[SOLUTION] Transfer QuickBooks user dictionary
I have used my QuickBooks 2008 for 2 years and have built up a big user dictionary for the spell check, but when I switched computers and installed QuickBooks 2011, it kept asking me to change misspelled words again. I searched and couldn’t find good instructions on how to move the dictionary over, so here is what I did:Mountains Photo
1. Close QuickBooks on both computers.
2. On the old computer (assuming XP), open Windows Explorer (or click My Computer), go to
3. On my Windows 7 new computer, I copied to
To verify your work, go to Edit menu, Preferences, Spelling and look in the chart for the manually entered words.
These steps should work for most QuickBooks editions and operation systems, although you may have to tweak some steps based on your configuration.
For QuickBooks Pro or Premier 2014, it would appear that the user dictionary is now in the C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local Settings\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks. You can also edit this dictionary.