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Autofitting Column Widths

If you’ve ever worked with text fields in a PivotTable, you’ve likely encountered cases where your columns stretch to accommodate the longest strings. It doesn’t sound like a big deal, but this “autofit” behavior can be extremely annoying when you’re trying to quickly slice and dice your data.

In this tip, I’ll share a simple solution to prevent autofitting and wrap text within your pivots.

COMMON USE CASES:

  • Working with text-based fields like survey results or social media posts
  • Forcing PivotTable column widths to remain fixed, regardless of how the layout changes

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