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Retaining Manual Formatting in Pivot Tables
I use pivot tables a lot and use auto formatting to get the basic shell for
my tables. (I prefer "report 4". After applying this format I do some manual clean up like changing decimals to % and centering data in the columns and rows. The problem is that every time I add new data and refresh is does not retain the formating that has been applied. new data shows up as a decimial with 15 points to the right rather then a %. The data is also aligned to the left of the cell rather then centrered like the previous stuff that has been manually altered. Any idea how I can get it to stop doing this? |
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If you right click on the PT and select Table Options, how have you got the settings. Untick Autoformat table Tick Preserve formatting. Also, how are you choosing the data to set the % format? Try hovering the mouse at the top edge of the data filed till it becomes a solid down arrow, then click. This should select all of your data, then apply your % format. -- Regards Roger Govier "Neostand" wrote in message ... I use pivot tables a lot and use auto formatting to get the basic shell for my tables. (I prefer "report 4". After applying this format I do some manual clean up like changing decimals to % and centering data in the columns and rows. The problem is that every time I add new data and refresh is does not retain the formating that has been applied. new data shows up as a decimial with 15 points to the right rather then a %. The data is also aligned to the left of the cell rather then centrered like the previous stuff that has been manually altered. Any idea how I can get it to stop doing this? |
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Thanks Roger,
Can I get it to retain the formats that it applied from the autoformat option when I turn it off or do I have to manually format every element with this off? "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi If you right click on the PT and select Table Options, how have you got the settings. Untick Autoformat table Tick Preserve formatting. Also, how are you choosing the data to set the % format? Try hovering the mouse at the top edge of the data filed till it becomes a solid down arrow, then click. This should select all of your data, then apply your % format. -- Regards Roger Govier "Neostand" wrote in message ... I use pivot tables a lot and use auto formatting to get the basic shell for my tables. (I prefer "report 4". After applying this format I do some manual clean up like changing decimals to % and centering data in the columns and rows. The problem is that every time I add new data and refresh is does not retain the formating that has been applied. new data shows up as a decimial with 15 points to the right rather then a %. The data is also aligned to the left of the cell rather then centrered like the previous stuff that has been manually altered. Any idea how I can get it to stop doing this? |
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Hi
Unticking the Autoformat feature, doesn't remove the settings you have applied. It stops the PT from trying to automatically format column widths etc. as you do a refresh. -- Regards Roger Govier "Neostand" wrote in message ... Thanks Roger, Can I get it to retain the formats that it applied from the autoformat option when I turn it off or do I have to manually format every element with this off? "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi If you right click on the PT and select Table Options, how have you got the settings. Untick Autoformat table Tick Preserve formatting. Also, how are you choosing the data to set the % format? Try hovering the mouse at the top edge of the data filed till it becomes a solid down arrow, then click. This should select all of your data, then apply your % format. -- Regards Roger Govier "Neostand" wrote in message ... I use pivot tables a lot and use auto formatting to get the basic shell for my tables. (I prefer "report 4". After applying this format I do some manual clean up like changing decimals to % and centering data in the columns and rows. The problem is that every time I add new data and refresh is does not retain the formating that has been applied. new data shows up as a decimial with 15 points to the right rather then a %. The data is also aligned to the left of the cell rather then centrered like the previous stuff that has been manually altered. Any idea how I can get it to stop doing this? |
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Thanks again Roger,
It does maintain the manual formating that I have done but it wipes out the changes that the autoformatting made. Do I need to just recreate all of these manually? "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi Unticking the Autoformat feature, doesn't remove the settings you have applied. It stops the PT from trying to automatically format column widths etc. as you do a refresh. -- Regards Roger Govier "Neostand" wrote in message ... Thanks Roger, Can I get it to retain the formats that it applied from the autoformat option when I turn it off or do I have to manually format every element with this off? "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi If you right click on the PT and select Table Options, how have you got the settings. Untick Autoformat table Tick Preserve formatting. Also, how are you choosing the data to set the % format? Try hovering the mouse at the top edge of the data filed till it becomes a solid down arrow, then click. This should select all of your data, then apply your % format. -- Regards Roger Govier "Neostand" wrote in message ... I use pivot tables a lot and use auto formatting to get the basic shell for my tables. (I prefer "report 4". After applying this format I do some manual clean up like changing decimals to % and centering data in the columns and rows. The problem is that every time I add new data and refresh is does not retain the formating that has been applied. new data shows up as a decimial with 15 points to the right rather then a %. The data is also aligned to the left of the cell rather then centrered like the previous stuff that has been manually altered. Any idea how I can get it to stop doing this? |
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If you remove the check mark from Autoformat table, it will remove the
Autoformat formatting. However, you could leave Autoformat checked, if you want to retain that formatting. Then, format the fields as Roger suggested, or by right-clicking on a field heading and choose Field Settings. If Autoformat is checked, some column widths may automatically adjust when the pivot table is changed or refreshed. Neostand wrote: Thanks again Roger, It does maintain the manual formating that I have done but it wipes out the changes that the autoformatting made. Do I need to just recreate all of these manually? "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi Unticking the Autoformat feature, doesn't remove the settings you have applied. It stops the PT from trying to automatically format column widths etc. as you do a refresh. -- Regards Roger Govier "Neostand" wrote in message ... Thanks Roger, Can I get it to retain the formats that it applied from the autoformat option when I turn it off or do I have to manually format every element with this off? "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi If you right click on the PT and select Table Options, how have you got the settings. Untick Autoformat table Tick Preserve formatting. Also, how are you choosing the data to set the % format? Try hovering the mouse at the top edge of the data filed till it becomes a solid down arrow, then click. This should select all of your data, then apply your % format. -- Regards Roger Govier "Neostand" wrote in message ... I use pivot tables a lot and use auto formatting to get the basic shell for my tables. (I prefer "report 4". After applying this format I do some manual clean up like changing decimals to % and centering data in the columns and rows. The problem is that every time I add new data and refresh is does not retain the formating that has been applied. new data shows up as a decimial with 15 points to the right rather then a %. The data is also aligned to the left of the cell rather then centrered like the previous stuff that has been manually altered. Any idea how I can get it to stop doing this? -- Debra Dalgleish Contextures http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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