diff --git a/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/data/PoiRowsIn.java b/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/data/PoiRowsIn.java
index 618168f..83a8fb2 100644
--- a/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/data/PoiRowsIn.java
+++ b/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/data/PoiRowsIn.java
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ public <T extends DataIn> T provideDataIn(Class<T> type) throws DataException {
 			throw new UnsupportedDataInException(this.getClass(), type);
 		}
 		
+		@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
 		@Override
 		public CellIn<?> inFor(Field column) {
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/DataCell.java b/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/DataCell.java
index acba298..f84a39e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/DataCell.java
+++ b/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/DataCell.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public Object read() throws DataException {
 			logger.trace("[" + DataCell.this + "] value is [" + 
 					field + "]");
 			
-			nextReader = nextReaderFor(new VoidIn());
+			nextReader = nextReaderFor(childDataIn());
 			
 			return read();
 		}
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ public void close() throws DataException {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	protected DataIn childDataIn() {
+		return new VoidIn();
+	}
+	
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Override
 	public DataReader readerFor(DataIn dataIn) throws DataException {
@@ -183,6 +187,23 @@ public String getDefaultStyle() {
 		return null;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @author rob
+	 *
+	 * @param <T>
+	 */
+	protected interface DataOutControl<T> {
+		
+		public DataOut dataOut();
+		
+		public boolean isWrittenTo();
+		
+		public void resetWrittenTo();
+		
+		public T value();
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * The Data Writer that writes to the cell.
 	 */
@@ -190,8 +211,11 @@ class MainWriter implements DataWriter {
 
 		private final DataWriter nextWriter;
 		
+		private final DataOutControl<T> dataOutControl;
+		
 		public MainWriter() throws DataException {
-			this.nextWriter = nextWriterFor(new VoidOut());
+			this.dataOutControl = childDataOut();
+			this.nextWriter = nextWriterFor(dataOutControl.dataOut());
 		}
 		
 		@Override
@@ -201,14 +225,21 @@ public boolean write(Object object) throws DataException {
 				return true;
 			}
 			
-			if (isWrittenTo()) {
+			if (isWrittenTo() || dataOutControl.isWrittenTo()) {
 				
+				dataOutControl.resetWrittenTo();
 				resetWrittenTo();
 				
 				return write(object);
 			}
 			
-			T value = value();
+			T value = dataOutControl.value();
+			if (value == null) {
+				value = value();
+			}
+			else {
+				value(value);
+			}
 			
 			columnOut.setData(value);
 			
@@ -229,6 +260,31 @@ public void close() throws DataException {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	protected DataOutControl<T> childDataOut() {
+		
+		return new DataOutControl<T>() {
+			
+			@Override
+			public T value() {
+				return null;
+			}
+			
+			@Override
+			public boolean isWrittenTo() {
+				return false;
+			}
+			
+			@Override
+			public void resetWrittenTo() {
+			}
+			
+			@Override
+			public DataOut dataOut() {
+				return new VoidOut();
+			}
+		};
+	}
+	
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Override
 	public DataWriter writerFor(DataOut dataOut) throws DataException {
diff --git a/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/TextCell.java b/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/TextCell.java
index 1176f70..ef38e89 100644
--- a/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/TextCell.java
+++ b/src/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/TextCell.java
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package org.oddjob.dido.poi.layouts;
 
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
+import org.oddjob.dido.DataIn;
+import org.oddjob.dido.DataOut;
+import org.oddjob.dido.Layout;
+import org.oddjob.dido.text.StringTextIn;
+import org.oddjob.dido.text.StringTextOut;
 
 public class TextCell extends DataCell<String> {
 
@@ -14,15 +19,50 @@ public int getCellType() {
 		return Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING;
 	}
 	
+	public void setOf(int index, Layout child) {
+		addOrRemoveChild(index, child);
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public String extractCellValue(Cell cell) {
 		return cell.getStringCellValue();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected DataIn childDataIn() {
+		return new StringTextIn(value());
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public void insertValueInto(Cell cell, String value) {
 		cell.setCellValue(value);
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DataOutControl<String> childDataOut() {
+		
+		return new DataOutControl<String>() {
+			
+			StringTextOut textOut = new StringTextOut();
+			
+			@Override
+			public DataOut dataOut() {
+				return textOut;
+			}
+			@Override
+			public boolean isWrittenTo() {
+				return textOut.isMultiLine();
+			}
+			@Override
+			public void resetWrittenTo() {
+				textOut.resetWrittenTo();
+			}
+			@Override
+			public String value() {
+				return textOut.toText();
+			}
+		};
+	}
 	
 	public String getValue() {
 		return this.value();
diff --git a/test/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/TextCellOfNamedValues.xml b/test/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/TextCellOfNamedValues.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee4f440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/TextCellOfNamedValues.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<oddjob>
+    <job>
+        <sequential>
+            <jobs>
+                <dido:read id="text-read" xmlns:dido="oddjob:dido">
+                    <beans>
+                        <list/>
+                    </beans>
+                    <data>
+                        <dido:io>
+                            <input>
+                                <buffer><![CDATA[apple; colour=red, origin=france, shape=round 
+pear; colour=green, orgin=uk, shape=tear-drop
+banana; colour=yellow, origin=jamacia, shape=bent-cylinder
+]]></buffer>
+                            </input>
+                        </dido:io>
+                    </data>
+                    <layout>
+                        <dido:delimited delimiter="; " name="data" regexp="\s*;\s*">
+                            <of>
+                                <dido:text name="fruit"/>
+                                <dido:text>
+                                    <of>
+                                        <dido:delimited delimiter=", " regexp="\s*,\s*">
+                                            <of>
+                                                <dido:named-values name="description"/>
+                                            </of>
+                                        </dido:delimited>
+                                    </of>
+                                </dido:text>
+                            </of>
+                        </dido:delimited>
+                    </layout>
+                    <bindings>
+                        <dido:bean-binding key="data"/>
+                    </bindings>
+                </dido:read>
+                <dido:write id="poi-write" xmlns:dido="oddjob:dido">
+                    <beans>
+                        <value value="${text-read.beans}"/>
+                    </beans>
+                    <data>
+                        <dido-poi:workbook xmlns:dido-poi="oddjob:dido:poi">
+                            <output>
+                                <file file="work/TextCellWithNamedValues.xlsx"/>
+                            </output>
+                        </dido-poi:workbook>
+                    </data>
+                    <layout>
+                        <dido-poi:rows name="data" withHeadings="true" xmlns:dido-poi="oddjob:dido:poi">
+                            <of>
+                                <dido-poi:text name="fruit"/>
+                                <dido-poi:text>
+                                    <of>
+                                        <dido:delimited delimiter=", " regexp="\s*,\s*">
+                                            <of>
+                                                <dido:named-values name="description"/>
+                                            </of>
+                                        </dido:delimited>
+                                    </of>
+                                </dido-poi:text>
+                            </of>
+                        </dido-poi:rows>
+                    </layout>
+                    <bindings>
+                        <dido:bean-binding key="data"/>
+                    </bindings>
+                </dido:write>
+                <dido:read id="poi-read" xmlns:dido="oddjob:dido">
+                    <beans>
+                        <list/>
+                    </beans>
+                    <data>
+                        <dido-poi:workbook xmlns:dido-poi="oddjob:dido:poi">
+                            <input>
+                                <value value="${poi-write.data.output}"/>
+                            </input>
+                        </dido-poi:workbook>
+                    </data>
+                    <layout>
+                        <value value="${poi-write.layout}"/>
+                    </layout>
+                    <bindings>
+                        <dido:bean-binding key="data"/>
+                    </bindings>
+                </dido:read>
+                <dido:write id="text-write" xmlns:dido="oddjob:dido">
+                    <beans>
+                        <value value="${poi-read.beans}"/>
+                    </beans>
+                    <data>
+                        <dido:io>
+                            <output>
+                                <buffer/>
+                            </output>
+                        </dido:io>
+                    </data>
+                    <layout>
+                        <value value="${text-read.layout}"/>
+                    </layout>
+                    <bindings>
+                        <dido:bean-binding key="data"/>
+                    </bindings>
+                </dido:write>
+            </jobs>
+        </sequential>
+    </job>
+</oddjob>
diff --git a/test/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/TextCellTest.java b/test/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/TextCellTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6dd780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/org/oddjob/dido/poi/layouts/TextCellTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package org.oddjob.dido.poi.layouts;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.oddjob.Oddjob;
+import org.oddjob.OddjobLookup;
+import org.oddjob.arooa.convert.ArooaConversionException;
+import org.oddjob.arooa.reflect.ArooaPropertyException;
+import org.oddjob.state.ParentState;
+
+public class TextCellTest extends TestCase {
+
+	public void testWriteAndRead() throws ArooaPropertyException, ArooaConversionException {
+		
+		File file = new File(getClass().getResource(
+				"TextCellOfNamedValues.xml").getFile());
+		
+		Oddjob oddjob = new Oddjob();
+		oddjob.setFile(file);
+		
+		oddjob.run();
+		
+		assertEquals(ParentState.COMPLETE, 
+				oddjob.lastStateEvent().getState());
+		
+		OddjobLookup lookup = new OddjobLookup(oddjob);
+		
+		String[] expected = lookup.lookup("text-read.data.input", String[].class);
+		
+		String[] result = lookup.lookup("text-write.data.output", String[].class);
+		
+		assertEquals(expected[0], result[0]);
+		assertEquals(expected[1], result[1]);
+		assertEquals(expected[2], result[2]);
+		
+		assertEquals(expected.length, result.length);
+	}
+	
+}