LastRow(); i++ {
 		w.addContent(i, ch)
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *WorkSheet) addContent(row_num uint16, ch contentHandler) {
+func (w *WorkSheet) addContent(num uint16, ch contentHandler) {
 	var row *Row
 	var ok bool
-	if row, ok = w.rows[row_num]; !ok {
+	if row, ok = w.rows[num]; !ok {
 		info := new(rowInfo)
-		info.Index = row_num
+		info.Index = num
 		row = w.addRow(info)
 	}
 	row.cols[ch.FirstCol()] = ch
 }
 
-func (w *WorkSheet) addRow(info *rowInfo) (row *Row) {
+func (w *WorkSheet) addRow(info *rowInfo) *Row {
+	var ok bool
+	var row *Row
+
 	if info.Index > w.MaxRow {
 		w.MaxRow = info.Index
 	}
-	var ok bool
+
 	if row, ok = w.rows[info.Index]; ok {
 		row.info = info
 	} else {
-		row = &Row{info: info, cols: make(map[uint16]contentHandler)}
+		row = &Row{info: info, cols: make(map[uint16]contentHandler, int(info.Last-info.First))}
 		w.rows[info.Index] = row
 	}
-	return
+
+	return row
 }
diff --git a/xf.go b/xf.go
index 8f4dd1e..240f964 100644
--- a/xf.go
+++ b/xf.go
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package xls
 
+type XF interface {
+	FormatNo() uint16
+}
+
 type Xf5 struct {
 	Font      uint16
 	Format    uint16
@@ -11,7 +15,7 @@ type Xf5 struct {
 	Linestyle uint16
 }
 
-func (x *Xf5) formatNo() uint16 {
+func (x *Xf5) FormatNo() uint16 {
 	return x.Format
 }
 
@@ -28,10 +32,6 @@ type Xf8 struct {
 	Groundcolor uint16
 }
 
-func (x *Xf8) formatNo() uint16 {
+func (x *Xf8) FormatNo() uint16 {
 	return x.Format
 }
-
-type st_xf_data interface {
-	formatNo() uint16
-}
diff --git a/xls.go b/xls.go
index 7979cb9..02ed128 100644
--- a/xls.go
+++ b/xls.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package xls
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/extrame/ole2"
@@ -16,7 +18,16 @@ func Open(file string, charset string) (*WorkBook, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-//Open one xls file and return the closer
+//OpenWithBuffer open one xls file with memory buffer
+func OpenWithBuffer(file string, charset string) (*WorkBook, error) {
+	if fi, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file); err == nil {
+		return OpenReader(bytes.NewReader(fi), charset)
+	} else {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+}
+
+//OpenWithCloser open one xls file and return the closer
 func OpenWithCloser(file string, charset string) (*WorkBook, io.Closer, error) {
 	if fi, err := os.Open(file); err == nil {
 		wb, err := OpenReader(fi, charset)
@@ -26,7 +37,7 @@ func OpenWithCloser(file string, charset string) (*WorkBook, io.Closer, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-//Open xls file from reader
+//OpenReader open xls file from reader
 func OpenReader(reader io.ReadSeeker, charset string) (wb *WorkBook, err error) {
 	var ole *ole2.Ole
 	if ole, err = ole2.Open(reader, charset); err == nil {