It then imports and installs a button in Excel's Data tab.
After opening Excel, the user must go to the add-in area and select the Solver program. Solver for Excel 2011 for Mac downloads and installs directly onto the Excel program without any problems or user input required. 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 integrates well into the existing Excel program and performs additional operations on spreadsheet data. Mac users with Excel may want add-on applications for more functionality.