{"id":1576,"date":"2015-08-18T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T17:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:45:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:45:47","slug":"fix-column-width-in-a-excel-pivot-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/fix-column-width-in-a-excel-pivot-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each time you Refresh a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/101-excel-pivot-tables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pivot Table\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pivot Table<\/a> you will most likely get annoyed at the fact that the column widths that you worked so hard to align &#8211; will return back to normal \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>Do not fear, Pivot Table Options is here!<\/p>\n<p>All you need to do is Right Click in the Pivot Table and choose <em>PivotTable Options<\/em> and then under the<em> Layout &amp; Format<\/em> tab you need to<strong> &#8220;uncheck&#8221;<\/strong> the box that says: <em>Autofit column widths on update<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Next time you update your data and Refresh your Pivot Table, the column width will never change \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c6znYbTmZAc?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Keep-Column-Width-Upon-Refresh.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Keep-Column-Width-Upon-Refresh.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Keep-Column-Width-Upon-Refresh.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong> <\/span>Right click in the Pivot Table and select\u00a0<strong>Pivot Table Options<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-01.jpg\" alt=\"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table\" width=\"538\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-01.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-01-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong> <\/span>Uncheck\u00a0<strong>Autofit Column Widths on Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-02-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-02-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table\" width=\"437\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-02-1.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-02-1-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong> <\/span>Update your data<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-03-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-03-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table\" width=\"732\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-03-1.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-03-1-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 4:<\/strong> <\/span>Refresh your pivot table<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-04.jpg\" alt=\"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table\" width=\"533\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-04.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-04-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Pivot Table column widths do not change anymore!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-05.jpg\" alt=\"Fix Column Width in a Pivot Table\" width=\"525\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/08-Column-Widths-05.jpg 525w, 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All you need to do is Right Click in the Pivot Table and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[17,4],"tags":[87,86],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}