How to get Excel cell properties in Python
Actually I am using xlrd module 0.8 version, but I don't know how to read cell properties like background color, font, and whether cell is locked. I tried to use import xlrd wb = xlrd.open_workbook(...) sh = wb.sheet_by_index(...) sh.sh._cell_xf_indexes(2, 2) It raises an error saying formatting information needs to be set while reading wb , but if I had that parameter then it shows it is still not implemented. Is there another module or how can this module itself be made to read cell properties? The following works for me, using xlrd version 0.7.6: from xlrd import open_workbook wb = open