title: How to get Excel cell properties in Python
body: <p>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.</p>
  
  <p>I tried to use</p>
  
  <pre><code>import xlrd
  wb = xlrd.open_workbook(...)
  sh = wb.sheet_by_index(...)
  sh.sh._cell_xf_indexes(2, 2)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It raises an error saying formatting information needs to be set while reading <code>wb</code>, but if I had that parameter then it shows it is still not implemented.</p>
  
  <p>Is there another module or how can this module itself be made to read cell properties?</p>