title: Setting up xlrd with Python
body: <p>I'm trying to get a data management program running so I can rearrange some data for the company I work for using Python. I don't really have any experience with Python, but I do with java.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.simplistix.co.uk/presentations/python-excel.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.simplistix.co.uk/presentations/python-excel.pdf</a></p>
  
  <p>I found this website that talks about using xlrd and xlwt. I ran xlrd-0.7.1.win32.exe so the api is installed. But even when I try to get the simple script running, it can't find the open_workbook function:</p>
  
  <p>"Undefined variable from import: open_workbook"</p>
  
  <pre><code>import xlrd
  
  workbook = xlrd.open_workbook('yee.xls')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can someone send me in the right direction?</p>