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Default How can I turn a fraction into a decimal.

If you highlight the cell and format it to text, it will give you the decimals.

"sharder" wrote:

I have thickness of material displayed in fractions and I need to convert
them into decimals. Example 1/8 should be .125 and 1 1/8 should be 1.125. Any
help would be appreciated.
Thanks

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