Adding names to splits

Question

I'm wondering if it's possible to add names to a split. Here's what I'm doing. I'm making a cash withdrawal from the bank. I use splits to enter how the cash is spent. I can add categories to the split items, but is there any way to add a name? Something like this

Acme Maintenance    Home:Repair               $500
 Best Buy                    Business:Hardware      $1000
 Commerce Co.          Business:Software        $60

There's probably another way to do this. So far I've only been adding categories without the name.

Thanks very much for any guidance.

tvpro@ · Answer

Thanks jacobs. Something to think about. I'll try the Cash account and see how it goes.

jacobs · Answer

I'll throw in another vote for using a Cash account to track your cash expenses. I actually have a cash account for myself and one for my wife, so we can each reconcile our cash in Quicken to what's in our wallets periodically.

That said, if this is just an occasional thing and you decide not to use a cash account, you can use the Notes field on a split (at the far right) to record the name of where you spent the money.

tvpro@ · Answer

Thank you both. That's great. What excellent ideas.