title: Need xlrd 0.9x to read from a .xlsx format excel sheet in Windows 8
body: <p>I use Enthought Canopy in Windows 8 which uses python 2.7.
  I have written a python script which needs to read from a .xls and/or a .xlsx format excel sheet.</p>
  
  <p>These are the things I have already tried doing but failed:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Upgrade xlrd from 0.7x which I use right now to 0.9x
  Couldn't do that because I couldn't figure out how to get the downloaded 0.9.3 file to install.</li>
  <li>Try to dual boot Ubuntu 14.04 alongside windows 8. Things got a little complicated and I thought there must be better ways to read a .xlsx file than to run a whole new OS.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I can run Ubuntu 12.04 in a virtual machine if that can get the job done.</p>
  
  <p>Which is the easiest way for me to get my script to read .xlsx on windows 8?</p>