How Do You Permanently Format Fields of a Pivot Table?

[Marcia]

Hello, everyone.

I need to format certain fields on my pivot table, but they default
back to their original formatting every time I recalculate.

How do I permanently format a field?

Thanks!!

Jessi

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

Set the pivot table to preserve formatting:
On the pivot toolbar, choose PivotTable>Table Options
Add a check mark to 'Preserve formatting', click OK
Remove the check mark from AutoFormat Table
Click OK

You may have to enable selection (From the Pivot toolbar, choose
PivotTable>Select, and click on Enable Selection)

Before formatting cells, use the selection feature to select the
cells. For example, move the pointer to the top of a column in the pivot
table (just above the column's heading cell). When the black arrow
appears (like the one that appears when the pointer is over a column
button), click to select the column in the pivot table. Then apply the
formatting.

If the above suggestions don't work, you could record a macro as you
refresh and reformat the pivot table. Then, run that when you want
to update.