QuickBooksHelpIntuitCharacter limitations for fields in QuickBooks
by Intuit• Updated 3 months ago
Each field in your company data file has a maximum number of characters that can be entered. Here's the maximum number of characters you can enter in each field.
| Field | Maximum characters |
| Account Name | 31 |
| Account Numbers | 25 |
| Amount | 20 |
| Custom Fields (items) | 30 |
| Customer message (Invoices) | 101 |
| Customer, Supplier and Other Names | 41 |
| Item name1 | 31 |
| Employee Name (first) | 25 |
| Employee Name (last) | 25 |
| Item Part number | 31 |
| Job Description | 99 |
| Memo2 | 4095 |
| Note Field3 | 4095 |
| Notes in Shipping/Billing Address | 41 |
| Username | 29 |
| Password | 16 |
| Ship to Name | 41 |
| Invoice Number Field | 11 |
| Lot Numbers | 40 |
| Report Company Name | 60 |
| Report Title | 60 |
| Report Subtitle | 60 |
| Report Extra Footer | 60 |
| Text Box | 1000 |
1 Item name may contain special characters but it is recommended that the first character not be a special character.
2 While the Memo field can contain 4095 characters, only 30-60 characters will display on printed checks depending on print settings. 96 characters will display on a Transaction Detail report.
3 While the Notes field on the timesheet can contain 4095 characters, only 96 characters will display on the Time by Job Detail report.
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