Setting a base currency and exchange rates
Before you can make currency conversions, you need to choose a base currency
(usually your domestic currency) and add exchange rates.
Note: The rate of the base currency is always 1. The base currency
determines the conversion rates of the other currencies.
1. Select
Currency
as the measure type and select
Options
→
Currency rates
. A
list of currencies opens and you can see the current base currency at the top.
2. To change the base currency, scroll to the currency (usually your domestic
currency), and select
Options
→
Set as base curr.
.
Important: When you change the base currency, all previously set
exchange rates are set to 0 and you need to key in new rates.
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3. Add exchange rates, scroll to the currency, and key in a new rate, that is, how
many units of the currency equal one unit of the base currency you have
selected.
4. After you have inserted all the needed exchange rates, you can make currency
conversions.
See ‘Converting units’, p. 140.