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So many Office customers ask about "pivot table" that we've gathered the best answers in this blog post. Most likely,Buy Windows 7, you are looking for information about how to create a PivotTable report that can help summarize and analyze your data. Or you already have your data in a PivotTable report and are looking for information about how to pivot it.


Example of a PivotTable report
Create a PivotTable report
To follow a three-step process to insert a PivotTable report that is based on your worksheet data, look at Quick start: Create a PivotTable report.

To get the full scoop on PivotTables (and PivotCharts), or to create a PivotTable that is based on an external data source, you'll want to follow the instructions in Create or delete a PivotTable or PivotChart report instead.

Because PivotTables aren't easy to understand, the following video may be helpful.





Are you new to PivotTables? In that case, I really recommend that you start with this popular training course written by my colleague, Judi Hurlock,Office Professional 2010 Product Key, PivotTable I: Get started with PivotTable reports in Excel 2007. It definitely helped me when I got started.

If you use an earlier version of Excel, you may also enjoy this article Pivot, swivel, and roll by Crabby Office Lady, which provides an interesting overview of PivotTables,Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Key, those flexible little contortionists of the data world!

Excel is the Office application to use for in-depth data analysis,Office Professional Plus 2010 Product Key, but if you keep your data in an Access database, you can pivot it there as well. The article Create or delete a PivotTable or PivotChart report should help you get started.
Pivot data in a PivotTable report
After you create a PivotTable report, it makes sense that you'll want to pivot the data to view it from different angles. Unfortunately, to better match the actual functionality that "pivots" PivotTable data, we used a different article title for a while--we called it "Change the layout of a PivotTable report," which made it difficult to find when you were looking for information about pivoting data.

But now it's back as Pivot data in a PivotTable report--that should be easier to find when you search for it!

I hope this provides answers to your questions about pivot table. If there are other ideas out there, or if you have a great tip about using PivotTables, we'd love to hear from you,Office Professional Plus 2010 Product Key!

--Frederique Klitgaard