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Pivot Tables in Excel 2007

The tip in this show is from Pivot Table Data Crunching for Excel 2007.


As Leo mentioned on the show, you can get a free copy of this other book - Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel at leobook.html.


Pivot Tables are Excel’s most powerful feature. The pivot table feature allows you to summarize 500,000 rows of data in five mouse clicks. The pivot table interface gets a makeover in Excel 2007, making it easier to use and also adding new functionality.

  • Choose one cell in your data set.
  • From the Insert tab, choose Pivot Table.
  • Click OK
  • You are now presented with a list of fields and four drop zones:

  • Click the checkboxes for Product, Customer, and Revenue. Excel will build a report showing total revenue by product and customer:

  • Choose cell A4, then on the Options ribbon tab, click Collapse Entire Field:

  • Drag the region field from the top of the field list to the column labels area at the bottom of the field list. This creates a cross tab report.
  • On the Design tab, choose a style from the PivotTable Styles gallery. Choose banded rows from the PivotTable Style Options:

Check back after February 28, 2008 and you can view my segment here.

I really hope to give away 5 million copies of the book, so please send your co-workers and friends to leobook.html.

MrExcel.com Consulting can be hired to implement this concept, or many other cool applications, with your data.

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