How do I get rid of the white background when exporting to Excel from SSRS? <p>When I export my SSRS report as an Excel document, all the Excel sheet guidelines are hidden, i.e. the whole workbook has a white background, except for the tablix control which has visible borders. I have followed a couple of instructions to set the border-style property of the tablix to "solid", but this only seems to affect the tablix itself, and not the workbook.</p> <p>What could be the issue please?</p>