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  1. Hi Goodnotes
    I have tried using Goodnotes 5 on my M1 macbook Air, and well it is just about useless, I love using Goodnotes 4.13.5 on my 2013 mini 2 ipad, it is just so uselful, with the text suggestions, easy to move text around on the ipad, to change the font size, it is just a brilliant experience.

    When I bought my M1 mac air, and I bought Goodnotes 5, I thought if Goodnotes 4 was brilliant, GN 5 must be a factor better, it is 100 times worse, and I just cannot understand why....

    I would spend $50…

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  2. Add template with alternating borders. First page big border left, second page big border on the right. I know there is a symmetric template with big borders, but need all space on die page. The problem comes up when I punch it and put it in a folder

    3 votes

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  3. 2 votes

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  4. So that screen recording can be done of split view containing both written notes and video explanations simultaneously

    2 votes

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  5. An easy way to upload pdf with powerpoint slides on it so that it creates a few lines underneath or next to the slide when uploading it to GoodNotes. That way we can write our notes during a lecture next to the slide instead of cramping al of the information on the actual slide itself.

    6 votes

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  6. When you you have a note open, clicking on its name disclosure arrow reveals where it is in the folder hierarchy. It would be great if one could click on one of those folders, and go there (just as one does in OS X). It would save a lot step-by-step navigation, particularly if all you want to do is (also) open another note in the same folder.

    7 votes

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  7. I hope I can see more documents on the home page at the same time by merging some options to the same line. And, change the create new document to a circle with Plus like what we see in social media. It may looks a weird and unnecessary request, but that's what you do when you give a 'hide status bar' option, right? And I keep that open all the time. Thank you.

    1 vote

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  8. 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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  9. write the text aligned with the selected page format

    6 votes

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  10. Or just add additional buttons to do those things separately. Or better: give us the option to activate those additional buttons.

    From time to time i don't want to change the seize of objects while i want to change their angle. Right now, for example, I am using a geometric ruler which isn't a standard tool for Goodnotes right now. For measuring angles and lengths, i need to turn and move the ruler without changing it's size. It would be great if I could turn this object on a fast way without having to click as many times as I…

    3 votes

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  11. Give users an option to not snap the main view to the zoom window whenever the zoom window moves: just have the main view stay on content

    13 votes

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  12. It’s not always easy to know what page u are currently on just based off of the page number itself, especially when you have higher quantity of pages within a notebook. It would be helpful to have a small picture of my current page (maybe under the page number or somewhere else) to ensure I am actually on the page I think I am so that I don’t accidentally delete/ copy/ insert the wrong page/ location. Currently I have to click the 3 dots first to verify the page I’m on bc 77 out of 120 doesn’t tell me much…

    1 vote

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  13. The ability to draw with a marker, like crayola or something like that. I like outlining spreads with marker

    6 votes

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  14. It would be fantastic if there was a feature that hides a part of a note into a toggle button, which will expand the hided section when clicked, similar to the toggle function in notion. Perhaps the lasso tool could be used to select the content that is to be hided into toggle. This would tremendously boost the ability for active recall while reviewing through notes, without the need of creating flashcards, or using other apps that has the toggle feature.

    6 votes

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  15. Whenever I’m writing my finger is held down on the screen and opens the menu shown in the photo. It’s extremely distracting and makes it impossible to use this app.

    3 votes

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  16. Would love for GoodNotes to create an option where we can create forms within the app.

    3 votes

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  17. It is really hard to move pages if you need to

    3 votes

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  18. Yes, this feature is long time missing. So many times the developers have been informed about this. There should be an option to edit in book view. It would be so convenient for students like us to read and write the content like a book than a single page taking a whole lot of space on the screen

    5 votes

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  19. When rotating a page in a PDF document, the width of the single pages varies from the upright to the horizontal ones. This causes vertical scrolling to also scroll left or right sometimes. Double-tapping to zoom also doesn't feel as natural anymore.
    I'd like to have an option to display all pages in the same width. That would solve both problems.

    4 votes

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  20. When the zoom window extends past the edge of the page, the next line should appear inline following a grey area to denote the page boundary.

    Currently, the zoom window handles line breaks inconsistently. If the blue 'advance' region is too long for the remainder of the line, it sometimes continues with a carriage return/ line break. However, the auto-advance does not always perform this line break. Sometimes, the blue region appears but only attempts to advance further within the same line. The attached image shows a common scenario: where the zoom window continues well past the edge of the…

    4 votes

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