Truncated item names

When QuickBooks for Windows restores your QuickBooks for Mac file, it will truncate all item names longer than 13 characters.

This may incorrectly cause some items to appear as duplicates and result in data loss.

For example, if your QuickBooks for Mac company file's item list contains two items named Part Number 102 and Part Number 103(each name containing 15 characters including spaces), QuickBooks for Windows will truncate the names to Part Number 1 and Part Number 1, resulting in duplicate item names.

Click To
Cancel Quit saving your file as a QuickBooks for Windows file.
Review Display a list of potential duplicate item names.

You can then edit those items to have unique 13-character names.

Create the file again by choosing File > Back Up > To QuickBooks for Windows.
Create File Create a QuickBooks for Windows file without changing any item names.

If you plan to restore the file in QuickBooks for Windows, we strongly recommend you click Review and not Create File.