Excel 2024: Specify Defaults for All Future Pivot Tables

May 13, 2024 - by Bill Jelen

It took me six years, but I finally convinced the Excel team that a lot of people prefer Tabular layout for pivot tables to the Compact layout that became the default layout in Excel 2007. If you have Microsoft 365, you now have the ability to specify pivot table defaults.

Go to File, Options, Data. Click Edit Default Layout.

In Excel Options, look for the new Data category in the left navigation bar. It should be third, right after General and Formulas. If you have the category, then the first choice is Make Changes To The Default Layout of Pivot Tables.

Change the Report Layout to Show in Tabular Form and choose the checkbox Repeat All Item Labels.

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