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.
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.
.
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Tip: When you change the base currency, all previously set exchange rates are
set to 0 and you need to key in new rates.
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 required exchange rates, you can make currency
conversions.
See “Converting units” on page 91.