Python Excel template read and re-write, maintaining formulae and formatting

Question

I\'ve run the gamut and can\'t seem to find what I\'m looking for. All threads I found here end up in dead ends for me. xlrd, xlwt, and xlutils almost do what I need, but… T

Answer 1

You can use openpyxl for this - it only supports xlsx (and the related formats), and not xls (the old Excel format).

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/openpyxl/

http://openpyxl.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/src/2.2/doc/source/index.rst

This package does preserve formulas when you open/save the Excel sheet. Also it does preserve formatting, but there are some minor issues with it. Images from the original Excel file are not preserved, though.

Other cool features include support for conditional formatting, charts, sparklines, and many more.