Can anyone explain how I can prevent all of my pivot tables from automatically adjusting the column width? i have multiple pivots on one sheet and each time I “refresh all,” the data column with adjust the column width. I’ve already tried fixing the Table-Options for “preserve formatting” and “auto-format table,” but neither one worked. I’ve attached a sample of how the pivots are laid out. I’ve pasted values so that it could fit within the size restriction.
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AskWoody LoungerSeptember 29, 2008 at 2:57 am #1127349OH MY GOODNESS! Dummy alert! I KNEW that I had already cleared all of the “auto-format” fields. I KNEW I already checked that twice before I reached out to you. But of course…when I went back in to check the settings on all of my tables again, some gremlin got in there and changed it back to auto-format on me. When I changed it and ALL of the pivot tables were set to NOT auto-format, of course it did work perfectly.
THANK YOU…YET AGAIN!
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