Since it is Labor Day Weekend, though, just set yourself a reminder to download it Tuesday morning. In the meantime, users missing Solver will no doubt be thrilled to have it back.
Though we have already heard that VBA will be coming back to the Mac version of Office, there currently is no definite timeline for when that will happen. It works by tying in to the currently open spreadsheet in Excel, so you have to run both applications concurrently there doesn't seem to be a way to launch Solver directly from Excel. It currently only works with the most recent version of Excel, 12.1.2, but it is a Universal Binary and runs on Leopard or Tiger.
As a result, Solver for Excel 2008 is available now for immediate download.ĭeveloped by Frontline Systems, the original developers of Solver, Solver for Excel 2008 is a standalone app and is a simple drag-and-drop install. I am trying to use solver table on my Mac, I already downloaded it but every time I try to run solver table, I get a message that says Microsoft Visual Basic. Still, Solver is used in many business, engineering, and scientific analyzation tasks, and accordingly, users asked Microsoft's Mac BU to bring it back. Since Solver relied on VBA, it had to get the axe.
Along with Visual Basic for Applications, the scripting language used in many business-oriented spreadsheets, Excel also lost Solver when it was upgraded to be included in Office 2008.
