Using the Excel Camera Tool for Dashboards

Excel’s camera tool is a really useful tool, that enables you to take a live picture of a chart, or a range of cells, that updates dynamically while the data updates.
To use the Camera tool, you simply highlight a range of cells to then capture everything in that range in a live picture. The cool thing about the Camera tool is that you’re not limited to showing a single cell’s value, as you are with a linked text box. And because the picture is live, any updates made to the source range automatically change the picture.

🔍 Key Moments in This Video:
00:00 What is an Excel Camera Tool?
00:29 Add Camera Tool to the Quick Access Toolbar
01:08 How Camera Tool works?
02:01 Change the format of the picture
03:00 Ways of using the Camera tool to enhance your dashboards and reports

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[EricHartwigExcelConsulting]

This is one of my favorite "hidden" excel tools!
I use it all the time and I am always figuring out new ways to use it as well.
My favorite so far has got to be combining the camera tool with a pivot table slicer to control what named ranges are shown on my dashboard serious game changer!

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