It is both frustrating an nonsenical that the default Currency style (ie the
one applied when you click the Currency button on the Formatting toolbar) is
actually based on an Accounting format.

Why isn't it based on a Currency format?
.... and why can't it be changed without creating a template? (ie so it
applies to all Workbooks rather than just newly created ones)

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