Importing Quicken 16 files.

[Burnell West]

Thanks to all who responded so quickly.
To those who imported a long time ago, quicken used QIF until a couple of years ago;
I had actually converted to gnu cash about 12 years ago, but it didn’t work so well for me
at that time.

I’ll try some things and be back soon.

> On Dec 22, 2016, at 2:13 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:15:17 +0500
> "David T. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>> wrote:
> 
>> … and my experience (also many years ago) was that I was able to
>> import the entire file (including account structure and transactions)
>> in one huge import. There were, I admit, numerous areas that needed
>> cleanup, but as my Quicken file was pretty clean, that cleanup was
>> relatively painless. The adjustment from Quicken to GnuCash was a
>> little rockier (as old timers on the list might recall…).
>> 
>> I certainly understand that others have had difficult file
>> transitions, and support Steve’s approach as valid, but I wanted to
>> offer an alternative perspective.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> P.S. If I were to drink a six-pack for every moth processed, I
>> imagine my data entry accuracy would slide precipitously.
> 
> 
> I did an import, so many years ago I don't recall.
> My problem was the data entry I started with was poor. It didn't
> convert well to double-entry, particularly my GST records, which took
> years to straighten out.
> No beer was consumed on initial entry, import or fixing up!
> 
> Liz
> 
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