Table 4-1. The CURRX Menu

 

 

 

 

Menu Key

Description

 

 

 

 

 

curr1

Current currency#1;stores or calculates the number of units

 

 

 

of this currency.

 

curr2

Currency currency#2;stores or calculates the number of

 

 

 

units of this currency.

 

 

Stores or calculates the exchange rate between the two

 

 

 

 

 

current currencies. The rate is expressed as the number of

 

 

 

units of currency #2 equivalent to 1 unit of currency #1.

 

 

Stores the current currency #1, currency #2, and RATE.

 

 

 

 

Recalls a previously stored pair of currencies and RATE.

 

 

 

 

Selects a new set of currencies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selecting a Set of Currencies

To select a pair of currencies:

1.Press to display the menu of currencies. Press more, if necessary, to see additional currencies ( see table 4-2 ).

2.Press a menu key to select currency #1.

3.Press a menu key to select currency #2. RATE is automatically reset to 1.0000.

4.Enter an exchange rate. There are two ways enter the RATE :

„Calculate the rate from a known equivalency (see the example ”Calculating an Exchange Rate,” page 57.). Calculating an exchange rate is usually the easier way to enter a correct rate, since the order in which you selected the two currencies doesn’t mater.

„Store the exchange rate by keying in the value and pressing (see “Storing an Exchange Rate” on page 58).

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