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  1. A sync now button for iCloud

    8 votes

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  2. I am trying to use the build in text to speech reader with iPad OS however goodnotes is not compatible as it states "document content area" instead of the content in the document.

    I would really appreciate having some text to speech functionality to make studying easier.

    8 votes

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  3. I am a teacher and it would be so great, if i could add links to external pdfs or other files to my handwritten lesson plannings and mindmaps. I dont want to import files. I just want to write for example „next chapter. hand out prepared sheet [link to sheet].“ and click on it. So I can use the idea later without the trouble remembering which sheet/file I need. Know what i mean?
    AND: Hyperlinks within goodnotes. Links to other pages within one document and links to other goodnotes documents. That would be just: wow.

    8 votes

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  4. please add a feature to place the toolbar vertically on the Left/Right side of the screen. It's really useful as you don't have to move your hand way up or down to change tools or colours as well it allows larger space for writing.
    Similar features are available in notability and apple notebook 👇👇

    8 votes

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  5. As today we have only 03 colors & three pencils options to switch between. There’s space to at least the double of each in the toolbar.

    8 votes

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  6. Allow for hashtagging (much like Apple Notes). This allows for easy searches, etc. GoodNotes is great, but hashtags will make it better!

    8 votes

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  7. Fill a marker shape with the marker color

    8 votes

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  8. Please add dot points and indentations feature in the text mode.

    8 votes

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  9. Being able to select the option on a folder to ‘study all flashcards in folder’ so combine all the flashcards in all the notebooks in the folder.

    Also, make it less easy to tap out of learning flashcards and losing progress.

    8 votes

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  10. Highlight the area inside the drawn shape, just like the “fill color” option in the pen tool. However, the fill highlight color would be the same as the outline.

    8 votes

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  11. When you use GoodNotes5 in horizontal mode on Ipad, there is a lot of free space to the right of the color-options. It would be nice to fill this space with the option to have more then just 3 colors available. At least 5, would be nice.

    8 votes

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  12. *no send to back/bring to front options
    *no table creation options
    *no way of editing hyperlinks within goodnotes, you have to do it externally
    *no layer tool (adding this would solve the send to back issue)
    *no opacity settings for pens
    *no bullet point options for typing

    These are such basic tools in other apps and I’m actually astounded GoodNotes does not have them. Even word 2007 had some of these options, let’s not pretend they’re innovative tools. Without them GoodNotes is frustrating to use and frankly just a poor way of organising information, I really expect better, come on…

    8 votes

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  13. Allow the user to pin certain files or folders so that they stay at the top in the document browser, regardless of the sort settings. For example, I like sorting my date, but I don't want to have to dig through my files to find my folders. Instead, I would like to be able to pin the folders I want while still sorting the rest of my documents by date.

    (I know GoodNotes already has "Favorites" which is pretty similar and I guess essentially has the same use, but I just find it more convenient to view pinned documents on…

    8 votes

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  14. Please allow writing outside of page in the margins, similar to OneNote.

    8 votes

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  15. I use adobe color to pick out sets of colors and I wish I could group them easily long-term in Good Notes 5. I would like to see the ability to assign color palette groups to a new notebook and a menu to alter the current palette. The workflow would look like:

    I find a set of n hex values to import into good notes
    I copy & paste, Good Notes intelligently recognizes a list of hex values and asks if I would like to import.
    I accept and see a small box menu that describes “Which Notebooks to Add…

    8 votes

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  16. 1 - There should be at least different types of tables available.
    2- mind mapping should a must have thing for students for making and remembering notes very easily.
    3 - shifting of documents ,notes , and pictures automatic to next page if added in between will be very helpful for us.

    8 votes

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  17. I use several colors regularly and I must select the one that does not appear in the bar. If there were 4 colors and even five you could have them available more quickly. Others handwriting apps have quite a few colors available on the taskbar so you don't waste time choosing. In the figure I have put six colors and it does not look bad.

    8 votes

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  18. Manual switch option dark mode “in GoodNotes”

    8 votes

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  19. Current scroll mechanics has no acceleration, pretty painful skimming long notes (ie. > 20 pages).
    Enable drag sidebar to scroll will be great.

    8 votes

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  20. I want to hide the status bar in iPadOS 15 for screen work space.
    In the previous iPadOS 14, I was able to hide the status bar, so I could use the screen space largely, but I can't hide it after I turned 15, so it's a little inconvenient.

    8 votes

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