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<chapter id="details.currencies">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Thomas</firstname>
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<surname>Baumgart</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address><email>ipwizard@users.sourceforge.net</email></address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2009-05-05</date>
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<releaseinfo>1.0</releaseinfo>
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</chapterinfo>
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<title>Currencies</title>
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<para>
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&kappname; supports the use of multiple currencies in different accounts. For
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example, you can set up a bank account in Euro, another in British Pounds, and
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still have your credit card account in US Dollars.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="details.currencies.basecurrency">
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<title>Base currency</title>
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<para>
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Once you create a &kappname; file you will be asked for the base currency. The
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base currency is the one that all income and expense categories use and that
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reports will be based on. Usually, the base currency is the currency you use
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in your country. If not otherwise selected, new accounts will use this
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currency as the default.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The select currency dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="select_currency.png" format="PNG" />
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>select currency</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="details.currencies.accountsetup">
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<title>Account setup</title>
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<para>
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If you create a new account you have the option to specify the currency in
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which it will be managed. The ledger for the account will then show all values
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in the selected currency. The new account wizard defaults this setting to the
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<link linkend="details.currencies.basecurrency">base currency</link>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="details.currencies.transactions">
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<title>Entering transactions using different currencies</title>
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<para>
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Whenever a transaction is entered that refers to more than one currency, the
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exchange rate editor pops up and allows you to enter an exchange
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rate. Initially, the current price available from the price database will be
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used as exchange rate. See <link linkend="details.currencies.prices">Entering
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exchange rates for currencies</link> for more information on how to provide
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exchange rates manually and obtain online price information.
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</para>
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<para>
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Optionally, the exchange rate is saved in the price database once entered by
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the user.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="details.currencies.prices">
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<title>Exchange rates for currencies</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>Entering prices manually</title>
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<para>
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The price database editor allows you to enter exchange rates between
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currencies or prices for investments. You can pull it up using the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Prices...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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menu option.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="currency_priceeditor.png" format="PNG" />
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Currency Price Editor</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<para>
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In &kappname; a <quote>Price</quote> is the price of one currency in terms of
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a second currency. For example, as I write this, the price of 1 USD in terms
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of 1 EUR is 0.83; that is, 1 USD costs 0.83 EUR. The first currency is the
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one being bought or sold, and the second one is the currency used to buy or
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sell it.
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</para>
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<para>
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When you press the <guibutton>New</guibutton> button, you get the New Price
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Entry dialog. Enter the first currency (USD in the example above) in the
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Security field. Enter the second currency (EUR in the example above) in the
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Currency field. Enter the effective date of the price in the Date field.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="currency_newpriceentry.png" format="PNG" />
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>New Price Entry</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Online currency updates</title>
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<para>
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&kappname; will fetch currency conversions from the web. Once you have
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entered a single price for a pair of currencies, the online quote feature will
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always list that pair amongst its options.
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</para>
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<para>
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See the section on <link linkend="details.investments.onlinequotes">Online
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Price Quotes</link> in the Investments chapter for more details.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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