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Enter a Fraction in a Cell

posted by Rob Johnson on Mar.29, 2009, under Tips

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Microsoft Office Excel can display, and take data entry as, fractions as well as decimal numbers. To enter a fraction, simply prefix it with a zero and a space. So to display the fraction one-third, type 0 1/3. This will display 1/3 but will have an underlying value of 0.33333333.


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