xlrd Install Proceedure

[Jeremy Pepper]

I am new to Python and was trying to install the xlrd-0.9.3 module yesterday.  I use Python 3.3.5 on an Enterprise configured Windows 7 machine.  I ran into problems simply using what I believe to be the installer (again I'm new, so bear with me).  I opened up the xlrd-0.9.3 folder, double clicked the setup.py file, a shell window opened and closed rapidly, and otherwise nothing happened.  I could not execute an "import xlrd" command.  I then tried the command prompt installation method.  After a number of failed attempts and a spurious "P" drive that kept insisting on showing up... a friend of mine finally showed me how to do this.  However, I believe that the README.html file could be updated to include better instructions with an actual example including a file path entry and instructions about differences between using the command prompt window vs. the built in Python command prompt.  From my perspective as a new Python user, the instruction set was rather cryptic.  The process was incredibly easy once I was shown how, but not until after I had the heartache of a half days worth of failed attempts.

Thanks for the great functionality though!