# here is a simple script: from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch("Excel.Application") xlApp.Visible=1 #show me excel xlApp.Workbooks.Add() #add a workbook for r in range(1,5): #put data into spreadsheet row/column xlApp.Cells(r,r).Value=r for r in range(1,5): #read data from sheet print xlApp.Cells(r,r).Value xlApp.Worksheets.Add()#add another sheet in same workbook. for r in range(1,11): #put data into spreadsheet xlApp.Cells(1,r).Value=r #first row this tome #xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.Close() #xlApp.Quit Good luck. Here is a free Excel Object Model Overview: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_wrcore/html/wrconexcelobjectmodeloverview.asp -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list