space for searchable notes and memos in Quicken 2006

Is there more space for searchable notes and memos in Quicken 2006 than in Money 2004, or less? I'm "upgrading" to Quicken 2006 as a newbie to Quicken, having used Money for a number of years, last with version 2004. I like the ability to search the memo fields for purchase dates, helping to locate

receipts by date for warranty claims. When I started using Quicken I was disappointed that the memo field is shorter than Money. Then, (Wow, I can write a book!), I found the Note attachments. Then, however, I was disappointed to find I can't search the Notes (can I?). While I was shoving pertinent purchase data into the memo field of a split transaction I found something surprising. Quicken doesn't seem to search the whole field but only the first part. Where is that documented? For example, enter:

Sleep Innovations Novaform Pillow Elite Contour 24.39-$6 coupon

into the memo field of a line item in a Split Transaction. Now click Find All for "pillow". Quicken can't find the pillow. Make pillow the first word in that text string, however, and it finds the entry. And finds it as the second, or third, word as well. But not as entered above. Is that a limitation of Quicken or am I doing something wrong?

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John Talstad
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Is there more space for searchable notes and memos in Quicken 2006 than in Money 2004, or less? It's nice to have the ability to search memo fields for purchase dates, helping to locate receipts by date for warranty claims. Quicken seems to offer a shorter text field than Money but offers the Note attachments, allowing much more data however the memos aren't searchable, are they? As well, the short text string seems compromised for searching in split transactions. Quicken doesn't seem to search the whole field but only the first part. For example, enter:

Sleep Innovations Novaform Pillow Elite Contour 24.39-$6 coupon

into the memo field of a line item in a Split Transaction. Click Find All for "pillow". Quicken can't find the pillow. Make pillow the first word in that text string, however, and it finds the entry. And finds it as the second, or third, word as well. But not as entered above. Is that a limitation of Quicken or is there a switch allowing a longer searchable memo string?

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John Talstad

I just tried what you suggested, and I could not find the word in either a note or attachment, no matter where it was. Since the search fields don't seem to mention these areas, that would seem to make sense. I did find the word as you first entered it in the memo field and when I moved it to the last position.

Clark

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Clark

I copied the above example and my Q2006 Deluxe found it. Be sure to select the option "contains" in the match if field when you click on the "find" icon.

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Geek

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