Because CheckBook supports multiple currencies, you get to pick the Currency you need and can set the symbol and its placement, as well as the thousands and decimal separators. We set it up so when you create a document your locale's currency is automatically detected, created in CheckBook if it's not in the default list or updated if it is, and selected as the Base Currency - so you'd transparently get just what you're looking for, a CheckBook Currency set up just for your locale. Well, it
used to work like this - but an undocumented (but noticed by others) change slipped past us a few years back: Apple's NSLocale no longer provides the current locale if the application asking for it isn't localized in the current locale's language. It still provides details for the current region or country, so some things work, but that doesn't really help when your country has two official languages, as in Canada. In other words, we'd have to have a French localization for you to see everything work the way it used to and the way you'd expect. This change went completely undocumented on Apple's end, so we didn't know until today. With a little workaround, though, and without localizing in every known language on our precious mudball, we can still get NSLocale to do our bidding. And so, when you create a new document in CheckBook 2.6.18 and later you should get a localized Currency, that Currency should be set up as your Base Currency, and all of the default Currencies should even get localized descriptions.
You're likely already set up, though, and just need to know how to change the Currency settings:
1. In
CheckBook, go to the
CheckBook menu and click the
Preferences... menu item. In
CheckBook Pro, go to the
Account menu and click the
Edit All Accounts... menu item or just double-click the
All Accounts item at the top of the list of Accounts on the side of the window.
2. Click the
Currencies button at the top of the window.
3. Double-click the Currency you'd like to change. You'll find the goods in there.
Thank you for bringing this up. And keep an eye out for a little "cheque" surprise in 2.6.18, as well
.