In an Excel pivot table, you might want to hide one or more of the items in a Row field or Column field. To do that, you can click the drop down arrow for the Row or Column Labels, then remove the check mark for items you want to remove. For example, to hide the [...]

In Excel 2003, and earlier versions, the items in a page field’s dropdown list don’t have check boxes to indicate which items to show and which to hide. In the pivot table shown below, the Product field is in the page area. It’s easy to select one product, such as Chocolate Chip. Or, you can [...]

A common problem in an Excel pivot table is that new items are added at the end of a drop down list. For example, in the following list, the Paper Clips item is at the end of the list, instead of appearing in alphabetical order. This problem can be solved by sorting the field as [...]