As you are using 2010 perhaps have a look at the free PowerPivot Add-in provided by Microsoft to help you with PT's.
A good place for info http://www.contextures.com/CreatePivotTable.html ( there are probably many more)
For charts http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChartIndex.html

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