The cells in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet can hold various types of numerical data, including fractions and percentages. If some or all of your cells contain fractions, Excel enables you to convert ...

Have you tried entering a fraction into your Excel sheet, only to have it convert to a serial, whole, or decimal number when you press Enter, and you have no clue what to do? In Microsoft Excel, you ...

Most numbers used in business are based on 10 – commonly known as the decimal system. One dollar is $1.00 and a half-dollar is $0.50. Time, of course, is an exception because it's based on 12. The day ...

Q. Thanks for your advice in the September 2001 issue on converting fractions in Excel into decimal values. But how about those of us who need to do the reverse—that is, convert decimal values into ...