Learn how to control Excel worksheets with spin buttons, scrollbars, option buttons, and checkboxes.

Such buttons often run macros that you write using Visual Basic. When the button must appear in a dialog box, create it using Excel's Visual Basic for Applications window.

Learn how to make a flowchart in Microsoft Excel without using any external add-on - but with SmartArt Graphics or Shapes Tool.

Slicers are a good way to filter data in a Microsoft Excel PivotTable or PivotChart, but they take up a bit of room. By moving the buttons to the chart, you free room for more visuals.

Microsoft recently made some significant enhancements to its Visio add-in for Excel, enabling users to create Visio diagrams from within Excel. Here's how it works.