Qbb File Into Excel For Mac
Import Quickbooks QBB file into Excel. I read that this can be done but I have not tried it. If you need to open Quickbooks in Excel, here is instructions (it may work in other spreadsheet programs as well)Open Excel. Older versions of Excel.
In Office 2011 for Mac, Excel can try to load tables from a Web page directly from the Internet via a Web query process. A Web query is simple: It’s just a Web-page address saved as a text file, using the .iqy, rather than .txt, file extension. You use Word to save a text file that contains just a hyperlink and has a .iqy file extension. Excel reads that file and performs a Web query on the URL that is within the .iqy text file and then displays the query results.
You can easily make Web queries for Microsoft Excel in Microsoft Word. Follow these steps:
Go to a Web page that has the Web tables that you want to put in Excel.
Highlight the Web address in the address field and choose Edit→Copy.
Switch to Microsoft Word and open a new document.
Launch Word if it’s not open already.
Choose Edit→Paste.
The URL is pasted into the Word document.
In Word, choose File→Save As.
The Save As dialog appears.
Click Format and choose Plain Text (.txt) from the pop-up menu that appears.
Type a filename, replacing .txt with .iqy as the file extension. Human anatomy atlas 2017 edition for mac coupon.
Don’t use the .txt extension. The .iqy file extension signifies that the file is a Web query for Microsoft Excel.
If you encounter the File Conversion dialog, select the MS_DOS radio button, and then click OK.
Select the Documents folder.
Click the Save button.
After you save your Web query, follow these steps to run the Web query:
Open Excel.
Choose Data→Get External Data→Run Saved Query.
Open the .iqy file you saved in Word.
Excel attempts to open the Web page for you, which creates a query range formatted as a table. Web queries work with HTML tables, not pictures of tables, Adobe Flash, PDF, or other formats. The fancy Web query browser found in Excel for Windows is not available in Excel for Mac.
You can refresh a Web query quickly by first positioning the selection cursor anywhere in the data table and then choosing Data→Refresh Data.
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The desktop version of QuickBooks business accounts software stores all your company accounts records in a company file on your computer. Transferring this data to the QuickBooks Online service may seem like a daunting prospect, particularly if you have several years worth of accounting data to move. However, you can import the QuickBooks company file that contains all this data to the QuickBooks Online service via your computer's Web browser. For the transfer to work correctly, QuickBooks says you must use the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser with ActiveX controls enabled.
Copy the Company File
2.Press 'F2' on your computer keyboard to open the Product Information window. Write down or copy the name and directory location of your company file displayed in the File Information section of the window.
3.Open the company file in QuickBooks. If prompted, enter your administrator password.
4.Click 'File,' 'Utilities' or 'Maintenance' and then 'Copy Company File for QuickBooks Online.'
5.Enter a name for the file and select a directory location on your computer. Remember the directory location, because you will need this information to import the file into QuickBooks Online.
Enable ActiveX in Internet Explorer
2.Click the 'Tools' button with the gears icon in the top-right corner of the screen and then select 'Internet Options.'
3.Click the 'Security' tab in the dialog window and then click the 'Internet' button in the Zone pane. Click the 'Custom level' button.
4.Scroll to the 'ActiveX controls and plugins' section.
5.Click the 'Enable' button beside the following ActiveX controls:
Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls Binary and script behaviors Download signed ActiveX controls Run ActiveX controls and plugins Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting
7.Click the 'Advanced' tab and then clear the 'Do not save encrypted pages to disk' check box in the Security section.
Import the Company File
2.Click the 'Company' tab in the main menu and then select 'Import QuickBooks Desktop Data' from the drop-down menu.
3.Go to the location of the company file you saved earlier. Click to select the file and then click the 'Open' button.
4.Follow the steps in the onscreen import interview window that launches automatically. During this process you will need to enter basic information about your company, such as contact information and bank details.
5.Wait for around 24 hours for QuickBooks to complete the import process. You will receive an email when the process is complete.
Tip
- When you first use the online service with an imported company file, you can check that data imported correctly by creating a Profit & Loss report and a Balance Sheet report in both the desktop and online versions of the programs and comparing the two.
Warning
- The company file must be smaller than 140MB to import correctly. You can view the file size in the Product Information window. If the file is larger than 140MB, you can import separate lists of transactions from the desktop version to the online version of QuickBooks.
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