Mac users with Excel may want add-on applications for more functionality. Solver for Excel 2011 for Mac integrates well into the existing Excel program and performs additional operations on spreadsheet data. The program is available for free and is actually included in later versions of Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program for Mac. Solver for Excel 2011 for Mac downloads and installs directly onto the Excel program without any problems or user input required.
After opening Excel, the user must go to the add-in area and select the Solver program. It then imports and installs a button in Excel's Data tab. Technical support and user tutorial videos are available through the developer's Web sites. Once the program button is selected in Excel, the add-on's interface matches Microsoft's well. The user can manually type in the cells to which it will apply, or they can be clicked from the main area. Max, Min, and Value of functions are clearly labeled, as is the entry box for constraints. Once this information is entered, the user can then select from several solving methods, which are clearly explained in a separate text box.
The basic test functions applied worked well and the application ran smoothly within Excel. For those who need additional operations in Excel, Solver for Excel 2011 for Mac adds more functionality to Microsoft's program and integrates well.
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.
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Troubleshooting Excel 2011 for the Mac Note: Between the steps below you can check if your problem is fixed in Excel 2011. Step 1: Shut Down and Restart your Mac Step 2: But sure that you have installed the latest updates for your Mac and Office 2011. Step 3: Installed add-ins can also give problems so go to ToolsAdd-ins and uncheck them all in the add-in list and Close/Reopen Excel. If you not have problems now put them back one at the time (Close/Reopen Excel each time before you test) untill you find the one that give you problems. Step 4: Click on the Spotlight icon in the top right corner of your Mac and enter 'Disk Utility'to find and open open this program. Select your harddrive and click on 'Repair Disk Permissions' and when it is ready click on 'Verify Disk Permissions'. Step 5: Problems with Preference and Toolbar files in Office 2011.
But where are those files on your Mac? In the newest OSX versions the folders with the files are hidden 1: Close all Office programs first 2: Open a Finder window 3: Hold down the Alt key when you press on Go in the menu and click on Library Preferences folder In the com.microsoft.Excel.plist file Excel saves the changes you make to your preferences.
If you have never made a change to your preferences, it is possible you will not have this file. Application Support:Microsoft:Office:Preferences:Office 2011 folder If you have ever made changes to your menu or toolbars you will find a file here named Microsoft Excel Toolbars 4: The best way to discover whether the files above are giving you problems on your Mac is to drag the ones you find to your Desktop, and then re-start Excel. If the problems are fixed you should delete the files from your desktop. Excel will create new ones for you as soon as you change things in preferences or in your menus/toolbars. Step 6: Fonts can give many problems on a Mac, check out the webpages below for more information. Step 7: Create a new user account, see if Excel work correct in this new user account.
Step 8: If nothing is working I suggest: Complete removal followed by a fresh install. Follow the steps in this article: Start with step 1 and 3 and then reboot your Mac. If it is not working after the reboot do step1, 3 and 7 and reboot (you have to repeat step 3 each time). See also the information on this page: Excel 2016 information Uninstall Office 2016 for Mac: In this article you can also find where Office 2016 store his preference files.