How can I get Excel 2013 to treat a month name as a name not a date?
I have a pivot table that displays surnames and counts. In some cases, the person's surname is also the name of a month (ex. August). The pivot table, instead of sorting the name alphabetically like the other entries, puts it at the top of the list. I believe it is treating it as a date. I have tried putting an apostrophe in front of the name and changing the cell format to text, but neither worked. Any suggestions? As a workaround I have entered a period before the last letter of the surname (ex. Augus.t), but obviously that is not ideal. Thank you.
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I have a pivot table that displays surnames and counts. In some cases, the person's surname is also the name of a month (ex. August). The pivot table, instead of sorting the name alphabetically like the other entries, puts it at the top of the list. I believe it is treating it as a date. I have tried putting an apostrophe in front of the name and changing the cell format to text, but neither worked. Any suggestions? As a workaround I have entered a period before the last letter of the surname (ex. Augus.t), but obviously that is not ideal. Thank you.
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I have a pivot table that displays surnames and counts. In some cases, the person's surname is also the name of a month (ex. August). The pivot table, instead of sorting the name alphabetically like the other entries, puts it at the top of the list. I believe it is treating it as a date. I have tried putting an apostrophe in front of the name and changing the cell format to text, but neither worked. Any suggestions? As a workaround I have entered a period before the last letter of the surname (ex. Augus.t), but obviously that is not ideal. Thank you.
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asked Feb 11 at 21:59
Elizabeth G.Elizabeth G.
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I have a pivot table that displays surnames and counts. In some cases, the person's surname is also the name of a month (ex. August). The pivot table, instead of sorting the name alphabetically like the other entries, puts it at the top of the list. I believe it is treating it as a date. I have tried putting an apostrophe in front of the name and changing the cell format to text, but neither worked. Any suggestions? As a workaround I have entered a period before the last letter of the surname (ex. Augus.t), but obviously that is not ideal. Thank you.
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In the header of the column that has August in it, right-click on the down-arrow, then select More Sort Options. Then select More Options in the resulting dialog. Uncheck the AutoSort option, and choose 'No Calculation" for the First key sort order. That caused my sample pivot table (Excel 2013) to stop treating "August" as a special case.
Slight drawback: you'll now have to choose "Sort A to Z" under the down arrow to re-sort the pivot table whenever your data changes.
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In the header of the column that has August in it, right-click on the down-arrow, then select More Sort Options. Then select More Options in the resulting dialog. Uncheck the AutoSort option, and choose 'No Calculation" for the First key sort order. That caused my sample pivot table (Excel 2013) to stop treating "August" as a special case.
Slight drawback: you'll now have to choose "Sort A to Z" under the down arrow to re-sort the pivot table whenever your data changes.
answered Feb 12 at 0:34
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In the header of the column that has August in it, right-click on the down-arrow, then select More Sort Options. Then select More Options in the resulting dialog. Uncheck the AutoSort option, and choose 'No Calculation" for the First key sort order. That caused my sample pivot table (Excel 2013) to stop treating "August" as a special case.
Slight drawback: you'll now have to choose "Sort A to Z" under the down arrow to re-sort the pivot table whenever your data changes.
answered Feb 12 at 0:34
Doug DedenDoug Deden
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In the header of the column that has August in it, right-click on the down-arrow, then select More Sort Options. Then select More Options in the resulting dialog. Uncheck the AutoSort option, and choose 'No Calculation" for the First key sort order. That caused my sample pivot table (Excel 2013) to stop treating "August" as a special case.
Slight drawback: you'll now have to choose "Sort A to Z" under the down arrow to re-sort the pivot table whenever your data changes.
answered Feb 12 at 0:34
Doug DedenDoug Deden
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In the header of the column that has August in it, right-click on the down-arrow, then select More Sort Options. Then select More Options in the resulting dialog. Uncheck the AutoSort option, and choose 'No Calculation" for the First key sort order. That caused my sample pivot table (Excel 2013) to stop treating "August" as a special case.
Slight drawback: you'll now have to choose "Sort A to Z" under the down arrow to re-sort the pivot table whenever your data changes.
answered Feb 12 at 0:34
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