Good day, pictperf-tampaba.
I'll take it as you want to transfer your QuickBooks Desktop 2012 to QuickBooks Online. I've got the steps on how you can do this.
Since your file is outdated, you'll have to upgrade it to the updated one. You can download a free trial version and use it in transferring your files to QBO.
Before we start, let's secure a backup copy of your QuickBooks Desktop program to ensure that the data will be saved before upgrading. I'll show you how:
- Go to the File menu, choose Back Up Company, then select Create Local Backup.
- Select Local Backup. Then, click Options.
- In the Tell us where to save your backup copies field, select Browse and select the location in which to save the backup copy.
- Hit OK.
- In the Create Backup window, specify whether to back up automatically, and select Options to set options for automatic backups.
- Select New to set a backup schedule in the Schedule Backups dialog.
- Click Finish.
Once done, you can download the free trial and most updated version of QBDT and then open the back up company file from there.
Finally, you can start migrating your data from QBDT to QBO. I've added this link for the compete steps to do so: Move your QuickBooks Desktop file to QuickBooks Online.
Know that I'm just a post away if you have any other questions. Have a great day ahead.
