Preserve Column Width in Pivot Table

Snoopy23

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When I refresh my pivot table, I lose the column widths I have set. I've tried the "Preserve Formatting" from the Table Options menu but that doesn't seem to work on column widths. Any suggestions?:eek:

I'm just now learning pivot tables so any help is appreciated.

Valerie
 

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texasalynn

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Yes that is an annoyance. I had that for a project and a work around was to create a macro for the formatting so when I needed to refresh the data, then do a macro to return the desired formats.
 
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Snoopy23

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Thanks, I'll give that a try. I've not had a lot of experience creating macros, so I may be back.

Thanks! All of you experts are great!

Valerie
 
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Fazza

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Welcome, Valerie. Try deselecting 'autoformat table' from the table options. HTH, Fazza
 
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