Just email us at at the FAQ to learn how Solver for Excel 2011 was developed, special considerations in using this Solver versus the one in Excel 2008, and what to expect in the future. If you've previously updated to Excel 2011 Service Pack 1 and after doing this, you've also downloaded and installed the Solver package formerly available on this page, you'll be fine, but you can encounter a problem (involving which version of Solver gets loaded and used) which we can easily help you solve.

If You Updated to Excel 2011 SP1 and Installed Solver from See the FAQ about Solver as a Separate Application.) Changes in Excel while Solver is solving, will have unpredictable results, including crashes in Solver or Excel. To pause or stop Solver while it's solving, press the ESC key, and click Stop (or Continue) when the Trial Solution dialog appears.Ĭaution: Don't make changes yourself in Excel or your workbook while Solver is solving. When it's finished, the Solver Results dialog will appear, and the final values of the decision variables will appear in your workbook in Excel. Solver will seek the optimal solution to the problem. Use the Solver Parameters dialog to select your objective, decision variables, and Constraints. Click here for Solver Help, applicable to both Excel 2010 for Windows and Excel 2011 for Mac. The Solver Parameters dialog should appear, in the language of your Microsoft Excel 2011 installation. When you're ready to use Solver, click the Solver button on the Data tab (the bundled version of Solver doesn't use the menu Tools Solver.) . To use Solver, start Excel 2011 and create or open your workbook. Within the Addin box, check ‘Solver.xlam’ then hit ‘OK’. To enable Solver, click ‘Tools’ then ‘Addins’. You do not have to download and install Solver from this page - simply ensure that you have the latest update of Excel 2011 (use Help - Check for Updates on the Excel menu). Starting with Excel 2011 Service Pack 1 (Version 14.1.0), Solver is once again bundled with Microsoft Excel for Mac. If you're still using Excel 2008 for Mac, you can download Solver for Excel 2008 here - but we highly recommend an upgrade to Excel 2011, for many reasons including a better Solver! When your model gets to big for the free add-in contact us about upgrading. Over 100,000 existing “cloud Solver” users will receive the new version automatically.

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