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  1. I would love love love the option to pick scroll or swipe on different documents instead of it being only scroll or only swipe (eg one notebook is scroll up and down and another notebook is swipe left to right). I hate the generalization bleh

    5 votes

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  2. customization of the tools in the toolbar.
    -To be able to place the tools in the order you want
    - Within the tools as a marker, you can choose the intensity of the color (brightness)

    • Be able to create annotation routines, for example that the program detects or you introduce some patterns so that when you select a certain color or marker it already acquires a certain thickness or (better option ->) recognition of certain symbols so that it automatically changes to a tool (previously defined) and to save us having to change manually (((for example I write a "-"…

    4 votes

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  3. convert Mathematics/chemistry handwritten equation into Digital text using goodnote 5

    digitizes handwritten or printed text also give Latex code for same

    18 votes

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  4. As a student I have it iced myself flagging slides/pages for many reasons. It would be nice to have the ability to change the color of the flags. For example, so I can quickly see what items I need to review and what items I have favorited for reference.

    7 votes

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  5. I am using an XP-pen graphics tablet display on MacOS. The recognition of the stylus is frustrating. It sometimes takes a few strokes to have my input recognized, and other times it works great. Other applications (other than MS Onenote, which brought me to Goodnotes) seem to work fine with the tablet/stylus input.

    5 votes

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  6. Boolean Operators for the search function for more specific results:
    Similar to how boolean operators work on search engines online and on library databases, Boolean operators could prove extremely useful when using the search feature on Goodnotes.
    A main feature of Goodnotes is the ability to search/index handwritten notes, so the combination of this ability and of Boolean operators could make Goodnotes an extremely powerful competitor to others such as Notability!

    3 votes

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  7. 1 vote

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  8. Would be nice if you can set different scroll options for different documents. For example scroll the lesson presentation vertically and your notes horizontally when having them side by side, as its annoying to scroll horizontally when you have that much pages as presentations have

    3 votes

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  9. Navigating documents in GoodNotes is hardly the most intuitive - the only view button is placed awkwardly on the top left next to an exit document button and a search button! Pinching out currently does nothing, so why not let it change the view to the current thumbnail view? Ideally, this view could also incorporate a scrubbing timeline along the bottom of the screen to allow direct access to positions in a document.

    1 vote

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  10. 能像概念画板那样出一个无限画板的版面吗,需要一个可以无限拓展的笔记本,现在的纸张太限制记录了。。

    1 vote

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  11. Sometimes I want to write sentences straight on a blank area from an imported PDF. However, most of the time, my handwriting won’t be straight if sentences are long.

    If implement a gridline function in which the user can click a button on the toolbar and show gridlines on the files. It can let the user write straight handwriting sentences on any place of the PDF easily and neatly.

    6 votes

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  12. I think it would be nice if I can take a picture of a handwritten document and the app will generate a digital "Goodnotes version" of it rather than just taking a photo of it. Everything I can do with a typical Goodnotes document I can do the same in this digital version.

    3 votes

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  13. It would be helpful if the size of the laser pointer could be adjusted. The current one is pretty small and sometimes hard to recognise.

    2 votes

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  14. "Smart folder" could automatically sort all notes by date, keywords, tags, type of content ...

    4 votes

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  15. I write exercises for my music students. When synchronising, I would like to have an option, that students can ‘ read only’ instead of ‘read and write’ . Just like many iCloud services work.
    And how do I change the name of a folder? Can’t figure it out.
    Great App! Thank you!

    14 votes

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  16. When the option to open documents in a new tab is on, when closing the second to last tab, the option to click x and close the last remaining tab is removed and you can only click the arrow to go back to the document library. When you then open a new document, the tab from the previous work session is also there. You should be able to close the last remaining tab. So that when you open a new document it is the only open document.

    5 votes

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  17. Annotation of notes where another sheet pops up to the side of the page I’d like to take more notes on. This way my notes can added to busy slides without having to do a ton of scrolling.

    1 vote

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  18. As a teacher, I use GoodNotes as a smart board by presenting on projector. I usually upload blank template of today's lesson in a Google Drive where students find the notes, this is the blank document to start. As I teach, I like to upload the updated version to the same folder, but want the option to have GoodNotes overwrite or replace the original file with the same name so the new version is what students get. That way I don't have to go in after to delete the original so only the new one is there.

    2 votes

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  19. When converting a powerpoint to GoodNotes, it would be great if the comments and notes that were attached in the PowerPoint were able to be transferred as well. Since the conversion to online, my professors just post the slides with notes attached to certain slides to elaborate more on the topics. These comments and notes aren’t transferred but it would be nice to get these ported over to GoodNotes.

    8 votes

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  20. The colors of the pencil should be able to have transparency, so I can write above diagrams or tables, but can still see the original content.
    The best would be an adjustable alpha channel for each color.

    25 votes

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