No---you do not want to transfer a pdf. You want the file called .tax2023
You need to do the transfer of 2023 to 2024 before you enter any 2024 information.
How to transfer last year’s return?
https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/transfer-last-y...
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