help with formatting pivot table

RebeccaF

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  1. 2007
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Hi, sorry if my question seems very basic-I've only started using excel in the last week with my new job.
I've been sent a table and I need to group dates with results. When I'm on my main spread sheet the results
look like they're in number format (some are <10, others are 1000, 2000 etc). When I go to my pivot table, the results
are appearing in date format as opposed to numbers. I've tried to format the cells in the main spreadsheet and put formatted
them all as general but they're still appearing as dates when I do my pivot table even after that. Is there something that I'm missing?
Thanks so much for your help
 

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What happens if you right click in any of the cells in the pivot containing a date and select "field settings" then "Number format" and then choose one of the number formats ?
 
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What happens if you right click in any of the cells in the pivot containing a date and select "field settings" then "Number format" and then choose one of the number formats ?
Thanks so much-unfortunately that didn't seem to resolve it. Not sure what the issue is with it
 
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Can you show a picture of what the number/date looks like:
  • in the pivot table
  • in the original table
  • show a copy of the Pivot Table Fields pane (normally on the right side)
  • Maybe a picture of the field settings dialogue box for that field
Is your profile correct, are you using Office 2007 ?

I'm in Australia which is not the ideal time zone for you.
 
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Hi Alex
Thanks again for your help. I tried your original suggestion on a different computer last night and it worked! Thanks so much!
Yes it's Office 2007 (it's the only one available to me when I'm working from home remotely). I think that they said that they were going to update it soon!
 
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Thanks for letting me know. Glad you got it working.
I expect it should be similar on 2007 but I don't have a copy to try it on.
 
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