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  1. Create a place in which you can study the flashcards for that day. The flashcards that are proposed follows space repetition

    2 votes

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  2. I'm using goodnotes on a mac over zoom for teaching. It would be very helpful to have a keyboard shortcut for the laser pointer similar to the keyboard shortcuts to the pen, lasso, images, etc (it is weird that the laser pointer is the only one of these tools without a shortcut). I'm constantly needing to switch between pen and laser pointer, and this make it a lot smoother. Thanks

    13 votes

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  3. The dark blue colour menubar at the top of the app is:
    (a) irritating
    (b) takes up a lot of space

    Please add an option to hide it.

    12 votes

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  4. Use case: I use a "scratch pad" note for general note taking (meetings, phone calls, random thoughts throughout the day), since I find that quicker and easier than creating (and naming) new notes for every little occurrence.

    Sometimes the notes are useful and I need to "file" them away for future reference. Currently what I do is copy the range of pages I want, navigate away from the first note, create a new note, and paste in the pages.
    That definitely works, but the navigating around part makes for a bit of a clunky process.

    I think an "Export as…

    3 votes

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  5. Hi it would be great if u could add various geometric instruments to the application, like a ruler, a rounder/compas , a protractor. Thank you

    18 votes

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  6. I dont use your app because i have windows device and use onenote .

    13 votes

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  7. Suppose I have a 400 page textbook. I made an annotation somewhere in the PDF. No idea where, but I need to view/modify it. I need a way to view only the annotated pages from my notebook.

    7 votes

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  8. Right now, the auto backups to google drive strip the PDFs of their outline. But we need the outline in order to navigate large files.

    The outline is one of the strengths of GoodNotes. Please allow auto backups with outline intact.

    6 votes

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  9. It would be nice to add the ability to flip photos (rather than just rotate) and move photos forward or backward.

    4 votes

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  10. Being able to type should be default on this app, like notability. It takes up way too much time to choose where to insert a text box, select it again in order to change something in said text box, and move things around. I love everything about this app except the lack of this feature, but its such a crucial feature that I’ve switched over to notability.

    4 votes

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  11. Making it possible to insert multiple pages of text at once (or import a word document and be able to edit it) where it is able to move the text, so you can write under parts of the text, with the rest of the text moving further down on to the next page. (and also have the handwritten notes follow, when editing.

    Right now when I insert text from a multiple long word file the text is just put into the textbox instead of continuing on the following page. Also the text and the handwritten text do not complement each…

    3 votes

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  12. Dear Goodnotes4 Developers

    How are you?
    I am a Goodnotes 4 user from Thailand and I have a question for you. I can't open Goodnote4 after updating my iOS version to 14.6. I have important files in the app and I tried importing them to Goodnotes 5 but to no avail. Is there any way I can get my files and documents back?
    Thank you for taking the time to read this and I am patiently looking forward to your reply.

    Thank you.
    Charles

    1 vote

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  13. Either code your own or employ a OCR image to text converter. As a student, a lot of the content of my notes are pictures of diagrams or other tables with text. The text on these photos aren’t recognized by the search function but this would be greatly beneficial for being able to find the notes that I need.

    14 votes

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  14. I want to be able to use the lasso tool to select images, highlighters or my notes and be able to choose whether they are supposed to be on top or below. Cause if I write something and add an image, the image will cover up my words but if I write after the image it stays as the top layers. So I’ll want to be able to change the layers and it’ll be a lot more organized for me.

    13 votes

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  15. I'd like the Goodnotes file system to be integrated with the Apple file system such that you could access all the .goodnote files in their relevant folders through the Apple files app. An example of a use case for this would be when transferring many pdfs into the app, a simple drag and drop or creation of folders and files in the Files app, would allow you to import many files or move them quickly.

    28 votes

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  16. As is a feature in OneNote, GoodNotes should add the ability to recognize math equations and to be able to solve it like PhotoMath or Microsoft in OneNote

    12 votes

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  17. Double clicking on a blank area in the op menu bar (header) in the Mac app should expand the app to fill the desktop (not enter Full screen). This is fairly standard in Mac apps but missing in Goodnotes.

    3 votes

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  18. Es wäre hilfreich, wenn es die Lernkarten auch als linierte oder karierte Lernkarten geben würde. Dann könnte man handschriftlich schöner darauf schreiben.

    9 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea. We will add more Flash Card templates in future updates. In the meantime, please import your own custom templates and configure them as flash cards. You can do so in Menu > Notebook Templates > Edit > … > Toggle the “Flash Card” button

  19. GoodNotes is the excellent app for note taking.Its just above all as compared to all other note taking apps out there in app store.
    Just want to convey a single message to GoodNotes team.
    Please please add scrolling bar function in pages.The slider bar of pages don't work properly.We have to manually turn each pages and that is a too tedious process.Kindly give the option of scrolling of pages using finger or apple pencil.

    Also kindly add search through function in images and pictures which are attached in notes.
    Thank you

    5 votes

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  20. When highlighting notes or docs, I have a system based on the color of highlight.
    Example:
    Yellow - todo later
    Orange - look into further
    Green - Note about dev tools
    Blue - Note about software process

    Would love to see all highlights gathered onto one page for quick reference
    Ability to select highlighted entry and link back to source.
    Filter highlighted entries by color.

    39 votes

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