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@@ -437,31 +437,32 @@ top-level attributes: `fill`, `font`, `numFmt`, `alignment`, and `border`.
 
 | Style Attribute | Sub Attributes | Values |
 | :-------------- | :------------- | :------------- | :----- |
-| fill            | patternType    |  'solid' or 'none' |
-|                 | fgColor        |  COLOR_SPEC
-|                 | bgColor        |  COLOR_SPEC
-| font            | name           |  "Calibri" // default
-|                 | sz             |  "11" // font size in points
-|                 | color          |  COLOR_SPEC
-| numFmt          |                |  "0"  // integer index to built in formats, see StyleBuilder.SSF property
-|                 |                |  "0.00%" // string matching a built-in format, see StyleBuilder.SSF
-|                 |                |  "0.0%"  // string specifying a custom format
-|                 |                |  "0.00%;\\(0.00%\\);\\-;@" // string specifying a custom format, escaping special characters
-| alignment       | vertical       | "bottom"||"center"||"top"
-|                 | horizontal     | "bottom"||"center"||"top"
-|                 | textRotation   | Number from 0 to 180 or 255 (default is 0)
-|                 |                |   "90" is rotated up 90 degrees
-|                 |                |   "45" is rotated up 45 degrees
-|                 |                |  "135" is rotated down 45 degrees
-|                 |                | "180" is rotated down 180 degrees
-|                 |                | "255" is special,  aligned vertically
-| border          | top            | { style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }
-|                 | bottom         | { style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }
-|                 | left           | { style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }
-|                 | right          | { style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }
-|                 | diagonal       | { style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }
-|                 | diagonalUp     | true||false
-|                 | diagonalDown   | true||false
+| fill            | patternType    |  `"solid"` or `"none"` |
+|                 | fgColor        |  `COLOR_SPEC`
+|                 | bgColor        |  `COLOR_SPEC`
+| font            | name           |  `"Calibri"` // default
+|                 | sz             |  `"11"` // font size in points
+|                 | color          |  `COLOR_SPEC`
+| numFmt          |                |  `"0"`  // integer index to built in formats, see StyleBuilder.SSF property
+|                 |                |  `"0.00%"` // string matching a built-in format, see StyleBuilder.SSF
+|                 |                |  `"0.0%"`  // string specifying a custom format
+|                 |                |  `"0.00%;\\(0.00%\\);\\-;@"` // string specifying a custom format, escaping special characters
+| alignment       | vertical       | `"bottom"||"center"||"top"`
+|                 | horizontal     | `"bottom"||"center"||"top"`
+|                 | textRotation   | Number from `0` to `180` or `255` (default is `0`)
+|                 |                |  `90` is rotated up 90 degrees
+|                 |                |  `45` is rotated up 45 degrees
+|                 |                | `135` is rotated down 45 degrees 
+|                 |                | `180` is rotated down 180 degrees
+|                 |                | `255` is special,  aligned vertically
+| border          | top            | `{ style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }`
+|                 | bottom         | `{ style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }`
+|                 | left           | `{ style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }`
+|                 | right          | `{ style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }`
+|                 | diagonal       | `{ style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }`
+|                 | diagonalUp     | `true||false`
+|                 | diagonalDown   | `true||false`
+
 
 
 
@@ -471,11 +472,11 @@ top-level attributes: `fill`, `font`, `numFmt`, `alignment`, and `border`.
 * `{ theme: "1", tint: "-0.25"}` specifying an integer index to a theme color and a tint value (default 0)
 * `{ indexed: 64}` default value for `fill.bgColor`
 
-** BORDER_STYLE** are piped directly to XML and may take on one of the following values:
+**BORDER_STYLE** is a string value which may take on one of the following values:
  * `thin`
- *`medium`
- *`thick`
- *`dotted`
+ * `medium`
+ * `thick`
+ * `dotted`
  * `hair`
  * `dashed`
  * `mediumDashed`
@@ -486,60 +487,6 @@ top-level attributes: `fill`, `font`, `numFmt`, `alignment`, and `border`.
  * `slantDashDot`
 
 
-
-```js
-  {
-     fill: {
-         patternType: "solid", // default is "none"
-         fgColor: {
-             rgb: "FFFFAA00", // specify either rgb OR theme/tint not both
-             //theme: "1",
-             //tint:  -0.25,
-         },
-         bgColor: {
-            indexed: "64"  // this is the default value for bgColor
-         }
-     },
-     font: {
-        name: "Calibri",
-        sz: "1" // pts
-        bold: false,
-        italic: false,
-        underline: false,
-        color: {
-            rgb: "FFFFAA00", // specify either rgb OR theme/tint not both
-            theme: "1",
-            tint:  -0.25,
-        }
-     },
-     numFmt: 1, // or "0.00%" or "0.00%;\\-0.00%;\\-\\-;@",
-     alignment: {
-        vertical: "top" // or "center" or "bottom",
-        horizontal: "left" // or "center" or "right",
-        indent: "0" // or "1" or "2" or "3"...
-     },
-     border: {
-        diagonalUp: false,
-        diagonalDown: false,
-        top: {
-            style: "thin", // "thin","medium","thick","hair","dash","dot","dashDot","dashDotDot","mediumDashDot","mediumDashDotDot","slantDashDot"
-            color: {
-                auto: 1,
-                rgb: "FFFFAA00", // specify either rgb OR theme/tint not both
-                theme: "1",
-                tint:  -0.25,
-            }
-        },
-        right: {},
-        bottom: {},
-        left: {},
-        diagonal: {}
-     }
-  }
-
-```
-
-
 ## Tested Environments
 
  - NodeJS 0.8, 0.10 (latest release), 0.11 (unstable)