Linked dropdowns in MS Excel

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Linked Data Validated dropdowns in Excel

Creating a Data Validated dropdown is a straightforward task, however every now and again the question comes up of "How do I make the contents of a second dropdown change depending upon the choice made in the first drop down"

As there are embedded screenshots in my 'How to' notes I am attaching an MS Word file which has full instruction on how to do it.

Hope it helps someone.

Patrick
Linked-dropdowns-02.doc
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Looks useful for dashboarding.  Any examples of how it can be used to drive filtering of data in an xls, pivot or chart(s).  Is slicers and linked dropdowns nearly identical?

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