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Insert notes in ODS file via Python

Build your own Python application to manipulate comments & authors in document files using server-side APIs.

Insert notes in ODS File Using Python

With Aspose.Cells for Python library, you can easily insert notes in ODS file programmatically with a few lines of code. Aspose.Cells for Python is capable of building cross-platform applications with the ability to generate, modify, convert, render and print all Excel files. Python Excel API not only convert between spreadsheet formats, it can also render Excel files as images, PDF, HTML, ODS, CSV, SVG, JSON, WORD, PPT and more, thus making it a perfect choice to exchange documents in industry-standard formats. You may install Aspose.Cells for Python via Java from pypi, use command as: $ pip install aspose-cells.

System Requirements

Aspose.Cells for Python is supported on all major operating systems. Just make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

  • Install Java 1.8 or higher and add it to PATH environment variable, for example: PATH=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131;.
  • Install Python 3.5 or higher.
  • Install Aspose.Cells for Python from pypi, use command as: $ pip install aspose-cells.

How to insert notes in ODS file via Python

You need aspose.cells.dll to try the code in your environment.

  • Load ODS file by creating an instance of Workbook
  • Insert notes to the Worksheet in a Cell
  • Save the workbook

In Office 365, notes are for annotations, you can use the following Python code to insert and remove notes in ODS file.

 

Python sample code to Insert and remove notes in ODS file

 
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Input file
   
                                   
                
	
  import  jpype     
  import  asposecells     
  jpype.startJVM() 
  from asposecells.api import Workbook
  workbook = Workbook("Input.xlsx")
  sheets = workbook.getWorksheets()
  for sheet in sheets:
      sheet.getComments().clear()
  workbook.Save("Input.xlsx")
  jpype.shutdownJVM()
	
                
            

ODS What is ODS File Format?

Files with .ods extension stand for OpenDocument Spreadsheet Document format that are editable by user. Data is stored inside ODF file into rows and columns. It is XML-based format and is one of the several subtypes in the Open Document Formats (ODF) family. The format is specified as part of the ODF 1.2 specifications published and maintained by OASIS. A number of applications on Windows as well as other operating systems can open ODS files for editing and manipulation including Microsoft Excel, NeoOffice and LibreOffice. ODS files can also be converted into other spreadsheet formats as well like XLS, XLSX and others by different applications.

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Insert Notes to Other Supported Excel Formats

Using Python, one can easily insert notes to other Excel format files.

ODS (OpenDocument Spreadsheet File)
XLS (Excel Binary Format)
XLSB (Binary Excel Workbook File)
XLSM (Spreadsheet File)
XLSX (OOXML Excel File)