This story is from the December 3, 2012 issue of Fortune. Jeff Bezos likes to read. Thatâs a dog-bites-man revelation if ever there was one, considering that Bezos is the cerebral founder and chief executive of a $100 billion empire built on books.
The Australian version of Quicken still allows the importing of QIF files for these account types, however, unlike the American version, it is not possible to export data to QIF or any other file type, for any account type. The QIF format does not allow a user to mark the currency in which a transaction was completed.
And in fact, you can download an OFX file, edit it manually, then import it into Quicken. You can even do this for a UK bank export into a USA install of Quicken! Here are the steps I took to do just that: 1  Visit the bank website and export your transactions in OFX format. 2  Edit the file in a text editor.