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Default Column width of Pivot Table data goes back to default when data refreshed

Matt,

I guess what I am figuring out is that I cannot use the "Table 8" format for
my pivot table and maintain the reduced column width. The problem is that I
am grouping days into weeks (7 days) so the labels across the top of the
table look like "12/05/2007 - 12/12/2007". Even though the labels are
rotated 90 degrees therefore the column does not need to be very wide, the
default column width remains wide enough to accommodate the long label if it
were horizontal. For a years worth of information that is a veeeerrrry wide
table that has no chance of being printed on one page of paper. I will just
need to adjust the column widths when I refresh or print. Thanks for you
help.

Rick


"Mattlynn via OfficeKB.com" <u44078@uwe wrote in message
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| Rick - sorry my mistake.
| Untick, Auto Format Table and tick preserve formatting. Refresh on open
| should also be unticked.
|
| This should do the trick, as it works for my pivot models.
| Thanks
| Matt
|
|
| Rick J wrote:
| Matt - thanks for the response. I went to pivot table options but did
not
| find "auto-refresh." I did find "Refresh on Open" and unchecked it as
well
| as unchecked "Auto format table." I checked "Preserve Formatting." When
I
| apply the Table 8 format then reduce the column width it still goes back
to
| the original column width when I refresh the data. All other formatting
| appears to be preserved other than column width. Hmmm.... any other
| suggestions? I'm using Excel 200 at home and Excel 2003 at work - not
sure
| if there is a difference when it comes to this issue.
|
| Rick
|
| | go to the pivot table options, untick auto-refresh, and make sure
preserve
| | formatting is ticked
| [quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
| | Thanks,
| | Rick
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