title: Easily write formatted Excel from Python: Start with Excel formatted, use it in Python, and regenerate Excel from Python
body: <p>I have to create Excel spreadsheet with nice format from Python. I thought of doing it by: </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>I start in Excel as it is very easy to format: I write in Excel the
  model I want, with the good format</li>
  <li>I read this from Python</li>
  <li>I create from Python an Excel spreadsheet with the same format</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>In the end, the purpose is to create from Python Excel spreadsheets, but formatting with xlwt takes a lot of time, so I thought of formatting first in Excel to help. </p>
  
  <p>I have researched for easy ways to doing this but haven't found any. I can stick to my current working solution, using xlwt in Python to create formatted Excel, but it is quite awkward to use. </p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any reply</p>