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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. This was also listed under "Automatic Action Item" back in 08/19 - but I think it should be considered.

    I have many notebooks (one for each customer). I want the ability to mark written text as an "Action Item" in any notebook (Use the "lariat" tool?) and they automatically get added to an "Action Items" notebook so they are all in one place.

    Each item is listed under a separate bullet and can be deleted once completed.

    Having the option once lassoed to create a calendar reminder / update would be nice, but probably far-reaching at this point.

    14 votes

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  2. Imagine you already wrote 5 different combinations on the same page. Color, thickness, pen style.

    I'm thinking of a "picker" button on the left edge which I can press & hold with my finger. (enabling picker mode until I lift my finger)

    When I tap the pen on the document, a zoomed hover-view shows up, I drag onto the pen stroke I want to reuse & lift off both my pen and finger.

    Simple & useful.

    But now when I want to write a title after a black simple text, I have to click red color, increase the thickness, change…

    36 votes

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  3. First of all, i'm not good at English.

    When I enlarge my handwriting, it also get bolder.
    I want to make it only bigger, not bolder.

    My suggestion is to change the boldness? of my handwriting (like notability)

    3 votes

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  4. Adding built in dictionary

    7 votes

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  5. "Add images from Dropbox, iCloud, etc. "
    This theme is explained to be solved yet.
    Why is there no reaction on my IPad Pro, when choosing "insert from" ?
    Nothing happens...

    2 votes

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  6. I have recently begun using the desktop version a lot more since my 4-year-old has effectively stolen my iPad. I love that I can use the app seamlessly between my devices. However, I have noticed that it is difficult for me, especially when using two windows of GoodNotes, to maintain a natural reading experience. I'm trying to take notes while reading a PDF imported to GoodNotes on the left and have my note-taking notebook open in a window on the right.

    I would love a tool that allowed users to place their cursor within the text of a document and…

    3 votes

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  7. I love that users can propose new functionality and vote on others’ suggestions.

    What if users who are really keen on seeing certain projects get up, could also pledge $$ to help fund development of specific features?

    It would be a way of us putting our money where our mouths are. If lots of users really want to see a feature, and if we all throw in even a dollar or two behind that feature, then this could give you the resources to pay for hiring developers to implement that idea.

    You could even offer an Incentive Scheme — that…

    1 vote

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  8. Create "slide" paper option. That creates a notebook where every page is a slide that can be exported as a slide show.

    3 votes

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  9. 日本語の文書の場合、縦書きの文書もある。この場合、左から右にスワイプしてページをスクロールするのが自然である。スクロールの方向を追加してほしい。

    13 votes

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  10. The possibility to use GoodNotes 5 for Mac with Sidecar gives us the chance to deliver reach presentations with the Mac, using GoodNotes for Mac as a whiteboard, and the Sidecar-connected iPad + Apple Pencil for drawing on the whiteboard.

    Adding a Presentation Mode to GoodNotes for Mac -- especially including Laser Pointers -- would improve considerably this practice.

    4 votes

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  11. I think split view is a useful tool to take advantage of but still not as efficient/user friendly as I’d like it to be.

    Example: I want to read a pdf document and take notes of that content as I’m reading through the document. While split view can facilitate this situation, it takes too much screen space with all the tools. It’s also two separate documents that aren’t really linked/associated with each other.

    Solution A: add a sticky note tool option to the toolbar so that we can have a floating sticky note on whatever page we’re on. This has…

    6 votes

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  12. Please let the lasso tool have a double feature so complicated drawings don't have to be drawn again but just be copied and pasted or doubled. This feature would be a lifesaver for all the students!

    3 votes

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  13. If I select an area with the lasso, e.g. a math drawing such as a triangle , I want to double it sometimes because I often need it multiple times but right now I have to draw it again because there's no feature to double it. So it would be nice to get the 'double' feature on the lasso tool. This is really needed for all students!

    3 votes

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  14. When I import a PDF to an existing notebook I have been using for handwritten notes, the PDF size is much larger and makes it so I have to keep zooming in and out as I read through my notes. Please make it so that there is an option so scale my imported PDF to standard GoodNotes 5 paper size to match the rest of my notebook!

    28 votes

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  15. Dear Team,

    just as the most video apps you can convert via one button to a "fullscreen" option. This would be great for the writing paper to have one button on the top right to activate a fullscreen option for that the page you are writing on fits perfektly with only slight bezels left and right but still keeps all tool functions on the top pinned. Also this funktion shall then only allow to scroll as you have setup the scrolling direction. Yes, a double tap on the paper converts to the "fullscreen" option but doesn't lock on to that…

    4 votes

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  16. Quick paste of preset text templates e.g.

    Template text = "This is my heading {date:dd MMM yyyy}"

    Clicking the template would paste the text into the note and allow you to drag it into position.

    The date field would auto fill with the current date formatted as per the format text.

    Other data fields could be supported like: time, user information, formulas, numbering, etc.

    4 votes

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  17. I would be really cool and easier to use if you had an optional feature of adding streamlined pens to smooth out your handwriting as I write on a glass screen with the apple pencil an my lines can turn out a bit wobbly or it really strains my hand when I try to use more control so my handwriting is neater.

    39 votes

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  18. Hi, I would prefer it if we were able to use different pens for pens and shapes. I personally like to write in a fountain pen font and draw shapes with a ballpoint pen, however, changing the pen style for shapes also changes it for the pen itself. Would appreciate having these two operate independently.

    6 votes

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  19. the option to do a square with the figure tool and to have the option to round the corners

    8 votes

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  20. After selection of an object -> opportunity to immediate resize (no click) the selected object, like in Notability.

    3 votes

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