I have seen a couple of other threads mentioning how poorly "notes" is handled on the Axim (and I guess all ppc's) - but I don't think I have seen the answer to this question: Is there a way to change the width of the columns displayed for the list of notes?
I like the ability to keep it sync'd with Outlook, so I don't really want to go the PocketWord route, but I do a lot with the notes application, or at least I did in my Palm days.