Yes, that answers my question, thank you. So, why is it that when Mathematica Displays a number in a high base it does not do so in letters? When I tell it to convert from base 10 to base 25 it displays the number in the higher base using ":" between base 10 numerals. Thus my frustration. The input method should match the output, and it does not, Except when converting to or from Hexadecimal, base 16.