Reconcile Memo gets lost

[Dave Peticolas]

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On Sun, 2001-09-02 at 07:07, Randall Hopper wrote:
> Dave Peticolas:
>  |Randall Hopper:
>  |
>  |>       When I "Finish" reconciling a credit card account and type in t=
he
>  |> checking->creditcard account transfer info into the finish dialog, th=
e Memo
>  |> field I type gets tossed.  The second line of the double-line registe=
r
>  |> comes up blank rather than containing this text.
>  |
>  |The 'Memo' field is no longer displayed in double-line mode.
>  |Rather, the transaction 'Notes' field is displayed. Try clicking
>  |on 'Split' while that transaction is highlited to see if the Memo
>  |field you typed was actually saved.
>=20
> Yes, the Memo text is listed twice, once on each account transfer.
>=20
> It would be useful if the Finish Reconcile dialog allowed you to key in t=
he
> Notes text for the transaction (e.g. "7/15/01 Statement").  I suggest thi=
s
> because the Notes text is visible in a double-line register, whereas the
> Memo isn't unless you select a transaction and hit the Split key.  Makes =
it
> easier to scan the register for a transaction.
>
> In its absense, I modified the transaction Notes field of the generated
> transaction after reconciling.
>=20
> Is "Notes" also called "Description"?  The Find Transactions tool doesn't
> have the former but it does have the latter.

No, the notes field is just missing from the find transactions as well=20
as the transfer dialog (the one you got after reconciling). These are
todo items.

dave



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