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  1. it would be great to have a tool that lets you fill in a shape or a diagram, especially for hand drawn pictures that we all love to insert in our notes. Using the highlighter to fill in the shape take too much time and is also imprecise.

    please add it

    39 votes

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  2. Add option to change page template of entire document (pages) all at once.

    I use "squared paper" template when I write notes. It helps in maintaining a good hand writing experience. But to review/read, a white background feels much better to go through. Also while exporting it as pdf, blank background is better to read with. It very tiresome to change individual template of 200+ pages individually.

    17 votes

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  3. Drawing shapes such as boxes or ovals around handwritings for highlighting certain words or phrases causes inaccurate handwritings recognition in GN5. The reason seems to be that GN5 treats shapes drawn by the shape tools just like regular handwritings made by the pen tool, unlike Notability.

    The only workaround seems to be only using the highlighter tool for emphasizing certain text since GN5 doesn't consider highlighters as text to be recognized, but the highlighter tool doesn't offer precise thickness control unlike the pen tool.

    Notability seems to treat both the highlighter and the shapes differently to the handwriting made by…

    55 votes

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  4. When pressing 3 times, switch to the next open tab

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  5. Just like the topic say so users can customize their file icons so it would be more fun :)

    8 votes

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  6. Can you put in image scaling for covers? Not the import image function, it's when importing Covers via the Notebook Templates Section.

    Example, I find a free image I like, and download it, but when opening, find that it's square in shape. If I import this to the covers section, it retains it's square shape, and still, when selecting it for a cover image, it converts the size of the page to square to fit it's size.

    What would be great is to be able to import a certain image, and convert it to the NOTEBOOK page size. For example,…

    2 votes

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  7. If It isn’t only picture also some movie can insert books ,that’s wonderful!It will be compressed size and adjusted duration while insert function by edit view. Movie size should be compressed to prevent it become big file size. This is great helping to business use. We can make more visible and easy understanding report to all. Movie duration is enough only 5sec.duration / pc.

    1 vote

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  8. I'm a teacher and I use Goodnotes for marking many assessments seeing as we are largely remote nowadays, it would be nice to change the number of pages we see in each row (even if that means making the icons smaller). For example, in a test that was four pages long, I can bookmark the start of each new student's test and it lines up nicely, but if I am marking anything other than a four page test, it doesn't - if possible, it would be great to pick and choose how many pages are seen per row (like a…

    1 vote

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  9. Boolean Operators for the search function for more specific results:
    Similar to how boolean operators work on search engines online and on library databases, Boolean operators could prove extremely useful when using the search feature on Goodnotes.
    A main feature of Goodnotes is the ability to search/index handwritten notes, so the combination of this ability and of Boolean operators could make Goodnotes an extremely powerful competitor to others such as Notability!

    3 votes

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  10. Would be nice if you can set different scroll options for different documents. For example scroll the lesson presentation vertically and your notes horizontally when having them side by side, as its annoying to scroll horizontally when you have that much pages as presentations have

    3 votes

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  11. I think it would be nice if I can take a picture of a handwritten document and the app will generate a digital "Goodnotes version" of it rather than just taking a photo of it. Everything I can do with a typical Goodnotes document I can do the same in this digital version.

    3 votes

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  12. 3 votes

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  13. When one page Dosent have enough space and I want to link smtg like an example question on a later page, I want to add a link to the question which switches the user to the first page where there wasn’t enough space

    2 votes

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  14. The thing is that we get this message in all our school's iPads:
    "Couldn't get an authentication token."
    And I've not found an easy way to contact the support.
    Any ideas thanks.

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  15. This idea is good for when using the Mac and easier to keep te typed documents with the handwritten documents with our having to convert everything over to GoodNotes as a pdf (which can't be edited)

    4 votes

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  16. An idea would be to have a category called Coloring, Self-color, or Animate where we can insert an image and it colors the image and fills it in for us and can also recognize the colors in the image as well.It would be especially helpful for coloring in diagrams and pictures for school subjects such as anatomy for example, so we don’t have to take so much time coloring it in ourselves and it would be a lifesaver for all of us.

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    1. The new upgrade (GoodNotes 5) is for sure incredible. However, the reason why I chose to download GoodNotes (4), was because there was no other note-taking app that was compatible with another stylus such as Adonit, rather than the Apple Pencil. So, to conclude, I think an upgrade to have the possibility to connect different styluses will widen the approach and customer affiliations.

    2. Create an account option so that data is not lost, and so there is no need to use another app to keep the data.

    3. Reminders for to-do lists, daily organization, etc.

    3 votes

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  17. When importing files import as new document takes directly to the home of Documents. It would be greate that it allow user to choose remember when we last import or start over.
    I do Add multiple files one by one. in that case I have to go thru all the way from biggnining to find my folder.

    3 votes

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  18. It would be so great to close multiple tabs at once. When I finished studying a subject, I have to close 10-20 tabs before I begin the next subject. It would be so nice to be able to tap and hold and have an option come up to ‘close all tabs’. Thanks!

    7 votes

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  19. I really want goodnotes to ask before closing any tab for more convenient such as "Are you sure you want to close 123.pdf ?". I usually open multiple tabs and I accidentally close some tab that I don't know. (I know that I can find the recent tabs I've opened.) Sometimes I close wrong tab too. Thank you for reading my opinion in advance.

    6 votes

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