The tool did not immediately work for me.
I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\rob\Documents\ArcGIS\RobToolBoxes\Scripts\tabletoexcel.py", line 85, in <module>
export_to_xls(dataset_name, output_file)
File "C:\Users\rob\Documents\ArcGIS\RobToolBoxes\Scripts\tabletoexcel.py", line 58, in export_to_xls
worksheet = workbook.add_sheet(os.path.split(dataset)[1])
File "C:\Python26\ArcGIS10.0\lib\site-packages\xlwt\Workbook.py", line 345, in add_sheet
raise Exception("invalid worksheet name %r" % sheetname)
Exception: invalid worksheet name u'ACS_TransportGreaterPortland_byCBG'
Completed script TableToExcel...
Failed to execute (TableToExcel).
Failed at Wed May 29 12:02:05 2013 (Elapsed Time: 9.00 seconds)