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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:42:30 +0100
From: Chris Withers <chris@python.org>
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On 30/08/2012 03:57, python-excel@raf.org wrote:
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> hopefully the intention that xlrd not support formats in xlsx
> files will change one day into an intention to support them. :-)

The intention is there, sadly the time to work on it is not.

John Machin would be the person best placed to do the work, if anyone 
fancies sponsoring the work, he might be able to direct more time to it..

cheers,

Chris

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