Chapter 11. Formatting Pivot Tables

In this chapter

The New Compact View 216

Report Layout Options 220

Special Considerations When Adding Data Fields to the Value Section 224

Formatting a Pivot Table 227

As shown in Chapter 10, pivot tables are very fast at creating summary reports from thousands of rows of data. Once you’ve developed the summary information, you might need to spend some time improving the format of the pivot table. Excel 2007 offers some exciting new options in pivot table formatting. Unfortunately, Excel 2007 still offers some annoying problems that have plagued pivot table fans for a decade.

The New Compact View

In the pivot table shown in Figure 11.1, Column A contains three different fields: Region, Product, and Customer. ...

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