QIF Categories->QIF Convert John Woodward

QIF Convert is an evolution of QIF Categories based on feedback from users and would-be users. I gave it a new name because the user interface is completely different.

Even though the name is different, registered users of QIF Categories are automatically registered for QIF Convert.

If you are partway through the evaluation period for QIF Categories and you start running QIF Convert, you will still get the full 60 day evaluation period for QIF Convert.

QIF Convert uses all of your QIF Categories data files (QuickenCategories, CategoryMappings, DescriptionMappings, and CheckNumbers), so you don't have to re-teach QIF Convert what you have already taught QIF Categories.

QIF Convert 1.1 has the following major improvements over QIF Categories:

• The user interface makes makes it easier to specify how transactions should be converted. QIF Convert calls these instructions, whereas QIF Categories called them mappings.
• Instructions can be edited after they are specified. With QIF Categories you had to manually edit the data files.
• You can specify that any transaction be confirmed, allowing you to change the description and category. A new preference forces all transactions to be confirmed, or you can hold down the control key to force transactions to be confirmed. In the confirmation process, you can delete a transaction, causing in not to be transferred to the output file.
• You can put transactions from multiple accounts into the same output file, making importing into Quicken easier.
• QIF Convert is apple event-aware, and runs as a more conventional application with menus.