> On Nov 28, 2018, at 12:52 AM, Annie Delyth Stratton > <[email protected]> wrote: > > RE David's comment: "As far as I know, qdf files have no conversion > options. Period. You will have to export qif from quicken." > > > Older versions of Quicken used qdf. Newer versions use gif. In order to > translate gdf to qif, you need to use an intermediate version of Quicken to > import into. I used Quicken 2007 for so long that when I went to the 2016 > version, it could no longer recognize qdf. The workaround was to download a > version which CAN recognize qdf and translate it into a qif file. > > I think I used Quicken 10, recommended to me by another user. It was easy to > find free downloads of older Quicken software then, not sure about now. One > could ask around. I did a quick search just now and found a conversion > utility by Intuit that might also do the job. It's free, so might be worth a > try. > https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Quicken-Converter-FREE.html > Quicken Converter (free) download Windows > version<https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Quicken-Converter-FREE.html> > Download Quicken Converter for free. Quicken Converter allows you to convert > Quicken files from an older release of Quicken (2011 and below) to the newer > Quicken format which can then be read by QuickBooks 2012 or later. > en.freedownloadmanager.org > > > The main reason I went to 2016 was that I was afraid of ending up with a file > that would be obsolete. Gnu was suggested to me, but at the time I wasn't > ready to take it on. I am pretty fed up with Quicken at this point, and ready > to trash it. > > I just downloaded Gnucash. Read the entire manual last night, but I saw > NOTHING in it that steps through importing a qif file. Since you guys clearly > have some experience with that, can you help me out? >
File>Import...>QIF. The assistant will lead you through the process. Do a month’s worth of data at a time to train the transaction matcher until it’s correctly matching nearly everything. https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quicken_Migration <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quicken_Migration> for more detail. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
