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How to enter a different currency purchase in ledger

Asked by Lacho

Hi,

I would like to know how to enter a credit card purchase in a different currency than the base currency, and have it automatically converted to my base currency.

I did a purchase in Euros on my debit card, would like to enter the purchase amount in Euros, and somehow have the currency exchange converter convert it to US Dollars. I know I can just use a calculator and convert Euros to dollars, but it kind of defeats the purpose of the currency converter; so I know I am missing something.

In MS Money, you would enter the amount, press F8, and choose what currency to use.

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Hei Ku (asoliverez) said : 		#1

Create a category for the expense in the currency you want (eg. Euros in this case). Then, it will prompt for the currency conversion when you enter the transaction.

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Hei Ku (asoliverez) said : 		#2

The currencies are managed by accounts and categories. So, you have to create a new category, and change the currency of that category to Euros. You can select the currency of the category when creating it.

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Lacho (listas-hmr) said : 		#3

But these are runarounds, isn't it? Is there one key or combination that pops-up the currency converter?

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Hei Ku (asoliverez) said : 		#4

As I said, the currency depends on the account or category, so if you want to enter a transaction in a different currency, you must have a category or account in that currency.
That's how it works at the moment.

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