It's always nice when you go to a forum and someone gives you a nice bit of VBA code that is supposed to accomplish your goals. But if you've never used VBA code before, it's kind of hard to know what to do with it! This article has been written to get you up and running and get that code in the right place.

Please note... this article assumes you've been directed to add your code to a standard module, as 99% of code is housed there. If your coder told you to put your code in a worksheet module or the ThisWorkbook module, this wont' quite get you there. (You should still read this article, but also this one which lists the other types of Excel modules.)
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So you've built a really cool PivotTable, and you hooked up a slicer to allow exploration of the data. And now you want to do something really cool, but you need to make your formula react to the slicer value. Can you do it? Of course you can, but how?

This article will focus on the technique to do exactly that: return the value of a slicer to a formula. Note that, in order to follow along you will need Excel 2010 or higher, as Slicers didn't exist prior to this version.
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We use PowerPivot to display key information in dashboards, some of which can be refreshed right up to the current second. Naturally, one of the first questions asked when looking at the reports (particularly if they get printed) is “When was the data last updated?”
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My staff and spreadsheet users will tell you that any time I build a spreadsheet, there are always shaded cells on the grid. I preach that "Green means go", and make sure that any cell they enter data in has a green background. I also use blue backgrounds for "update these sometimes" cells, like tax rates. If cells are left with no colouring, though: everyone here knows that they should be left alone.

Often, I have a few data entry cells or blocks on multiple worksheets. While this follows good spreadsheet design principles, it does have a bit of a side effect: When you print the worksheets, the green backgrounds print as well. While they're great for telling the user where to input data manually, it's distracting when you are looking at a printed (presentation version) of your data or report. So the question you may be asking is what can we do about it?

We could create a full new report that essentially duplicates what we've got, but then it's both a maintenance headache and performance hit. Instead, we can use a conditional format ...

Over the past while we’ve been building a Dashboard report for our golf course. It’s got some historical information in it, but we’ve also pulled in things like weather forecasts. The intention is that our managers will be able to see where we’ve been over the past week, as well as look at the key measures that will allow us to staff appropriately for the next week.

We put out a prototype of the Dashboard report, and our Director of Golf said “This is cool. What’s the chance we could also have the events coming up over the next week listed?”
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This particular file will show an interactive break-even analysis for an event entailing food and beverage.

You can interact with the file and have the chart redraw. Probably the best route is to adjust by very large amounts to see the effects.

Here you go, have a play!
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Just for fun, I decided that I would build a game in Excel, so here's my version of Blackjack.

Features:
The rules are pretty standard Blackjack rules... adjust your bet, then hit Deal. You get two cards, the dealer gets one up, one face down. You can hit or stay, and the hand will unfold for you.
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Introduction
This is a very simple add-in that adds a button to the Review tab's Proofing group, allowing the user to have Excel read the selected cells back to them aloud. ...

Introduction
When keying in large amounts of data, it can be helpful to have Excel read the input back to you... either as you go, or after you have finished. In either case, this lets you focus on reading the numbers from the page, comparing what you have typed to the original values.

This article covers both scenarios individually. ...