Hi Kate,
The next line always opens as an Item in OE but you can quickly change from an item to a comment using the keyboard only:
When the new line pops up hit "SHIFT + TAB" then "C" (or "M" for misc charge, "S" for serial numbers or "I" to rotate between items and instructions).
I would think that copying and pasting your comments is the quickest way inside of OE, though I may stand to be corrected?
In Purchase Orders for Adagio, frequently used comments can be added to a table and assigned a "comment code". Then, to add one of these comments to a PO or a receipt you would just have to type "#xxxx" (where xxxx is the comment code) into the comment box. When you TAB out of the text input box POA will automatically convert the code into the actual comment. I wouldn't be opposed to seeing something similar added to OE in the future.
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Ryan Brohman
Kitchener, ON