Since WWII the inch (Imperial and US) has been defined as 2.54 cm EXACTLY.
This means the US has been sort-of-metric for 60 years!
So a more accurate conversion is 0.393700787401575
I would use (1/2.54) as the conversion factor.
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"Biff" wrote in message
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Hi!
From Excel help on convert:
"If this function is not available, and returns the #NAME?
error, install and load the Analysis ToolPak add-in."
Goto ToolsAdd-ins
Check Analysis ToolPak
OR
1 centimeter = 0.393700787 in
=A2*.393700787
Biff
-----Original Message-----
Although the convert function is listed in excel 2002
help it is not
available from the insert formula command and it does't
work in excel 2002.
s there a way to get it to work?
=CONVERT(A2,"cm","in") Returns NAME?
.