ooolib, reading writing a spread sheet and keep formatting

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Hi,

I'm making first attempts to modify a few cells of an openoffice
spreadsheet.

I thought I'll start with ooolib as it seems rather simple.

( linux / open office 3.1 / ooolib-python-0.0.16 )

My first test was just to open a spread sheet


import ooolib
doc = ooolib.Calc()
doc.load("doc1.ods") # load calc file
doc.set_sheet_index(0) # select first sheet
doc_dims =  doc.get_sheet_dimensions() # get sheet dimensions
print "dims",doc_dims # and print them out
doc.save("doc2.ods") # save 'unmodfified' file


Extracting data works perfectly.

However the saved file lost all its formating and keeps only the data.

What am I doing wrong?

My goal is to just change one cell value, but to keep all the formatting
(at least of the other cells)


thanks for any hints


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