How to Use Contact Notes

Contacts 2 min read Updated Aug 14, 2026
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  1. Before you begin
  2. Step-by-step instructions
  3. Step 1: Open the Notes tab
  4. Step 2: Click Add note
  5. Step 3: Pick a note type
  6. Step 4: Write the note and save
  7. Step 5: Pin an important note
  8. Step 6: See pinned notes on the Overview
  9. Editing and deleting notes
  10. Searching notes
  11. What happens next
  12. Troubleshooting
  13. Related articles

Who this is for: Accountants and staff who record calls, meetings, and context about a client.

What you’ll learn: How to add, pin, search, edit, and delete notes on a contact — and how to clean a note up with AI.

Before you begin

  • You need access to the contact.
  • Notes are internal: every staff member with access to the contact can read them. Clients cannot.

Step-by-step instructions

Step 1: Open the Notes tab

Open the contact and click the Notes tab.

The Notes tab highlighted on a contact profile

Step 2: Click Add note

Click Add note in the top-right corner.

The Add note button highlighted on the Notes tab

Step 3: Pick a note type

In the Add Note window, choose a type so notes stay easy to scan:

  • General — anything else worth recording
  • Call — phone call summaries
  • Meeting — meeting notes and action items
  • Email — email correspondence summaries

The Note type dropdown highlighted, open with General, Call, Meeting, and Email options

Step 4: Write the note and save

Type in the Content editor. The toolbar gives you bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, lists, and links — plus a sparkles button to Enhance with AI, which tidies your draft and shows a preview first. Click Add Note to save.

The Add Note button highlighted in the note editor, with a Call note typed in the content area

Step 5: Pin an important note

Click the note in the list to open it, then click the pin icon in its action bar. Pinned notes move to the top of the list.

The pin icon highlighted in the selected note's action bar, next to the enhance, edit, and delete icons

Step 6: See pinned notes on the Overview

Pinned notes also appear in the Pinned Notes panel on the contact’s Overview tab, so the most important context is visible the moment you open the client.

The Pinned Notes panel heading highlighted on the contact Overview tab, showing the pinned Call note

Editing and deleting notes

Select the note, then use its action bar:

  • Pencil — edit the note, then click Update Note.
  • Sparkles — Enhance with AI; review the suggested rewrite before applying it.
  • Trash — delete the note permanently.

Searching notes

Use the Search notes… box above the list to find a note by its content.

What happens next

Notes save with your name and the date, and every teammate with access to the contact sees them. Pinned notes stay on top until you unpin them.

Troubleshooting

  • Add Note is doing nothing: The note needs content — an empty note can’t be saved.
  • You can’t see a contact’s notes: You may not have access to that contact. Ask your firm admin.
  • An AI enhancement looks wrong: It’s only a preview — close it without applying and your original text stays.
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