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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. If I’m teaching, I don’t want my photo library to be displayed on the zoom lecture while I’m giving a lecture if I accidentally touch the photos icon. There needs to be an option to deny GoodNotes completely to my photos library. Currently the photos tool will insert an image from your library if you touch the document while it’s selected, which displays your photos for EVERYONE TO SEE!!!!!!!

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  2. I and anyone remotely teaching is in need of 16:9 aspect ratio size notebooks. There’s none supplied. The problem is with none 16:9 notebook sizes is the appearance of black frames from both sides.

    This is the only reason I have to use Notability instead.

    2 votes

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  3. A highlighter with a straight edge instead of just the circular one.

    12 votes

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  4. Currently, I import all my journal articles into goodnotes to review, but I also make a summary powerpoint slide of each one. As I cannot copy and paste text i.e. long titles and author names, I now use the pdf, read and edit as needed in pdf form to make it easier, then import it really just for storage

    3 votes

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  5. After "objects" was added, when using the lasso tool the "copy" option was moved to the second page of choosable options. As this is my most used option, it would be nice to have it back on page 1 of the option window. It's annoying to have to do one click more to get to second page every time.

    4 votes

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  6. I would appreciate it if it was possible to not download all documents on every device but rather save them in the cloud and download them when needed. Looking at how it is right now GoodNotes takes up way too much space on my devices and i would like for that to change.

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  7. 3 votes

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  8. Seyes template or french school ruling template would be nice. It is possible though to copy one as a pdf and use it as a background, but this would be a nice add on.

    2 votes

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  9. A "back to reading" option when browsing in the goodnotes files system would be most appreciated.

    So say I leave a document I was reading in order to browse through the GoodNotes system, it would be nice to have a button which would send me back to where I was reading when I left the document.

    12 votes

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  10. I want to feel like reading a real paper book by flipping the pages instead of scrolling down and up.
    For example iBook I add photo shows my idea

    4 votes

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  11. View Folder/location under document in favorites view for easier identification of favorites.

    4 votes

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  12. I use Goodnotes for idea generation for work and the one thing I miss from my previous app for this (Forge) is the ability to move pages around on a kind of pinboard grid, placing them wherever I want (in groups, solo, rows, columns, with space between them if desired). It would allow free-form placement of the pages on a grid perhaps 6 pages deep and as long as it needs to be, and would be an alternative mode to the traditional notebook sequential page style you currently have. Instead of opening up the sequential thumbnails view, it would open…

    2 votes

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  13. I've noticed that the interface begins to lag when I've been drawing on the same file for a while (I use an iPad pro with an Apple Pencil 2). It lags in at least three ways:

    • Drawing new lines
    • Erasing lines
    • Scrolling up and down in the file

    I can eliminate the lag completely if I close the file and re-open it. Also, of course, after closing the file and re-opening it I can't undo any of the previous strokes. Thus, it's reasonable to expect that the reason for the lag is because of appending strokes to some data structure…

    5 votes

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  14. It has been long time since GoodNotes announced on Twitter that they are planning to bring the app on different platforms but there is no app for Windows and android after years.

    If you can’t sync to Windows and android using iCloud please use Google Drive or any other third-party cloud service and please bring app to Windows, android and Web. Microsoft has already achieved this way earlier and should not be difficult for you as well.

    Every time I brought up this issue, you guys give same reason that you are looking for good engineers, is it the case…

    9 votes

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  15. I would love if there was a way to put your text boxes in certain places automatically or know your text is centered on the page. My idea for being able to do this would be maybe a button, or similar to Snapchat and Instagram stories, lines could pop up to let you know your text is in the middle of the page or centered at the top of the page. It can be a little frustrating when trying to line up texts with other text, place titles perfectly in the center, or even trying to line up things you’ve…

    4 votes

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  16. Can we please add more paper sizes such as A4, B4, and JIS B5?

    I'm a university student who uses B5 sized paper for my notes and I would like to print my GoodNotes pages out onto my regular B5 paper.

    Thank you

    6 votes

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  17. Hi Goodnotes! I want to suggest that the sticky notes (elements) will have an option to be minimized and maximized so we can have the choice of hiding it and showing it. It would be nice since I like to write key points but the newly added elements block the text. Thanks!

    3 votes

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  18. 1 vote

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  19. die Position der vom Lasso-Werkzeug angebotenen Möglichkeiten in der Auswahl-Leiste sollten nach persönlichem Vorzügen verändert werden können.
    Hintergrund:
    in der deutschen Leiste muss ich jetzt ein zweites Mal auswählen für Ausschneiden, Kopieren und Löschen, brauche aber die zuerst angebotenen Möglichkeiten nicht oder deutlich seltener als die 3 genannten.

    3 votes

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  20. Project bars can be created when users select consecutive lines of text. After that, notes and comments marked can be displayed around the project bar linked with a point that is in accordance with the proportion where they were written in the selected article. In this way, users can make a logical combing in order to have an idea of the structure in a vivider way. Click the point, users can go back to the corresponding part in text.

    选定文本范围,连续行/连续页,字数识别/行数识别之后得到一个“进度条”。

    文本中选中节点进行批注,批注将以节点形式出现在“进度条”上,鼠标移至节点,批注出现,左键单机,批注固定出现。右击批注,可引申创作思维导图,左双击批注,则可回溯至原文字间位置/行间位置。该功能有利于使用者把握文章结构。

    1 vote

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