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MS Excel 2010: Do not save data with table layout in a pivot table

This Excel tutorial explains how to prevent Excel from saving the data with the table layout in a pivot table in Excel 2010 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

Question: After I created a pivot table in Microsoft Excel 2010, the size of the spreadsheet became quite large. This was due to the fact that the data behind the pivot table was saved with the table layout. How do I prevent Excel from saving the data with the table layout?

Answer: Right-click on the pivot table and then select "PivotTable Options" from the popup menu.

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When the PivotTable Options window appears, uncheck the checkbox called "Save source data with file". Click on the OK button.

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