Normally you can't. One measures a distance, another an area. My room is 8 feet long and happens to be 70 square feet. You can't convert. However if you are talking about a roll of something - say...
You cannot convert 1 foot into square feet. 1 foot is a one-dimensional measure of length or distance (think of a line). A square foot is a two dimenstion measure of area which requires both length...