Maintenance Release
Intuit has issued the Release 8 (R8) update for the QuickBooks 2018 Product-line. Several of the changes in this release are similar to those issued for QuickBooks 2016 and QuickBooks 2017 Desktop products earlier in October.
The following changes, improvements, and fixes were made to QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2018, QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2018 and QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise 18.0.Later releases (ones with higher numbers) include all changes in earlier releases.
- Accounts Receivable - Some users have experienced issues in which QuickBooks freezes up when they attempt to open an Invoice form (especially if there is history for the invoice or customer). This provides improved stability of invoice forms and prevents freezing of QuickBooks on computers with Microsoft Outlook installed.
- Bank Feeds - improved messaging & fixes for common error scenarios in Bank Feeds. Some users experienced issues with dates not changing when they were edited within the Bank Feed window. This release reportedly fixes issues with Online Bill Payment dates not updating as expected when edited on the fly from within the Bank Feed window.
- Print PDF - some users experienced issues when either creating a PDF from a transaction or printing. This release provides a new Troubleshoot button available to users encountering error messages when PDF/Print issues occur, the button will evoke running of the Print/PDF Repair Tool.
- Self-Help - some aspects of the 'Help' functionality within QuickBooks have been remodeled to provide a better experience for users. These improvements are aimed at making Help easier to use, provide easier access to the correct information and insure the accuracy of paths (URL links) to Intuit support documentation and assistance.
- Upgrade to New Version - this new feature provides enhanced and streamlined upgrade of QuickBooks from within the product enabling users to migrate from QuickBooks 2018 to QuickBooks 2019.
Many of these are 'fixes' to problems that have either been identified, or which have arisen in connection with other software or 3rd-party-component changes. If you have experienced any of these issues you may wish to update to this newest release version. If you haven't experienced any of these issues you may wish to hold-off to see if there are any issues that arise out of this maintenance update.
The release is available for 'manual download' from the official Intuit Product Update website. It also can be downloaded via the 'automatic updates' feature within the product.