Thank you JasroV for your help but I'm sorry I cannot follow any of those instructions.
When I go to my bank as you instruct to select upload I merely get a message saying I cannot connect because "direct feeds is pending". This is why I asked the question.
I read the article you linked. It first says go to accounting and record the date of the oldest transaction, but I don't have any transactions entered. I logged into my bank as it suggests, it recommends using the QBO format but it only offers csv and qif. The csv is a real mess when I open it. the qif is a little better but it would take a long time to cut and paste to create the few columns required.
I am getting SOoo frustrated. I wish I had never opted for direct feeds because now I find I am totally unable to use the program, presumably until I wait 2 weeks for the direct feed to be approved. By then I will have passed the time when I needed to generate the end of month invoices and I have no transaction in the program!
Sorry but I really don't know what to do. I think I will just start adding them all manually. It would take less time than trying to work all this out.
I just hope it will all come together for me once the direct feeds starts.