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  1. Can you add an option to not include the background when using the lasso tool to take a screenshot? I often will use this feature to put diagrams I've made into typed notes (printed on white paper); however, I usually use GoodNotes with yellow dotted paper. Instead of changing the background template, taking a screen shot, and then changing it back, it would be much easier to have this option available when taking a screenshot. Something similar is provided when exporting (i.e., by selecting "don't export background").

    2 votes

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  3. The share sheet lets us integrate with various apps or shortcuts.
    For example, I often want to translate some sentences in the document to my native language.
    However, right now, I have to copy the sentence, close GoodNotes, open Safari, paste it to some translation website (e.g., DeepL), and then go back to GoodNotes, which is kind of annoying.
    If there were a share sheet, I could simply select the sentence, tap on the "Share" button, and choose whatever shortcuts I want to use.

    2 votes

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  4. The performance of writing in GoodNotes 5 for Mac with a third-party drawing tablet/graphic tablet is terrible. I use a Wacom Intuos Pro S with bluetooth function and there is no chance to write properly as it stutters all the time.
    GoodNotes is no use for students/teachers if you can't work with a pen tablet and that's why I hope it will be updated soon.
    Until this happens, I have to use Microsoft OneNote, although I prefer the surface and workflow of GoodNotes.

    4 votes

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  5. Would be very helpful if you could filter all highlighted passages in a text by colour, e.g. as in Adobe Reader. For example: you highlight definitions in red and theories in blue. It would be very helpful if you could then filter all highlighted passages by colours used in that document.

    3 votes

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  6. In GoodNotes for Mac, enable 'page up' and 'page down' keys to quickly flip through the pages. The up/down arrow keys are performing continuous scrolling and they are too slow.

    12 votes

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  7. I really wish the last window size were preserved so every time I open the app on my mac it doesn't default to the small screen view

    1 vote

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  8. I would love support for secondary monitor scrolling. As of now when I have my 4k secondary monitor in portrait or landscape mode the scrolling is very choppy that makes it near impossible to use. If I have my sidebar up it seems to run a little smoother but not well enough for practical use so as of now I always keep my sidebar up and choose the page rather than scrolling.
    Macbook Pro M1 with trackpad and 4k portable monitor.

    Good notes is great notes!

    1 vote

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  9. At the moment if you want to add an element in the library if the object in question was not created by hand, you need first to make a screeshot and then add the element. This can be relatively time consuming if you want to bulk create them, since making a screeshoot is a three step process (take screenshot -> Select export -> copy )

    An alternative would be to either or both:
    * add an element directly as an image by selecting a portion of the document
    * or by adding an instant snapshot feature to copy the area…

    2 votes

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  10. ability to create like a binder, then folders underneath the binder for more organization.

    9 votes

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  11. Not a big fan of the very rounded shape. What about something more square or elliptical for pen options?

    It would make lines look more crisp!

    3 votes

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  12. When testing on flash cards students can enter a time (e.g. 10 minutes) and the app will prioritise the most appropriate cards. This would allow students to use when they have a quick 10 mins in between lessons and know they are using the spacing effect well.

    3 votes

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  13. Some books with many pages (around 1000) are not being auto-backed up to my GDrive. It would be good if you can fix this issue.

    3 votes

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  14. It’d be very helpful if new pages could be added at arbitrary locations. In fact, I find it unusual that this option is not already available

    Thank you for your work

    Jarred H

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  15. This feature should look in all notebooks when new pages were created, and then at the end of a day create a notebook which has all the content of that day. So you have a summary of the complete day, and do not always have to look through all the notebooks.

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  16. I have a number of custom templates. Most of them are not any of the existing page sizes (not A4, letter, Goodnotes standard, etc.) Could we have a "Custom" template category, or better the ability to create our own template categories?

    1 vote

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  17. I would love to use GoodNotes on my MacBook Pro, but I can't update my system past Mohave, because that is the last version that still supports some older 32 bit apps that I still use. Would there be any chance of doing the testing needed to support MacOS 10.14.x (Mohave)? I absolutely love GoodNotes on my iPad and would to use it cross-platform. Wes

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  18. Because I'm left handed, when I'm writing in the top corner, when I rest my hand it sometimes closes the current book that I'm on. If you could put the X on the right side of the tabs that would make my life easier.

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  19. To make notes as readable and easy as possible, is it alright if you could add a few calligraphy tutorials. Thanks in advance!

    5 votes

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  20. Pls add a feature where we can identify the hex code of a colour by either a long press or any other shortcut making it easier to re edit my diagrams

    3 votes

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