diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/spready/spready.lpi b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/spready/spready.lpi
index 55aa499e8..28c472d11 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/spready/spready.lpi
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/spready/spready.lpi
@@ -15,8 +15,67 @@
       <CharSet Value=""/>
       <StringTable ProductVersion=""/>
     </VersionInfo>
-    <BuildModes Count="1">
+    <BuildModes Count="3">
       <Item1 Name="default" Default="True"/>
+      <Item2 Name="Debug">
+        <CompilerOptions>
+          <Version Value="11"/>
+          <Target>
+            <Filename Value="spready"/>
+          </Target>
+          <SearchPaths>
+            <IncludeFiles Value="$(ProjOutDir)"/>
+            <UnitOutputDirectory Value="lib/$(TargetCPU)-$(TargetOS)"/>
+          </SearchPaths>
+          <Parsing>
+            <SyntaxOptions>
+              <UseAnsiStrings Value="False"/>
+            </SyntaxOptions>
+          </Parsing>
+          <Linking>
+            <Options>
+              <Win32>
+                <GraphicApplication Value="True"/>
+              </Win32>
+            </Options>
+          </Linking>
+        </CompilerOptions>
+      </Item2>
+      <Item3 Name="Release">
+        <CompilerOptions>
+          <Version Value="11"/>
+          <PathDelim Value="\"/>
+          <Target>
+            <Filename Value="spready"/>
+          </Target>
+          <SearchPaths>
+            <IncludeFiles Value="$(ProjOutDir)"/>
+            <UnitOutputDirectory Value="lib\$(TargetCPU)-$(TargetOS)"/>
+          </SearchPaths>
+          <Parsing>
+            <SyntaxOptions>
+              <UseAnsiStrings Value="False"/>
+            </SyntaxOptions>
+          </Parsing>
+          <CodeGeneration>
+            <SmartLinkUnit Value="True"/>
+            <Optimizations>
+              <OptimizationLevel Value="3"/>
+            </Optimizations>
+          </CodeGeneration>
+          <Linking>
+            <Debugging>
+              <GenerateDebugInfo Value="False"/>
+            </Debugging>
+            <LinkSmart Value="True"/>
+            <Options>
+              <Win32>
+                <GraphicApplication Value="True"/>
+              </Win32>
+            </Options>
+          </Linking>
+        </CompilerOptions>
+      </Item3>
     </BuildModes>
     <PublishOptions>
       <Version Value="2"/>
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsxooxml.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsxooxml.pas
index f28c8efa3..f5380b814 100755
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsxooxml.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsxooxml.pas
@@ -721,24 +721,26 @@ begin
     if nodeName = 'xf' then begin
       xf := TXfListData.Create;
 
+      // strange: sometimes the "apply*" are missing. Therefore, it may be better
+      // to check against "<>0" instead of "=1"
       s1 := GetAttrValue(node, 'numFmtId');
       s2 := GetAttrValue(node, 'applyNumberFormat');
-      if s2 = '1' then xf.NumFmtIndex := StrToInt(s1);
+      if s2 <> '0' then xf.NumFmtIndex := StrToInt(s1);
 
       s1 := GetAttrValue(node, 'fontId');
       s2 := GetAttrValue(node, 'applyFont');
-      if s2 = '1' then xf.FontIndex := StrToInt(s1);
+      if s2 <> '0' then xf.FontIndex := StrToInt(s1);
 
       s1 := GetAttrValue(node, 'fillId');
       s2 := GetAttrValue(node, 'applyFill');
-      if s2 = '1' then xf.FillIndex := StrToInt(s1);
+      if s2 <> '0' then xf.FillIndex := StrToInt(s1);
 
       s1 := GetAttrValue(node, 'borderId');
       s2 := GetAttrValue(node, 'applyBorder');
-      if s2 = '1' then xf.BorderIndex := StrToInt(s1);
+      if s2 <> '0' then xf.BorderIndex := StrToInt(s1);
 
       s2 := GetAttrValue(node, 'applyAlignment');
-      if s2 = '1' then begin
+      if s2 <> '0' then begin
         childNode := node.FirstChild;
         while Assigned(childNode) do begin
           nodeName := childNode.NodeName;
@@ -764,7 +766,7 @@ begin
               xf.VertAlignment := vaBottom;
 
             s1 := GetAttrValue(childNode, 'wrapText');
-            if s1 = '1' then
+            if s1 <> '0' then
               xf.WordWrap := true;
 
             s1 := GetAttrValue(childNode, 'textRotation');