I am new to excel and trying to convert a spreadsheet i got which came with
fractions, I would like to convert them to decimals.

can you post example of the 'fraction' cell contents to be converted?

"a.clanton" wrote:

I am new to excel and trying to convert a spreadsheet i got which came with
fractions, I would like to convert them to decimals.

fractions are only one type of format

select format in the top menu bar, cells, number, and change from fraction
to number
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"a.clanton" wrote in message
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I am new to excel and trying to convert a spreadsheet i got which came with
fractions, I would like to convert them to decimals.

You just need to format the cell.
The cell contains a "real number" as mathematicians call a number which is
not an integer
In your worksheet, it has been formatted to show as a fraction, you need to
format it as a number
Select the cell; use CTRL+1 to open the formatting dialog and set format to
Number with 3 decimals
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"a.clanton" wrote in message
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I am new to excel and trying to convert a spreadsheet i got which came
with
fractions, I would like to convert them to decimals.