Excel pivot tables

Hello Michelle

Thank you for your question, and welcome to the forum.

A pivot table provides a table area which you can put data into and pull it out of so it can be analysed from different perspectives.

The Microsoft website has an introductory tutorial which looks at the concept of pivot tables and how they work:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA010346321033.aspx

Also we cover pivot tables on our Excel Advanced course.

Amanda