It looks that xls to iif conversion means only one thing and that is import of accounting data from Excel spreadsheet (. Xls) to QuickBooks where it can be exported in the interchange format (. This only works on Excel files that were previously exported in QuickBooks. A valid.xls file can be imported back to QuickBooks by doing the following procedure.

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• Open the QuickBooks company file to import the new Excel.xls accounts list. • Go to File, select Utilities, choose Import, and Excel files. • Browse to the.xls file and select. • Click the Choose a sheet in this Excel workbook drop-down arrow and select Accounts.

• Click the Mappings button (may have to select new mapping). Enter a Mapping name such as 'Map QuickBooks Headers to Excel Columns.'

• Click the Import type and click Account. • Click the blank row under the Import data column heading to display all the columns in the Excel file. • Click Column E. This will match the column to the QuickBooks account type. • Map Name to Column B, Description to Column G, and Opening Balance to Column F. • Click Save and click Import to import the account list into QuickBooks.

Updated: October 4, 2018. File extension Convert Open Save Edit Create Import Export Extract Convert from No No No No No Yes No No to No Yes Yes iif editor Yes Yes Yes No The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned xls to iif. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.

This article is part of a series that covers basic information about.IIF files in QuickBooks Desktop. • • • Tasks you can do with IIF files Generally, you can: • Export lists from one QuickBooks company file and import them into another • Import lists or transactions into QuickBooks from another program • Export list to and Import data from the QuickBooks Pro Timer.

News reader app for mac pro. • Share data between different QuickBooks editions and platforms (such as Pro, Premier, and Enterprise, or between Windows and Mac) Note: Intuit does not offer assisted technical support for creating or importing.IIF files Specifically, these are some of the tasks you can do with IIF. In some cases, you can bulk edit list element information (data) for customers, vendors, items, or other list entries. • Export the lists to your desktop.

• Go to QuickBooks File menu, then select Utilities > Export > IIF Files. • Check the box corresponding to the list/s you want to export then click OK. • Type a file name and choose the location where you want to save the IIF file. • Open the file and edit data as desired.

• Right-click the export file. Select Open With > Microsoft Office Excel. • Click Yes if a warning about incompatible features is displayed. • Edit the data in the file then go to File > Save. • Close Excel. (If prompted to save again, click No.) • Backup your company data file because imports cannot be undone.

• Import the edited IIF file to QuickBooks • Go to the QuickBooks File menu and select Utilities > Import >.IIF Files. • Locate the edited IIF file then select Open. Import vendor's IIF file to update your costs. • Open the QuickBooks company containing the lists to transfer. • Export the lists you need to edit.