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Why are pivot tables always sorted by customer alphabetically? Wouldn't it be cool if you could get the largest customers first? Learn how using the completely hidden AutoSort option in Excel Pivot Tables. Episode 272 reveals the secret.

In Excel 2003 and earlier, you only have 255 columns to work with. You quickly run into limitations when you try to build a wider pivot table. Even if you hoped to group the dates up to months (more about that on June 22), you will still need to make the field longer than wide. Episode 271 walks you through this.