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  1. I am a user of GoodNotes on a Microsoft Surface Studio (Windows version) . When using the Text Tool, the newly created text box should automatically span the entire paper width (or full usable margin width) without manually resizing each time.

    Why it’s important:

    Saves time and friction: each time I start a new text box, I currently have to resize it manually.

    Provides a consistent look and layout across notes, especially when writing longer paragraphs.

    Makes Windows version closer in functionality to what iPad version has, enhancing cross-platform consistency.

    Suggestions for implementation:

    Option in settings: “New Text Box Default…

    2 votes

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  2. 1- Sync Pen Colors Across Devices
    It would be great if custom pen colors automatically synced between all devices linked to the same account (iPad, Windows, Android, etc.). This way, users can keep a consistent color palette without having to recreate it manually.

    2- Add Paper That Matches the Document Size
    Please add an option to insert new pages that automatically match the size and layout of the current document. This would make it easier to keep documents consistent without adjusting the paper size each time.

    3- Add More Built-in Stickers
    Expanding the sticker library with more categories (study, productivity,…

    2 votes

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  3. When selecting text on an iPad on a pdf, I have to hold down on a word and manually drag the selection as if I am using my finger. The drag function with a cursor on iPad is currently used to scroll through, but this is much less useful than using two fingers on a trackpad or a scroll wheel. Could the ‘drag cursor’ function please be reprogrammed to select text instead (like in every other application) please??

    2 votes

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  4. Please bring back the old method of being able to tap anywhere on screen to show the sticker menu and have the sticker placed exactly where you tapped on screen. The new method of tapping the sticker icon in the toolbar, selecting a sticker, the. Having to find the sticker randomly placed on the page, then move it where it’s required is such a backwards step and waste of time!

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  5. Be able to export pages with handwritten text from a notebook as seachable PDF, so including the (already existing) OCR-layer. So my exported PDFs become seachable, too.

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  6. Please add bidirectional links. I use Obsidian as a Personal knowledge management (PKM) vault and love its bidirectional links and Knowledge Graph view. Being able to see how notes reference each other makes large collections of notes manageable while also allowing me to make connections otherwise impossible to see. Please add so GoodNote can be my one stop shop for note taking.

    2 votes

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  7. I like the new update, especially where you can make the toolbar disappear, but still write. I want it to stay gone when I double-tap my Apple Pencil to erase. It increases space on the page with it gone, but I would love to be able to switch to my erase (by double-tapping), and not have it pop back up.

    2 votes

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  8. I use Goodnotes for cross stitch. Many of my patterns are PDF files with multiple pages. It would be nice to be able to join the individual pattern pages together to create one seamless picture.

    2 votes

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  9. Hello Goodnotes Team,

    I’d love to suggest a feature that could make Goodnotes even more useful, especially for students and professionals:

    1. Integrated Calculator
    • A calculator that can be freely moved anywhere on the screen, so it’s always available right where you need it.

      • It can be collapsed into a small icon and expanded again at any time, so it never gets in the way of note-taking.
      • Beyond basic arithmetic, it would be very helpful if the calculator could handle functions such as x², √, fractions, and potentially even simple scientific functions (like sin, cos, log).
      • This would make Goodnotes a…
    3 votes

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  10. 4 votes

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  11. In one of the last Updates the full page typing mode was removed and now you have to hold down the add textbox button and do 3 more extra steps. Please bring back the old option where you could just click in the nav-bar the option for keyboards and start working. Again this is now just extra complicated and all in all a downgrade. Writing this on Oktober 10th with the newest goodnotes and ios updates btw

    2 votes

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  12. There used to be 2 options to Type on a page, the Text Box and the whole screen text field. It used to be so easy to acces the whole page typing mode, and to edit it later on, which it now isnt. Having one button to get back to the feature would save so much time and ones work flow, because the way you access it right now is really inconvenient. Same thing goes for the text box - this little widget with options to edit the text font etc. is always in the middle of the screen covering…

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  13. I want to use side by side screen view, i understand that on ipad we have split screen but its not the same, i want to have the split screen in the app, and if i use a textbook i want to add documents specificlly to that textbook

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  14. クイックツールバーを自分好みに編集できるようにして欲しい

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  15. Make it possible to airdrop the goodnotes files from one device to another

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  16. The same way it was before the most recent update, as it’s easier when needing to draw straight line shapes with the same colours used for writing/drawing as it’s far more convenient than copying and pasting the colour code

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  17. I and so many other enjoy writing on black paper, then switching it to white.

    I’d like to be able to select say some of my white handwriting/text and convert ALL white text to black/ another colour instead of taking ages and selecting specific sections avoiding some where they’re a different colour.

    I’m sure this is useful if people purely want to switch all they’re say highlighted notes to a different colour or text if they change their mind on a colour scheme.

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  18. the icons and colors of the folders are great but it would be even better to upload more icons that match the description/topic we want it for (stethoscope, heart, etc) also, customizing more colors for folders for more diversity and if we can upload our own designs for folders- same as we do for notebooks

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  19. Honestly when typing there are 3 options for: outline left, middle and right. I would like to see a tool that makes every sentence as wide as the other, this way you have clean typed notes in the notebook where everything just looks clean.

    It can be somethimes annoying that certain sentences are extremly large to others.

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  20. In GoodNotes, I can’t open a new file or select pages while recording.

    Also, please add a feature that allows recorded audio to be deleted all at once, separately from the written notes!
    The recordings take up a significant amount of storage, so it would be very helpful to have a bulk-delete option for audio only, even from outside the notebook.
    Additionally, it’s inconvenient that the playback window doesn’t appear immediately when playing a recording.

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