in excel I wish to show 7:30 (7 hours 30 minutes) as 7.5 hours
 

in excel I wish to show 7:30 (7 hours 30 minutes) as 7.5 hours, can I enter
7:30 and have the cell with a formula change it to 7.5

in excel I wish to show 7:30 (7 hours 30 minutes) as 7.5 hours
 

Are you trying to calculate elapsed time?

Gerry wrote:
in excel I wish to show 7:30 (7 hours 30 minutes) as 7.5 hours, can I enter
7:30 and have the cell with a formula change it to 7.5

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in excel I wish to show 7:30 (7 hours 30 minutes) as 7.5 hours
 

You could use another cell to hold this formula:

=a1*24
and format as general (or number)

Gerry wrote:

in excel I wish to show 7:30 (7 hours 30 minutes) as 7.5 hours, can I enter
7:30 and have the cell with a formula change it to 7.5

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Dave Peterson