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  1. Often time, I want to quickly insert 1 image and go back to the pen tool. It would be great if the image tool auto-deselect and revert back to the pen like the eraser tool could

    4 votes

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  2. I think it would be very useful to have the ability to see and reorganize the list of open tabs. This way, when I have 20+ tabs open and I’m viewing the last document but also need to access the first tab I don’t need to swipe all the way to the first tab but can pull open the list view and click directly two the desired tab. If I find that I need to consistently switch between the two, I can reorganize the tabs and place them right next to each other.

    7 votes

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  3. hello,
    I have a suggestion feature for GoodNotes..
    can you please add lock feature to optional files or folders.
    Thanks in advance

    10 votes

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  4. It would be great to see recent files/notes I’ve saved in GoodNotes in the Files app on iPad and iPhone and Finder on Mac as well as the Spotlight on Mac to make search easier. Thanks!

    3 votes

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  5. The laser pen brush of GoodNotes5 which is tried perfect for Chinese, Korean and Japanese handwriting.
    So it’s really nice to add a pen brush same as the laser pen.

    15 votes

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  6. Hi. I use a dot grid background for all my planner pages. I love having that bullet journal feel.
    However, pasting onto dot grid paper is a nightmare. If you use stickers, are moving content around, or copying and pasting, when you long press on dot grid paper, the only option you get is "Highlight, Strikeout, Define, Copy". Ahhhh. It's maddening! I always have to hunt for a space on the page that doesn't have the dot grid, and long press to paste there. For some reason, the apple copy and paste doesn't function well in Goodnotes. Three finger press…

    1 vote

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  7. Allows for paper to be coloured to help people with disabilities and to reduce eye strain, sort of like a wheel of colours to choose when making a sheet of paper

    3 votes

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  8. When converting handwriting to text it would be preferable not to add a return automatically at the end of each handwritten line. Instead, add a special symbol to insert a return, like a capital “J” rotated 90° counter-clockwise. I’m thinking of the “return” symbol on BBEdit’s default font.

    That one feature could save a great amount of tedium removing returns and adding spaces.

    1 vote

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  9. Hi,

    I am looking for a proper way to let my assistance, who is working with Microsoft and both of us with google drive, preparing me for meetings. Therefore my idea was to sync my notebooks created with goodnotes and the folder structure to google drive. This is already possible. And the assistance now could put files the same folders.
    The idea now is to be able to see and open the These files directly in the goodnotes folder view.

    1 vote

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  10. a template group can have a lot of templates, which can make it difficult to still have an organised overview. when putting templates into folders within a template group, it can make it easier to find and pick the desired template.

    4 votes

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  11. When I scan a multi-page document through GoodNotes or import a scanned document, the saved quality is not sufficient, so that - in contrast to Notify - not all text passages are found when searching.

    This is clear if you look at the file sizes between Notify and GoodNotes during the backup.

    3 votes

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  12. If I want to import longer texts into GoodNotes via the clipboard that are longer than one page, the text that no longer fits on the page should be automatically inserted on the following pages.

    3 votes

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  13. オレンジ、赤等で書いた字を見えなくすることができる機能が欲しい。

    1 vote

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  14. The touch bar is a whole new feature that can be used with the app! I would love to use and customize my touch bar to highlight, edit text, change between read/edit mode!

    thank you

    4 votes

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  15. It’s not very practicable to write at the end of a page because there is no more space for the hand to lay. The bottom of the page is always set at the bottom of the screen.
    Please let it move upper.

    It could be also usefull to have the option to rotate freelythe paper.

    Thanks

    12 votes

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  16. Notability has the feature of partial erase that erase by pixel rather than in blocks as GoodNotes has. This is important to people who draw their notes and make cartoons or diagrams.

    In GoodNotes, the eraser sizes are limited to three, and the smallest is way too large while the largest is too small.

    In GoodNotes, if I am erasing partially, the stroke is erased block by block and this prevents accurate erasure. It should work as accurately as the pens do.

    7 votes

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  17. The left margin (where the text box begins) is customizable, which is great for indenting on the left side. However, I like to write in two columns, so it would be great if we could also adjust the margin that is on the right of the screen to narrow it to out liking. That way I do not have to continuously move the text box down a line when I reach the end of my column.

    If I’m not mistaken, this is a feature that was on an earlier version of the app and it was super useful.

    16 votes

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  18. When reading a pdf, there are little points that you have to mention in addition. An ability to have a small window/ note beside the main pdf to mention them would be amazing. every time you go over that page, it would tell you that there you have x number of notes on this, or better, it would highlight those lines so you know that there is additional info with those

    The other thing that could be added is the ability to connect boxes to each other like in liquid text

    2 votes

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  19. Hide sidebar on Goodnotes for Mac to not permanently show favorites

    14 votes

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  20. My suggestion is the app could have a smal window inside a pdf to write notes about... Or import a notebook (small) on the archive, or, at least, add "post it" to attach the file (and be able to export them all at the end- not one by one, please).

    1 vote

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