Steph -

You do need a disk to install Solver, but you should be able to use anyone's
disk that is the same version of Office/Excel 2003 as your original
installation. Perhaps a colleague has such a disk.

- Mike
http://www.mikemiddleton.com

"Steph" wrote in message
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Please help! I need to install Excel Solver, but my Office 2003 disk is on
a
ship from Australia to New York and won't arrive for 2 months. Does anyone
know how to install Excel Solver w/ out the Office Installation disk?