Microsoft and FrontLine Release Solver for Excel 2008

If you've been miffed with Microsoft since Excel 2008 hit the stores due to the removal of Solver from the popular spreadsheet application, it may be time to lighten up. You can now download Solver for Excel 2008 for free from the FrontLine Systems Web site. FrontLine developed the original Solver for Excel 2004, and developed the Excel 2008 version at the request of the Microsoft Mac Business Unit (Mac BU).

Solver is a linear programming / analysis tool for Excel that was included with Excel 2004 as an add-in, but dropped from Excel 2008 since it required Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). The Mac BU has noted that VBA is going to return in the next version of Office. In the meantime, Mac Excel users who rely on Solver's powerful analysis capabilities are now able to use the free download to perform their linear programming tasks.

[via MacRumors]

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Lincoln

Sloooooow couple of news days for TUAW...

September 01 2008 at 7:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mcg

I imagine it includes the same mathematical functionality that the Windows version of the solver does. That means it should include nonlinear and integer capabilities. But I can't be sure just from reading the first web page.

August 31 2008 at 8:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Red

Is this limited to linear problem solving, or does it include non-linear analysis? I've stayed with Office 2004 as it is the only solution for non-linear work.

August 31 2008 at 6:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jash Sayani

Nice. Good job M$ !

August 31 2008 at 2:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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John.B

@Jash

Microsoft had nothing to do with this, unless you are just trying to be snarky.

More like, "Thanks, FrontLine Systems".

September 01 2008 at 3:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

eminemdrdre00

very cool!

August 31 2008 at 1:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply