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 ...

Create a table or use an existing one. Type =DEC2BIN(A2, B2) into the cell you want to place the result. Then press the Enter key to see the result. To see the other results in the table, drag the ...

In addition to its basic spreadsheet functions, Microsoft Excel also allows writing formulas to perform functions on existing data. Using a quick equation, you can convert an existing set of time data ...

Depending on what a person is doing in Microsoft Excel, there may come a time when they have to work with decimal places. If this is indeed the case, then one must learn how to change the number of ...

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 ...