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  1. Separate between the pen options (fountain pen, ball pen and brush pen) so each will appear in the tool bar

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  2. 尺子竖过来时刻度没了

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  3. When inside a folder somewhere on the screen can you show the file path similiar to windows file explorer so we can simply drag a file to any part of the path rather than clicking the drop down options and then clicking move. Also, the move menu that shows all your files appears on the side when you open a file so you can directly drag and drop would also be great.

    3 votes

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  4. Ability to search flashcards. Have far too many entries to quickly scroll through to make sure I’m not making a duplicate card.

    Hopefully I’m not missing something and this is actually not a real issue

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  5. add something like google translate inside the app. Also, it will make the work easier for a student like me who speak Arabic and all his subjects in English, so translator will help me if I have any issue with the vocab a lot of apps like callnote have this feature and I’m sure that Goodnotes can do the same

    44 votes

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  6. Currently, Goodnotes does not support searching handwritten text on post-its, limiting their usefulness. Adding this feature would greatly benefit learners by allowing them to quickly find key ideas. Additionally, post-its should serve as more than just comment bubbles—they could function as dynamic, movable notes, similar to Heptabase. Users could categorize, search, and transfer post-its across pages or notebooks, creating meaningful connections between ideas. This enhancement would transform post-its into a powerful tool for organizing and linking knowledge across different subjects.

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  7. I frequently collaborate on projects with colleagues, and I was wondering if GoodNotes plans to implement a feature for real-time note-sharing, similar to Google Docs or Notion? It would be incredibly helpful to edit and annotate notes together without needing to export files or manually sync changes.

    Edited by Stickman Hook 1 day ago

    2 votes

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  8. Option to create a separate color pallette for colors added in the pen, pencil, and highlighter tool

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  9. Have option to layer a semi opaque trace over items so can mark up clearly over images/diagrams etc

    4 votes

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  10. Building flashcards manually in Goodnotes is great but I feel it a bit hectic. There may be an extra tool which can be used to mark sections of a page or whole pages to add them to the Recalling /Memorizing list. This should auto include all the items that we mark with the Recaller tool. One should be able to see all the hard-to-learn stuff at ones from each notebook/folder. In addition, a home screen widget may be created which would periodically display a section of the note for a quick revision which would be scientifically designed like Anki.

    1 vote

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  11. It would be nice to be able to add Excel, Word, etc files to a notebook, similar to how Apple Notes works. It does not need to open in Good Notes it just needs to act like a link to the file so you can pull it up in a separate app.

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  12. It would be really useful to have the option to set a specific page, so that while you’re reading through your notes for example you’ll always see the number of pages you have left until your set page goal. Also navigating through bookmarks would be drastically easier if we had the option to organize them into sections, maybe by creating folders inside of the bookmark option. This would be really useful if for example you want to select and organize pages with end of chapter summaries into a folder inside of the same document you’re using instead of creating a…

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  13. It would be really useful to have the option to set a specific page, so that while you’re reading through your notes for example you’ll always see the number of pages you have left until your set page goal. Also navigating through bookmarks would be drastically easier if we had the option to organize them into sections, maybe by creating folders inside of the bookmark option. This would be really useful if for example you want to select and organize pages with end of chapter summaries into a folder inside of the same document you’re using instead of creating a…

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  14. Additional Space for Notes Next to PDFs

    I’m a philosophy student in Germany, and I use GoodNotes to read and annotate PDFs, scrolling vertically through the pages. One feature I’ve always wished for is the ability to add extra space to the left and/or right side of the page.

    This would be a real game-changer for me. Currently, I often have to squeeze small notes into the margins of my documents, which feels cluttered. Having expandable note-taking areas next to the PDF would make annotating much more comfortable.

    4 votes

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  15. I think a feature that allows us to change the language of notebooks would be helpful because I started mine in the wrong language and now can’t change it

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  16. Let the shadow function of Apple Pencil Pro work.

    4 votes

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  17. Make it possible for user to teach GoodNotes to recognize the Epsilon Ampersand symbol in their handwriting. (Currently identifies as a scribble, and immediately deletes it.)

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  18. Damit kann man schnell Objekte mit Farbe ausfüllen.

    2 votes

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  19. And option to insert shapes in 2d and 3d as well example cube cone cylider and allow to edit each freely

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  20. Hallo,
    ich bin Lehrkraft und nutze ihre App in der Schule an einem digitalem Board. Auf dem iPad kann ich die Toolbar nach unten setzen, das würde ich mir auch für MacOS wünschen. Leider habe ich die Option nicht gefunden.

    Im besten fall wäre es so, dass ich nur die Werkzeugleiste verschieben kann ohne die offenen Dokumente

    4 votes

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