Using the Ribbon and Task Pane
This section contains an overview of the Ribbon and Task Pane interface, as well as the
alternative Solver Parameters dialog (similar to what you’ve used in the basic Excel Solver).
Online Resource: You can also see a short overview video of the Ribbon
and Task Pane interface on our website by clicking here.
The Ribbon is your ‘gateway’ to Analytic Solver Platform’s graphical user interface. Most
often, you simply click on the arrow at the bottom of a button on the Ribbon to open a dropdown
gallery with more buttons, and then you click one of these choices.
In Excel 2013, 2010 and 2007, the Analytic Solver Platform Ribbon appears as a tab on the
standard Ribbon at the top of the Excel application window, and it stays in this position:
The small downward pointing arrow below each of the buttons indicates that you can open a
dropdown gallery of options related to that button. For example, clicking the downward arrow
for Constraints opens a gallery of further options for defining constraints:
Clicking Normal Constraint shows the traditional constraint relations, and clicking the
remaining gallery choices will display new options that you haven’t had in the basic Excel
Solver.