Quicken Files

[David Carlson]

On 8/15/2011 5:23 PM, David T. wrote:
> Guy--
>
> I can't guarantee your results, but when *I* was in your position a few years back, I went into Quicken and asked it to export everything (transactions, accounts, and categories) to a QIF file, which I then imported into Gnucash. Gnucash was able to convert the QIF file, correctly getting categories into accounts, and I was mostly good to go. I did have to do some tweaking to the data, not to mention my mindset, to get things working.
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> Once you have gotten your data into Gnucash, I recommend reading through the Gnucash documentation (especially the Tutorial and Concepts Guide) to familiarize yourself with some of the fundamental differences between Gnucash and Quicken.
>
> Good luck!
> David
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Angela & Guy Tolson <shepleytolson at talktalk.net>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Cc: 
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 8:31 AM
> Subject: Quicken Files
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> I have been looking for a programme into which I can transfer my Quicken data that I have been using 16 years. I was delighted to come across GNUCASH that seemed to imply I can transfer the data into it. My Quicken has 4 types of file - Qdata1.QDF,  Qdata1.QEL, Qdata1.QPH and Qtada1.QSD but not a .QIF in sight. What can I do?
>
> Guy

Before you jump into the water, read the GnuCash instructions in the
manual about importing and be ready to make a lot of individual
transaction corrections.  Use Quicken to export from a copy (not your
original) of your quicken files and export the oldest month only first. 
Create a test GnuCash data file and import just that month.  This test
will give you a feel for how smoothly (or not) the import task will go.

In my case I had so much data that I decided to only import the last two
years into my real GnuCash data file.

Good luck.

David Carlson