Except it's not the same question. The first question was regarding invoices which the format can be changed to plain text. When sending a pay stub it has to be sent in a password protected PDF. There is no way to change this. You cannot send a pay stub in a plain text. And neither of the articles you posted pertain to employees receiving .dat files rather than PDF's. I am still having the same issue. But only for a few employees. It has to be on the receiving end. But someone from Quickbooks needs to be the one to figure it out!!