I apply word wrap on column headings in my pivot table. This expands the
header row to 6 lines high. Then I manually resize the row back to 3 lines
high to conserve space. However, now when I alter the filters on the table,
the pivot table resizes the header back to 6 lines high. How can I lock the
header height? I've managed to do this somehow on some older spreadsheets,
but even when I try to use the format painter to transfer the settings from
sheets that do have a fixed header row height to my new pivot table row, it
still can't keep the row height fixed less than the word wrap wants it to be.

Right-click on a cell in the pivot table, and choose Table Options
Remove the check mark from AutoFormat table
Add a check mark to Preserve formatting
Click OK


summervi wrote:
I apply word wrap on column headings in my pivot table. This expands the
header row to 6 lines high. Then I manually resize the row back to 3 lines
high to conserve space. However, now when I alter the filters on the table,
the pivot table resizes the header back to 6 lines high. How can I lock the
header height? I've managed to do this somehow on some older spreadsheets,
but even when I try to use the format painter to transfer the settings from
sheets that do have a fixed header row height to my new pivot table row, it
still can't keep the row height fixed less than the word wrap wants it to be.


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Debra Dalgleish
Contextures
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

Debra,
Thanks for your answer, I was toggling those settings, I should have
mentioned. After seeing how word wrap was treated by the pivot table fields I
was able to figure out the problem. If you select the row and apply word
wrap, the pivot table treats the selection as applying to the field name
(like when you have the down arrow in the pivot table header and select). The
full answer was to select just part of the pivot table and also outside the
pivot table, then the wrap appears to apply just to the cells selected. Then
you can manually set the row height and the pivot table allows the manual
override to continue when it updates.
Regards, Mark

"Debra Dalgleish" wrote:

Right-click on a cell in the pivot table, and choose Table Options
Remove the check mark from AutoFormat table
Add a check mark to Preserve formatting
Click OK


summervi wrote:
I apply word wrap on column headings in my pivot table. This expands the
header row to 6 lines high. Then I manually resize the row back to 3 lines
high to conserve space. However, now when I alter the filters on the table,
the pivot table resizes the header back to 6 lines high. How can I lock the
header height? I've managed to do this somehow on some older spreadsheets,
but even when I try to use the format painter to transfer the settings from
sheets that do have a fixed header row height to my new pivot table row, it
still can't keep the row height fixed less than the word wrap wants it to be.


--
Debra Dalgleish
Contextures
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html