If the title bar is displayed, click the title bar. Otherwise, press CTRL+A. Note You can't display the title bar if the PivotTable list is not bound to a data source. To select a single cell, click it. To select a group of cells, click and drag the mouse pointer until all the cells you want are selected. Click the field label. Note Selecting a row or column field also selects all of the items of data in the field. Click the field label. If detail data is displayed for several items so that the field label is displayed more than once, clicking one instance of the field label selects all instances. Click any field label for the total field. To select a single item, click the item label. To add more items to the selection, press and hold the CTRL key when clicking the item labels. To select a range of items, click the label of the first item, press SHIFT, and then click the label of the last item. Note Selecting an item selects all of the data for that item. Click the subtotal or grand total. Note Selecting a subtotal or grand total also selects all of the data for the subtotal or grand total. Click the title bar. On the PivotTable list toolbar, click Commands and Options In the Select caption list, select the item you want. Click the row or column field, or one of its items. On the PivotTable list toolbar, click Commands and Options In the Item properties list, select the property you want. Note If the selected field does not have any custom properties, the Item properties list will be empty. You can set the caption, number format, and display location settings for the selected property. The formats you select affect only the selected property. To set the font and style settings of a property, select Property caption or Property value from the Format list. Note Font and text style settings that you apply to a custom property affect all custom properties in the PivotTable list, but only when they are displayed in the report. The formatting is ignored when the custom property is displayed in the ScreenTip.How?
Select the entire PivotTable list
Select one or more data cells
Select a row, column, or filter field
Select a detail field
Select a total field
Select one or more items
Select a subtotal or grand total
Select the title bar or a drop area
, and then click the Captions tab.
Select a custom property of a row or column field
, and then click the Item Properties tab.
Specify font and style settings
To make the text bold, click Bold .
To make the text italic, click Italic .
To underline the text, click Underline .
To change the text color, click the arrow next to Font Color , and then click the color you want.
To change the font, click a different font in the font list.
To change the font size, select a size from the list next to the font list.
Notes
The fonts and font sizes available in the lists are determined by the fonts you have installed on your computer.
You cannot set the font and text style for an entire PivotTable list in one operation.
Align text
Click the alignment you want: Align Left , Align Center
, or Align Right
.
Note You cannot set the text alignment for an entire PivotTable list in one operation. You cannot change the horizontal alignment of row, column, or filter field labels.
Set background color
Click the arrow next to Fill Color , and then click the color you want.
Note You cannot set the background color for an entire PivotTable list in one operation. You cannot change the background color of the drop areas.
Change the number format of a field, total, or item property of a row or column field
Note The number format of a field does not affect the number format of other row, column, filter, or total fields. The number format of an item property does not affect other item properties.
Note You can't format the contents of a ScreenTip. Therefore, the formats you apply to an item property apply to the property only when it is displayed in the report.