Powershell and whatever else can that instantiate COM objects can edit excel files. Windows is a lot more friendly than you realize. Probably powershell is a

Powershell and whatever else can that instantiate COM objects can edit excel files. Windows is a lot more friendly than you realize. Probably powershell is a lot more powerful than you realize. I'll also make the point that people who are doing OK in excel probably can model things in their head well enough to get into scripting. Powershell also has a one-liner "export to *.csv" cmdlet, which is pretty amazingly handy.