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Base Currency

Euro Assistant Pro lets you define currencies and calculates conversions using euro rates, but gives you the possibility to specify a different base currency for displaying rates in the Rate button and in text clippings.

To select a different base currency, use the Base Currency submenu in the File menu.

The base currency's choice affects the way the active currency's rate is displayed in the Rate button. Supposing USD is base currency, the Rate button will display the active currency's exchange rate against USD:

The selected base currency is also taken into account when you drag an ISO code associated to a zero display to the desktop.

If you drag and drop the ISO code of the base currency (e.g. USD), you will obtain a text clipping listing the exchange rates of all currencies listed in the Euro Assistant Pro window against the base currency.

If you drag and drop an ISO code of a currency which is not the base currency (e.g. CHF), you will get a text clipping with the dragged currency's exchange rate against the base currency.

dragging the base currency's ISO code dragging a different ISO code


Besides giving you the possibility to choose a custom base currency, Euro Assistant Pro lets you also specify how rates must be displayed by acting on the Show Rate submenu of the Base Currency submenu.

Choose the Against Base Currency option if you want that rates are always calculated against the base currency, even when they refer to currencies which are stronger than your base currency. Supposing again USD is base currency, you will have:

1 USD = 1.11982 EUR
1 USD = 1.65622 CHF
1 USD = 132.217 JPY
1 USD = .689698 GBP

Choose the Against Stronger Currency option if you want to display rates which are always greater than the unit. Supposing now ITL is base currency, you will have:

1 EUR  = 1936.27 ITL
1 CHF  = 1309.18 ITL
1 JPY  = 16.3993 ITL
1 GBP  = 3143.81 ITL

The Against Base Currency option is best suited for high value currencies (EUR, USD, GBP, ... ), whereas the Against Stronger Currency option should be chosen when the base currency is a low value currency (ITL, ESP, PTE, ... ).


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