In Excel 2010, there is a subtle way to hook all four pivot tables up to the same set of slicers. Thus, the VP of Sales selects from the slicers and all four pivot tables update at once.

While static Excel charts are adequate for basic data analysis, they fall short when you want to explore trends, compare scenarios, and truly interact with your information. Here is where dynamic ...

Excel Slicers are easy to use visual controls added to Excel that allows to quickly and easily filter data in an interactive way by selecting values from a list.

You can also right-click a slicer and click "Slicer Settings" to further customize this advanced filtering tool. You and your CEO can now use the slicers to quickly filter data in the Excel table.

Microsoft Excel sorts slider buttons alphabetically and numerically. Fortunately, you can add a custom sort list to sort the buttons in a more meaningful way, when necessary.