title: Python Throwing "'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0" Error
body: <p>I am trying to load a currently existing worksheet and import the text file (comma separated values) screenshot shown below,</p>
  
  <p>Excel Sheet:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jlOw9.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Text File:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xOHPN.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>I am using the code shown below: </p>
  
  <pre><code># importing necessary modules for performing the required operation
      import glob
      import csv
      from openpyxl import load_workbook
      import xlwt
  
      #read the text file(s) using the CSV modules and read the dilimiters and quoutechar
      for filename in glob.glob("E:\Scripting_Test\Phase1\*.txt"):
          spamReader = csv.reader((open(filename, 'rb')), delimiter=',')
  
  
          #read the excel file and using xlwt modules and set the active sheet
          wb = load_workbook(filename=r"E:\Scripting_Test\SeqTem\Seq0001.xls")
          ws = wb.worksheets(0)
  
  
          #write the data that is in text file to excel file
          for rowx, row in enumerate(spamReader):
              for colx, value in enumerate(row):
                  ws.write(rowx, colx, value)
  
          wb.save()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am getting a following error message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0: invalid continuation byte</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>One more question: How can you tell python to import the text data starting from A3 column in the excel sheet?</p>