Excel spreadsheet to EDL?

I perused the Ken Stone article quickly, but as it was written so long ago (4 years) I'm not sure that it's still applicable.

As for the suggestion to export an EDL and dissect it, I did try this a couple of times, but couldn't quite seem to figure out the timecodes. The huge numbers listed in the text document were not exactly what I had in the FCP project. They were always off a little, but not by a consistent amount. Could it be because of dropframe? Is there something I'm supposed to take into account in the calculations?

I know that once I figure out the timecodes I should be able to convert the numbers listed into excel into an EDL by running some sort of Macro; I'll have to figure that one out. I also know that I should be able to include the cuts and transitions.

Has anyone done this?

I tried out the spreadsheet on the Ken Stone site and it works great. I'm not sure, however, how to turn that into something usable within FCP. I can see how the EDL works when I export it from FCP. My previous attempts were with XML; that was where I had issues getting the timecode to line up with what was in the sequence in FCP. Any advantages to using an EDL over XML code?

Here's what I'd like to do, specifically:
-I have already captured the footage. I have put it on a DVD with timecode filter on top and sent it to my client. They sent me back a list of i/o points. Previously I have typed those i/o points back in to the clips to set up my sequence.
-I'd like to use the i/o points from the client to generate an EDL or XML (whichever is better) to automatically make the cuts for me when I run it through FCP.

The Ken Stone article was good, but didn't tell me how to make it into an EDL, or have it make the cuts using those points.

Can't thank you guys enough. I think I've got it figured out. Since I only need i/o points, I don't need to bother with XML, the EDL works perfectly. Now, one follow-up question, and this might not be the appropriate forum: Any ideas on getting it from excel into a text file? I'm imagining that I can do some sort of automator action.

Thanks much. I'm actually using NeoOffice (it's free) and that doesn't appear to be an option. I posted to their forums and was able to figure it out. So, it is possible to go from spreadsheet into FCP and get your cuts, transitions, sound levels, etc. made automatically.

Transitions, provided you stick to the ones recommended in the user manual (bare bones) and especially if you know what you're doing, should work. They will, of course, need tweaking. According to the user manual, you should be able to include keyframed audio levels in the EDL. It's on page 139, volume II, for FCP 6.0. I haven't tried it. It might be one of those things that should work, but doesn't.
For my purposes, I only needed cuts, but it's good to know the EDL can theoretically handle more than that.