diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 9f86fe2..d380034 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 History
 =======
 
+0.8.2 (2010-09-28)
+------------------
+* Added alignment wrapping to written cells.
+* Added separator support to XLS.
+
 0.8.1 (2010-09-28)
 ------------------
 * Packaging Fix
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 920c148..bea4609 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if sys.argv[-1] == "publish":
 
 setup(
 	name='tablib',
-	version='0.8.1',
+	version='0.8.2',
 	description='Format agnostic tabular data library (XLS, JSON, YAML, CSV)',
 	long_description=open('README.rst').read() + '\n\n' +
 	                 open('HISTORY.rst').read(),
diff --git a/tablib/core.py b/tablib/core.py
index ddb9769..e7b622c 100644
--- a/tablib/core.py
+++ b/tablib/core.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ class Dataset(object):
 	def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 		self._data = list(args)
 		self.__headers = None
+		
+		# ('title', index) tuples
+		self._separators = []
 
 		try:
 			self.headers = kwargs['headers']
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ class Dataset(object):
 
 		self._register_formats()
 
+		
 	def __len__(self):
 		return self.height
 
@@ -194,7 +198,26 @@ class Dataset(object):
 				self._data = [tuple([row]) for row in col]
 
 
-	def insert(self, i, row=None, col=None):
+	def insert_separator(self, index, text='-'):
+		"""Adds a separator to Dataset at given index."""
+
+		sep = (index, text)
+		self._separators.append(sep)
+
+
+	def append_separator(self, text='-'):
+		"""Adds a separator to Dataset."""
+
+		# change offsets if headers are or aren't defined
+		if not self.headers:
+			index = self.height if self.height else 0
+		else:
+			index = (self.height + 1) if self.height else 1
+
+		self.insert_separator(index, text)
+
+
+	def insert(self, i, row=None):
 		"""Inserts a row at given position in Dataset"""
 		if row:
 			self._validate(row)
@@ -225,9 +248,11 @@ class Databook(object):
 		except AttributeError:
 			return '<databook object>'
 
+
 	def wipe(self):
 		"""Wipe book clean."""
 		self._datasets = []
+
 		
 	@classmethod
 	def _register_formats(cls):
@@ -249,7 +274,7 @@ class Databook(object):
 			self._datasets.append(dataset)
 		else:
 			raise InvalidDatasetType
-
+		
 
 	def _package(self):
 		"""Packages Databook for delivery."""
@@ -268,6 +293,29 @@ class Databook(object):
 		return len(self._datasets)
 
 
+def detect(stream):
+	"""Return (format, stream) of given stream."""
+	for fmt in formats:
+		try:
+			if fmt.detect(stream):
+				return (fmt, stream) 
+		except AttributeError:
+			pass 
+	return (None, stream)
+	
+	
+def import_set(stream):
+	"""Return dataset of given stream."""
+	(format, stream) = detect(stream)
+
+	try:
+		data = Dataset()
+		format.import_set(data, stream)
+		return data
+		
+	except AttributeError, e:
+		return None
+
 
 class InvalidDatasetType(Exception):
 	"Only Datasets can be added to a DataBook"
diff --git a/tablib/formats/_xls.py b/tablib/formats/_xls.py
index 1a739af..76e9318 100644
--- a/tablib/formats/_xls.py
+++ b/tablib/formats/_xls.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import cStringIO
 
 title = 'xls'
 extentions = ('xls',)
-
+wrap = xlwt.easyxf("alignment: wrap on")
+bold = xlwt.easyxf("font: bold on")
 
 def export_set(dataset):
 	"""Returns XLS representation of Dataset."""
@@ -17,10 +18,8 @@ def export_set(dataset):
 	wb = xlwt.Workbook(encoding='utf8')
 	ws = wb.add_sheet(dataset.title if dataset.title else 'Tabbed Dataset')
 
-	for i, row in enumerate(dataset._package(dicts=False)):
-		for j, col in enumerate(row):
-			ws.write(i, j, col)
-
+	dset_sheet(dataset, ws)
+	
 	stream = cStringIO.StringIO()
 	wb.save(stream)
 	return stream.getvalue()
@@ -34,12 +33,35 @@ def export_book(databook):
 	for i, dset in enumerate(databook._datasets):
 		ws = wb.add_sheet(dset.title if dset.title else 'Sheet%s' % (i))
 
-		#for row in self._package(dicts=False):
-		for i, row in enumerate(dset._package(dicts=False)):
-			for j, col in enumerate(row):
-				ws.write(i, j, col)
+		dset_sheet(dset, ws)
 
 
 	stream = cStringIO.StringIO()
 	wb.save(stream)
-	return stream.getvalue()
\ No newline at end of file
+	return stream.getvalue()
+
+
+def dset_sheet(dataset, ws):
+	"""Completes given worksheet from given Dataset."""
+	_package = dataset._package(dicts=False)
+
+	for i, sep in enumerate(dataset._separators):
+		_offset = i
+		_package.insert((sep[0] + _offset), (sep[1],))
+
+	for i, row in enumerate(_package):
+		for j, col in enumerate(row):
+
+			# bold headers
+			if (i == 0) and dataset.headers:
+				ws.write(i, j, col, bold)
+
+			# bold separators
+			elif len(row) < dataset.width:
+				ws.write(i, j, col, bold)
+
+			# wrap the rest
+			else:
+				ws.write(i, j, col, wrap)
+
+	
\ No newline at end of file