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You can use Slicers rather than Validation Lists to control any settings in your interactive workbooks. You're not limited to controlling only Tables and Pivot Tables. Here's how to do it.

Interactive Dashboard Magic with Excel Slicers

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The figure below illustrates an Excel magic trick I created for an Excel Dashboard, using in Excel 2016. The key trick is the method I...
Although Slicers normally are used with PivotTables and Excel Tables, you also can set them up to control any settings in your interactive workbooks, just as you would when you use Validation Lists.

How to Use Excel Slicers to Control Settings in Your Reports and Analyses

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The figure below is using Slicers to control a setting in a workbook, a setting that tells Excel's Camera tool which of three images...

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