Hi Folks, many times when I am involved in figuring out a specific layout type of problem, I have needed to convert inch/decimal type answers to feet,inch/fraction type answers. A relatively simple way that this can be done is as follows: In the case of a number such as 312.468, the first step of the conversion would be to divide the number by 12. When you have done this you will get the following answer, 26.039, the whole number portion of this answer(26), is the number of feet in the answer. In the next step, subtract the 26 from the number, this leaves .039. Now multiply the .039 by 12, this step will yield the number of inches in the conversion, the answer is 0.468, since the number to the left of the decimal is 0 there are no whole inches in this particular number. In the final step determine the denominator that you would like the fraction to be(8, 16, 32, etc.) use this number as your multiplier and multiply the .468 by that number, in this case I,ll use 16. After I have multiplied .468 by 16 the answer is 7.488, since the whole number is 7 and the decimal value left over is less than .5 I will use the 7 and place it over 16 making the fraction 7/16's. If the decimal left over had been greater than .5 I would have rounded up the whole number, but not in this case. So when the conversion is done your answer is 26'-0 7/16". I almost forgot, a scientific calculator definitely makes this process a whole lot easier. Hope some of you can use this out there. Regards, aevald