diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
index a98a1061..16284837 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel2007.php
@@ -775,6 +775,10 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007 implements PHPExcel_Reader_IReader
 								    $docSheet->getSheetView()->setZoomScaleNormal( intval($xmlSheet->sheetViews->sheetView['zoomScaleNormal']) );
 								}
 
+							    if (isset($xmlSheet->sheetViews->sheetView['view'])) {
+								    $docSheet->getSheetView()->setView((string) $xmlSheet->sheetViews->sheetView['view']);
+								}
+
 								if (isset($xmlSheet->sheetViews->sheetView['showGridLines'])) {
 									$docSheet->setShowGridLines((string)$xmlSheet->sheetViews->sheetView['showGridLines'] ? true : false);
 								}
diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Worksheet/SheetView.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Worksheet/SheetView.php
index e76cec5e..9ae4bf06 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Worksheet/SheetView.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Worksheet/SheetView.php
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@
 class PHPExcel_Worksheet_SheetView
 {
 
-	/* Fill types */
-	const VIEW_PAGE_LAYOUT			= 'pageLayout';
-	const VIEW_PAGE_BREAK_PREVIEW	= 'pageBreakPreview';
+	/* Sheet View types */
+	const SHEETVIEW_NORMAL				= 'normal';
+	const SHEETVIEW_PAGE_LAYOUT			= 'pageLayout';
+	const SHEETVIEW_PAGE_BREAK_PREVIEW	= 'pageBreakPreview';
+
+	private static $_sheetViewTypes = array(
+		self::SHEETVIEW_NORMAL,
+		self::SHEETVIEW_PAGE_LAYOUT,
+		self::SHEETVIEW_PAGE_BREAK_PREVIEW,
+	);
 
 	/**
 	 * ZoomScale
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ class PHPExcel_Worksheet_SheetView
 	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
-	private $_view				= false;
+	private $_sheetviewType		= self::SHEETVIEW_NORMAL;
 
     /**
      * Create a new PHPExcel_Worksheet_SheetView
@@ -133,28 +140,35 @@ class PHPExcel_Worksheet_SheetView
 	/**
 	 * Get View
 	 *
-	 * @return int
+	 * @return string
 	 */
 	public function getView() {
-		return $this->_view;
+		return $this->_sheetviewType;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Set View
 	 *
-	 * Valid values range from 10 to 400.
+	 * Valid values are
+	 *		'normal'			self::SHEETVIEW_NORMAL
+	 *		'pageLayout'		self::SHEETVIEW_PAGE_LAYOUT
+	 *		'pageBreakPreview'	self::SHEETVIEW_PAGE_BREAK_PREVIEW
 	 *
 	 * @param 	string 	$pValue
 	 * @throws 	Exception
 	 * @return PHPExcel_Worksheet_SheetView
 	 */
-	public function setView($pValue = false) {
-		// Microsoft Office Excel 2007 only allows setting a view 'pageLayout' or 'pageBreakPreview' via the user interface,
-		if (($pValue === false) || in_array($pValue, array(self::VIEW_PAGE_LAYOUT, self::VIEW_PAGE_BREAK_PREVIEW))) {
-			$this->_view = $pValue;
+	public function setView($pValue = NULL) {
+		//	MS Excel 2007 allows setting the view to 'normal', 'pageLayout' or 'pageBreakPreview'
+		//		via the user interface
+		if ($pValue === NULL)
+			$pValue = self::SHEETVIEW_NORMAL;
+		if (in_array($pValue, self::$_sheetViewTypes)) {
+			$this->_sheetviewType = $pValue;
 		} else {
-			throw new Exception("Invalid view.");
+			throw new Exception("Invalid sheetview layout type.");
 		}
+
 		return $this;
 	}
 
diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Writer/Excel2007/Worksheet.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Writer/Excel2007/Worksheet.php
index 036f4b73..29e0aed3 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Writer/Excel2007/Worksheet.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Writer/Excel2007/Worksheet.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class PHPExcel_Writer_Excel2007_Worksheet extends PHPExcel_Writer_Excel2007_Writ
 	 * @param	PHPExcel_Worksheet					$pSheet			Worksheet
 	 * @throws	Exception
 	 */
-	private function _writeSheetViews(PHPExcel_Shared_XMLWriter $objWriter = null, PHPExcel_Worksheet $pSheet = null)
+	private function _writeSheetViews(PHPExcel_Shared_XMLWriter $objWriter = NULL, PHPExcel_Worksheet $pSheet = NULL)
 	{
 		// sheetViews
 		$objWriter->startElement('sheetViews');
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ class PHPExcel_Writer_Excel2007_Worksheet extends PHPExcel_Writer_Excel2007_Writ
 					$objWriter->writeAttribute('zoomScaleNormal',	$pSheet->getSheetView()->getZoomScaleNormal());
 				}
 
-				// View
-				if ($pSheet->getSheetView()->getView() != false) {
+				// View Layout Type
+				if ($pSheet->getSheetView()->getView() !== PHPExcel_Worksheet_SheetView::SHEETVIEW_NORMAL) {
 					$objWriter->writeAttribute('view',	$pSheet->getSheetView()->getView());
 				}
 
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index faac4ebd..337a81ee 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Fixed in develop branch:
 - Feature:  (MBaker)     Initial version of HTML Reader
 - Feature:  (Progi1984) & (blazzy) Work items 9605 - Implement support for AutoFilter in PHPExcel_Writer_Excel5
 - Feature:  (MBaker)     Modified ERF and ERFC Engineering functions to accept Excel 2010's modified acceptance of negative arguments
+- Feature:  (k1LoW)      Support SheetView `view` attribute (Excel2007)
 - General:  (alexgann)   Add Currency detection to the Advanced Value Binder
 - General:  (MBaker)     Work item 18404 - setCellValueExplicitByColumnAndRow() do not return PHPExcel_Worksheet
 - General:  (MBaker)     Work item 18324 - Reader factory doesn't read anymore XLTX and XLT files