Installing SolverTable as an Excel Add The SolverTable function shows up in Excel under the Data menu item. When you install SolverTable as an Excel Add-in, all you are doing is telling Excel where to find the two files and, both of which should be in the same directory. (Note: make sure the extension you download is.xla, not.xl s) If your computer does not already have these two files, then either download them to your school computer (in an easy to find location, such as the desktop) using the above links or place them in a folder on your school P: drive for easy access. At home, you only need to place these files once, add SolverTable.xla to Excel and it should work from them on. At school, particularly in the CAI lab, which erases all local student activity about every night, you may need to install these files every time you want to use SolverTable (thus store them on your P drive). Simple Process for Loading Solvertable into Excel.

Download and to a location that is easy to access (e.g. The Desktop or a folder on your desktop). To download, simply right-click the above links and choose Save Target As - make sure the filename extension is.xl a - sometimes Microsoft changes it to.xl s.

Go into Excel, under Tools-Add-ins, Browse to the location of SolverTable.xla ( not SolverTable1.xla) select it and click OK (see below). SolverTable should now appear as an item under Excel's Data menu! Possible problems & solutions: A. After installing SolverTable, it does not appear under the Data menu or there is an error message.

Try quitting Excel and then opening it again (if this doesn't work the first time, don't endlessly quit Excel and restart it, try one of the other fixes). You cannot find SolverTable.xla when you go Browsing to add it in. It is possible that during download, Microsoft changed the filename extension from.xla to.xls. If this is the case, simply change the filename extension back to.xla.

If you cannot see the filename extensions, click on fixing that. Alternatively, download the files again and make sure the extension is.xla. When you click on Data - SolverTable you get an error message saying SolverTable was not found at a certain location. Remember that location and copy SolverTable.xla and SolverTable1.xla to that location and try again. Follow the of the book & SolverTable (although I would skip step 3 for downloading/installing from his web site - you already have these files from your textbook or the above links).

Mac Users Using Excel 2016 or Excel Online Get the new this free Solver app works equally well in desktop Excel 2016 and Excel Online – and handles the smallest to the largest, most challenging optimization models. Users can obtain Solver immediately from Microsoft AppSource. Over 100,000 existing “cloud Solver” users will receive the new version automatically. When your model gets to big for the free add-in contact us about upgrading.

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If you're still using Excel 2008 for Mac, you can - but we highly recommend an upgrade to Excel 2011, for many reasons including a better Solver! Using the Excel 2011 Solver for Mac Starting with Excel 2011 Service Pack 1 (Version 14.1.0), Solver is once again bundled with Microsoft Excel for Mac. 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). To enable Solver, click ‘Tools’ then ‘Addins’. Within the Addin box, check ‘Solver.xlam’ then hit ‘OK’.

To use Solver, start Excel 2011 and create or open your workbook. 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.). The Solver Parameters dialog should appear, in the language of your Microsoft Excel 2011 installation., applicable to both Excel 2010 for Windows and Excel 2011 for Mac.

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Use the Solver Parameters dialog to select your objective, decision variables, and Constraints. Then click the Solve button. Solver will seek the optimal solution to the problem. 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. To pause or stop Solver while it's solving, press the ESC key, and click Stop (or Continue) when the Trial Solution dialog appears.

Caution: Don't make changes yourself in Excel or your workbook while Solver is solving. Changes in Excel while Solver is solving, will have unpredictable results, including crashes in Solver or Excel. See the about.) If You Updated to Excel 2011 SP1 and Installed Solver from Solver.com 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. Just email us at at. 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.

The History of the Excel 2011 Solver for Mac Before Microsoft began bundling the Solver with Excel for Mac, Frontline Systems worked with Microsoft's Mac Business Unit to bring you a faster, easier to use, and more powerful Solver. The version that we provided was free and 100% compatible - your existing Solver models would work without any changes, whether they're from Excel 2004 or 2008 for Mac, or Excel 2003, 2007 or 2010 for Windows. Matches New Solver for Excel 2010 for Windows Solver for Excel 2011 for Mac has the same new features and user interface as Solver for Excel 2010 for Windows - which is greatly enhanced over Solver for Excel 2007. Includes New Evolutionary Solving Method Based on genetic algorithms, this method complements Solver's linear programming and nonlinear optimization methods. Use it to find solutions for models with IF and LOOKUP functions. Global Optimization for Nonlinear Models Automatically run the GRG Nonlinear Solver from multiple, intelligently chosen starting points, to find better solutions when the old Solver would be 'trapped' in a local optimum.

New user interface matches Excel 2010 You may also be interested in:. Try our to learn more about building Solver models and getting solutions. offers far more power, speed and flexibility than the Standard Excel Solver while allowing all your existing models, even your VBA code, to be used as-is. If you are a developer of optimization or simulation applications, check our. It's available for Windows and Linux - but for news about availability of the SDK for Mac OSX.