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  1. Wenn man ein Bild zuschneidet und die Größe anpasst und dieses dann kopieren und woanders einfügen will, sollte die Kopie die gleiche Größe haben und nicht eine x-beliebige. Das würde SEHR viel Zeit sparen, als jede Kopie neu auf die ungefähr gleiche Größe anzupassen.

    1 vote

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  2. 2 votes

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  3. I noticed someone that showed me the app, it had symbols to drag and drop (circles, squares, etc) can we not have these on the Mac app (it's what I have)
    I need these to draw cameras, TVs speakers on drawings

    Thanks!
    Nick

    2 votes

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  4. when using the app in split view, it would be interesting to have a command that allows you to select a specific area on the screen that automatically creates a snapshot and pastes it inside the document in which you are writing (avoiding having to do the classic iOS screenshot)

    1 vote

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  5. It would be great if you could add medical dictionaries for us to download so we can easily define the terms we encounter

    8 votes

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  6. The sidebar allows you to quickly switch between documents and browse them unobtrusively within your current document.

    46 votes

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  7. I can’t paste anything in a new file (new planner made from scratch in PowerPoint with pages link)
    Need help

    2 votes

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  8. Create a sliding bar to adjust the strength of the line smoothness to personal preference - from
    Really strong to none.

    This will be helpful for those who don’t have a steady hand, and also for creating illustration doodles, lettering and neater handwriting.

    87 votes

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  9. On Goodnotes Macbook, I believe that when I want to delete markings in an area, I would use the select function, and circle the area which selects the markings I want to edit and by pressing "delete" on my keyboard. But somehow that doesn't work with goodnotes, and apparently I could only switch to the eraser function. (Somehow the "delete function after double-tap is also greyed out, along with all the other functions including making screenshot, changing colour etc, not sure if its a glitch specifically regarding the macbook version of goodnotes, or is it something im simply not doing…

    2 votes

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  10. When converting handwriting to text allow for multiple options to change the case formatting. I.e. ALL CAPS, lowercase, Sentence Case

    12 votes

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  11. It seems that GoodNotes 5 treats shapes drawn by using the shape tools just like regular handwritings made by the pen tools, but this becomes a problem when it comes to handwriting recognition/search.

    When I draw shapes such as boxes or ovals over handwritings for highlighting certain words or phrases, handwritings are not recognized well.

    The only workaround seems to be using the highlighter tools since GN5 doesn't consider highlighters as text to be recognized but highlighter tools don't offer precise thickness control unlike the pen tools.

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

    2 votes

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  12. Want to backup and restore my color and thickness presets and note templates..
    When I re install goodnotes app at my another iPad, I have to reset all my presets and note templates......

    10 votes

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  13. When showing paper choices, allow user to press for magnification pop up before choosing.

    2 votes

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  14. Please allow to add not only PDF but also images from the Files-sheet by tapping +. When draging-and-dropping in splitview from the Files app adding images to documents as new page works fine, so why don‘t you allow it from inside the app?

    1 vote

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  15. Have functionality to save current text style e.g. font, colour, size bold etc so that you can quickly switch between them or apply to existing text.

    33 votes

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  16. When I import a pdf with large white margins on the sides it would be great if we could set a specific zoom that would “crop out” the white margins and then lock the horizontal panning when scrolling a bit diagonally - that way the text is bigger on the screen and we don’t have to constantly adjust the text column to be centered. Thanks!

    5 votes

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  17. I wanna use B5 paper to print my notes,please add this type of paper,thanks a lot.

    4 votes

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  18. I rotate pen, eraser and lasso tools very often and very quickly. I would like to be even quicker. For this, it would be useful to have an auto-deselect option for the lasso tool, to be triggered when I tap anywhere in the page, as I normally do to deselect the selected object. The auto-deselect should give me back the pen automatically. Also, it would be very intuitive and amazingly fast having the reverse behaviour by tapping the pen outside the page to select the lasso tool.

    2 votes

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  19. I work a lot with imported PDF and want to organize them with outlines. I usually select a headline on a page, copy the text, select Add Outline (with two clicks) and insert the copied text.

    I'd really like to select a text and have the option to directly add an outline in the context/selection menu (directly besides marking or copying the text).
    This would mean only 3-4 clicks instead of 8.

    5 votes

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  20. Please add a way to overlay two PDF sheets for comparison/mapping.

    By default PDF backgrounds are clear - can we get a way to overlay the line information from one PDF sheet on to another? This would be extremely useful for architects, engineers, contractors, fabricators, etc.

    For example, in Bluebeam I can take a snapshot anywhere in a PDF and paste it on to another sheet with no white background.

    One way to accomplish this would be with a layer system. Another would be with the option to do an overlay sheet on top of another sheet, with the upper…

    17 votes

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