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+This repo is the home of an effort to turn the orignal tutorial teach [xlrd][1], [xlwt][2] and [xlutils][3] into a [Sphinx][4] project.
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+It is currently stalled and likely always will be. In the meantime, here's a link to a PDF rendering of the original Open Office document: 
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+http://www.simplistix.co.uk/presentations/python-excel.pdf
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+[1]: https://github.com/python-excel/xlrd
+[2]: https://github.com/python-excel/xlwt
+[3]: https://github.com/python-excel/xlutils
+[4]: http://sphinx-doc.org/
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