You don't need pencil and paper.

Just type "=(F-32)/1.8" in Word, (without the quotes), substite your Fahrenheit temp for the F, highlight the whole thing, hit Ctl-F9, and then hit F9 (without the Ctl) one more time, and you'll see the answer - degrees C.

Shift-F9 will go back to showing you the equation so you can put a different "F" in, and F9 will show the new answer.

If you can type (or copy & paste) the equation, Word will do the calculations for you once you put numbers in place of the "variable names."

Click on Insert-Field in Word for lots of other simple things you can do without a whole lot of thinking.

John