final int rowSpan = sheetLayout.getRowSpan(row, content.getY() + content.getHeight() + contentOffset);
final CellBackground realBackground = cellBackgroundProducer.getBackgroundAt
(logicalPage, sheetLayout, col, row, colSpan, rowSpan, false, sectionType);
final Cell cell = new Cell();
cell.setRowspan(rowSpan);
cell.setColspan(colSpan);
cell.setBorderWidth(0);
// Sadly RTF-Cell does not provide a setter for the row-span. Therefore we have to "import" a plain cell
// for that. The design of the iText RTF writer seems to be seriously flawed here ..
if (realBackground != null)
{
updateCellStyle(cell, realBackground);