Harlan, you may well be right.
However, (again IMO) apart from the fact that MS have renamed Page area
to Report Filter, allocating things to the PT report is much the same.
One major advantage though, is you can see the effect upon your PT as
you move fields between Row, Column and Report filter area on screen
without having to go back through the wizard to Layout, make your
changes and Finish, before you see the effect on the PT itself.