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  1. 8 votes

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  2. Quick access or view of open notebooks. Time consuming to walk a note back to the folder it was located to see already open Notesbooks. If you are deep in folder view and want to return to already open notebook, can there be a tab at top of screen to return to active notebooks in work view.

    2 votes

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  3. 1 vote

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  4. When introducing files from Archives App we can no longer import multiple documents at the same time

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  5. I would love the iPad is 13 two slides of the same app to come to GoodNotes. Also I would love a more streamlined pencil for even handwriting that is less wobbly

    1 vote

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    GoodNotes 5.3 adds full support for iPadOS/iOS 13 including the ability to open multiple instances of GoodNotes and pair it in split view. You can read more about the latest release on goodnotes.com/ipad-os

  6. That way, one can have all the important stuff for e. g. a test

    1 vote

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    You can export selected pages in the thumbnail view. Open the thumbnail view (grid icon in navigation bar of an open doc) > tap select icon > tap on pages > tap “export”

  7. Like it works in Notability, i prefer it alot over the "shape tool" in Good Notes 4, for stuff like Underlining , Arrows etc.
    Holding a line to make it straight allows me to keep writing, without "stopping" to activate/deactivate a "Mode" everytime, it feels MUCH more fluid/consistent.

    Also, the Ability of those straightened Lines to be Attacked (Beginning AND End) to other Start/End points of Lines, and even in the middle of Lines, and also to the Lines of the Paper background.

    For math stuff, it makes it easy to create perfect diagrams bound to the Checkered Paper backgrouns.

    17 votes

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    We’re happy to announce that the update 5.6.0 that we released today adds an improved shape recognition including the option to hold at the end of a line to make a perfect shape, shape selection & editing, and curve drawing. It further improves the recognition of circles and squares and adds back the ability to draw shapes with the highlighter.

  8. I wish we were able to use the highlighter at the same time as the shape tool in GN 5 was we did in GN 4. If I wanted to highlight a circle in GN 5 I couldn't use the shape tool to fix my circle in GN 5. Just a suggestion.

    11 votes

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    We’re happy to announce that the update 5.6.0 that we released today adds an improved shape recognition including the option to hold at the end of a line to make a perfect shape, shape selection & editing, and curve drawing. It further improves the recognition of circles and squares and adds back the ability to draw shapes with the highlighter.

  9. This is more of a question. I signed on to the beta for Good Notes 5 for Mac. Unfortunately it is not supported on Mac OS 10.x (my mac can’t upgrade to newer editions). Are there plans to have the standard version of Good Notes 5 run on older OS versions? I hope so, I liked GooodNotes 4 and loving GoodNotes5

    3 votes

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  10. Please allow highlighter pdf option, which highlits the text itself without “leftovers”, like there may be found on pdf editing apps, not only marker option, as there is today.

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    1 vote

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  11. Please Update the macOS App and make it ready for Goodnotes 5

    9 votes

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  12. My PDF software (provided by my employer, I don't have a choice to not use it) cannot parse a JPG2000 file (photos taken WITHIN GoodNotes are saved as JPG2000.... if I take a picture with my ipad camera, SOMETIMES, GN will parse this as a regular JPG... but usually it does not.

    This is really frustrating when I export to PDF to share with others in my workgroup, and they cannot see the photograph that I carefully annotated to explain the thing we are working with...

    1 vote

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  13. When using the Smart Keyboard, the arrow keys don't move the cursor.

    6 votes

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  14. Can you make GoodNotes for mac desktop so I can view and edit my noes on my desktop.

    8 votes

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  15. On mac version of goodnotes 5 - the highlighter is set to freehand. A highlighter with a straight line would be much better

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  16. Being able to have multiple notebooks open at the same time - currently you can only have one notebook open at a time - it would be great if you could have multiple notebooks open at same time

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    In the current version, you can already create a new window using the keyboard shortcut CMD + N or the menu bar item. In the new window, you can open a new notebook.

  17. App for mac just to view notes

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  18. We need an app for Mac OS URGENTLY !

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  19. Set up a folder where all deleted documents will be placed for 30 days

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  20. When open this app, this screen (file attached) happens, and it last quite a few minutes. So it make me miss about 5 minutes of my lecture.

    1 vote

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    Sorry to hear about that. For bugs and problem reports, please contact our support team via support.goodnotes.com. The problem you reported should be fixed by updating to 5.1.7.

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