Pivot Tables, Why??
I keep rereading the book that explains pivot tables and I have yet to see what practical use you can make of them. Anybody got a good reference to WHY pivot tables are supposed to be so useful? Jim
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Have a look at these site; maybe one will give an example that will impress you http://www.cpearson.com/excel/pivots.htm http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotstart.htm http://www.contextures.com/xlPivot02.html http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/excel-pivot-tables.htm http://www.techonthenet.com/excel/pivottbls/index.htm http://www.dicks-blog.com/archives/2005/06/23/download-pivottable-parameters/ best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme Microsoft Excel MVP http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme remove caps from email "RST Engineering - JIm" <jweir43@gmail.com> wrote in message news:dO6dnZrERunJio7XnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@supernews.com... >I keep rereading the book that explains pivot tables and I have yet to see >what practical use you can make of them. > > Anybody got a good reference to WHY pivot tables are supposed to be so > useful? > > Jim >
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