It’s official. After months of needing a PhD in Astrophysics to work out which version of Office 2013 you might need, you can now easily purchase a retail SKU that includes Power Pivot and Power View. Excel 2013 Standalone SKU will now include the add-ins when installed.

For those who may be seething that they have already purchased Excel 2013 Standalone and don’t have these useful add-ins, don’t worry. The next time Office updates via Click-to-Run, Excel 2013 will update for these add-ins.

Common sense has prevailed!