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Hide zero values in a PivotTable report
Click the report.
On the PivotTable toolbar, click PivotTable, and then click Table Options.
Do one or more of the following:
Change error display Select the For error values, show check box under Format
options. In the box, type the value that you want to display instead of errors.
To display errors as blank cells, delete any characters in the box.
Change empty cell display Select the For empty cells, show check box. In the
box, type the value that you want to display in empty cells. To display blank
cells, delete any characters in the box. To display zeros, clear the check box.
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Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP