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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. Make the text feature simple like it would be on a word document or google docs (bullet points, ability to highlight text) AND ensure that the tape feature follows or is "attached" to that section of the text.

    Currently I have to complete my study guide, download as a PDF, then use the tape feature. If I gain more clarity and have to add/change my notes, I lose all my progress with the tape feature on goodnotes since PDF are not editable.

    1 vote

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  2. Will be helpful for those who have very bad handwriting. Like me

    5 votes

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  3. Ability to create sub folders or sections in a study set. I don’t really want to have 20 sets for 1 subject as that means having to move in and out of sets when building them for a single exam with multiple sections. But I’d like the ability to better organise my cards within sets as the nature of flash cards is you need many with bite sized info thus it gets a bit cluttered.

    30 votes

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  4. It would be nice to have the option to incorporate our title page onto the cover page if wanted by user

    Also allows user to create book before creating book AND has QR code to share

    1 vote

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  5. Allow users to insert a map or location similar to Penbook. This would allow us to customize our documents and allow us a variety of customization so that we’re not limited to what we can do on this app. Adding these additional features would make Goodnotes the ultimate notetaking app!

    I really love goodnotes but I’m considering getting Penbook just because of their additional features! I think Goodnotes has so much potential to becoming THE APP!

    1 vote

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  6. There’s a way compress the text between two paragraphs (or) sections to compare the text side-by-side instead of scrolling from page to page. It would deter frustration and make this app so much more powerful.

    This featured example came from LiquidText

    1 vote

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  7. When using the ruler zoomed in, there is a limit as to where the ruler can go. And when I zoom out, the position of the ruler changes and it's also hard to measure since the start is elsewhere.

    So there should be a feature to lock the ruler in place and also change where the count of the ruler starts.

    1 vote

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  8. Almost every other note-taking app has the auto-date option. This would be a huge help!

    1 vote

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  9. It’d be nice to be able to rotate; not only move around. Notability allows rotation and zooming in and out. That would be very helpful!

    1 vote

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  10. When using Mac OS or iPad OS in landscape mode, the adaptability of the pages is suboptimal. As shown in the figure, even though the window has enough space to accommodate two pages, it only displays one. This becomes particularly inconvenient when reading professional documents that include diagrams and technical terms, as these often span multiple pages, forcing users to continuously flip back and forth. The current non-adaptive windowing leads to a very poor reading experience.

    I hope that future updates will include more flexible adaptability, enabling the feature to read two or multiple pages simultaneously.

    1 vote

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  11. Be able to move the order of cards while creating study sets

    7 votes

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  12. Create separate moveable toolbar for stamp/element function to easily add commonly drawn things such as shapes, signatures, etc. without switching tools back and forth

    3 votes

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  13. Goodnotes for Mac would be an awesome presentation tool if you could hide the toolbar etc. and just show the content whilst in editing mode. Similar effect to "Mirror Presenter Page" on iPad.

    With the one key shortcuts to change tools and a small Wacom tablet and pen it would be great to annotate PDFs and then move on the next slide.

    3 votes

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  14. Having separate tools active for finger actions and pen actions would save on manual tool switching, thus saving time and unnecessary effort. In my personal case I’d like to able to have a separate tool for my Apple Pen (Pen tool for note taking), then instantly being able to highlight a line just by using my finger, without the effort of manually switching tools. Furthermore, using the finger to select and drag, or place a sticker or image. I know that you can switch between tools with double tapping the Apple Pen, but that is generally reserved for erasing, this…

    3 votes

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  15. When taking collaborative notes in lectures only the user recording can “play recording” on their notes. It would be great if it also did it to the other user (but all in one recording). So one person records it synced the lecture notes from both users into the recording.

    1 vote

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  16. I loaded a file into Goodnotes, but the image page cannot be viewed. What should I do?

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  17. Search functionality

    Study-set page copying functionality, so that I can paste it into different sets of study sets for practising random questions from different topics holistically.

    Table insertion using an apple pen to either draw a table or delete a table.

    Ability to switch between handwriting, typed text and inserting photos, without erasing a study set content.

    Multiple-order bullet points functionality that is computer keyboard friendly.

    I prefer to study from a study set, rather than a flashcard template, because it presents the learning material in fairly large size when I study from my iPad screen (usually) or my computer…

    5 votes

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  18. Ability to scroll differently for separate documents! I would love to be able to scroll vertically/ horizontally for different documents. Some documents I prefer vertically and some horizontally, but it's a hassle to have to change the direction everytime.

    3 votes

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  19. I usually have multiple open documents. When I start GoodNotes on my iPad, it often starts in the files view. To go to my open documents, I need to open a new document (or one that is already open).

    Can you add a button to go from the files view to the documents view?

    3 votes

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  20. Sometimes it takes you one page before, sometimes it takes you to the absolute beginning of your folders. Terrible. Bring back the old one. Why did they fix something that wasn't broken?

    1 vote

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