import win32com.client book = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") book.Visible = 1 book.Workbooks.Add() xlBook = book.Workbooks(1) xlSheet = book.Sheets(1) for i in xrange(len(book.Sheets)): book.Sheets[i].Name = "Hello (%i)" % i xlSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = "Python Rules!"