The Solver add-in is included by default in Microsoft Excel. You only need to activate it to load it. Learn how to load Solver add-in in Excel if it is not showing.

On Windows, Solver may be added in by going to File (in Excel 2007 it’s the top left Windows button) > Options > Add-ins, and under the Manage drop-down choosing Excel Add-ins and pressing the ...

What Does Excel's Solver Do? In short, Solver is like Goal Seek on steroids. If you were wondering how to use Goal Seek in Excel for multiple cells at once, this is it.

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. Since ...