Merging "Description" and "Memo" fields

[David Carlson]

On 4/4/2013 4:36 AM, Jesus M Diaz wrote:
> Till now I was using other accounting software (AceMoney) based on 'payees'
> and 'categories'.
>
> The categories are being easyly replaced by accounts, but I'm having some
> troubles with 'payees'. The 'payee' info by itself is not enough usually
> and it needs of a note. The note is being stored in the 'memo' field', So I
> have that most times, the 'payee' has been set into the 'description'
> field, and the notes into the 'memo' field, but althought I can set the
> display to show two lines and therfore see the description and the memo,
> that's not a confortable way if the register is quite long.
>
> So I wonder if would be there any easy way to merge both field into one,
> something like:
>
> - If 'description' is not empty and 'memo' is not empy, set 'description'
> with "description: memo" and clean 'memo'
>
> - If 'description' is not empty and 'memo' is empy, do nothing
>
> - If 'description' is empty and 'memo' is not empy, set 'description' with
> "memo" and clean 'memo'
>
> Thanks a lot!
> JM
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I am wondering if you are aware that you can click on View:Basic Ledger
and/or Double-Line easily to expand or condense the view of each account
individually to fit your needs.  I personally do not bother with trying
to fit it all on one line.

David C