keeping number formats

[longday21]

Hi,
I'm using Excel 2007
I have a table with columns showing activity and cost.
How can i set the pivot table so that when i include activity and /or cost
into the table the activity is formatted as a number ie 1, 100, 25 and the
cost is formatted with the currency sign, is £25, £235, £3,425 etc.
I format the currency, but if i remove the curreny from the table and then
put it back in again, the formatting is lost, can anyone help please?
Thanks
Ahmed

 

[muddan madhu]

select pivot table | go to options | click options under pivottable |
under layout and format tab | check : preserve cell formatting on
update | ok

now change cell formatting.