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Click the Currency Rates link to view the historic and current exchange rates for the currency. Exchange rates are specified with respect to the currency selected as the national currency in your system. For details on the role of the national currency in this software, refer to Settings: Money form.
The Currency Exchange Rates list
For a newly added currency, the list of exchange rates contains a single line with the default rate that is equal to 1.0 and is in effect from 1/1/1980.
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