Merging "Description" and "Memo" fields

[Jesus M Diaz]

of course I am aware of that, but still it is not confortable if you have a
large register.

thanks anyway
JM


2013/4/5 David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>

> 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
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