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  1. Currently when you import or crop an image, it seemingly randomly resizes depending on how much you’re zoomed in etc. If you crop part of a full sized page, it will show the cropped part full sized after the cropping too. This is a very tedious process.

    I create a lot of sticker sheets with labels, icons etc. If I export them as separate files from my graphic software, I’d like it to be imported in goodnotes at the exact dimensions I exported them at. Mainly since my dimensions are based on the document I am working with, so a…

    14 votes

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  2. 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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  3. When the zoom window is first activated, its position on the original page is centered. When the zoom window is again activated, its position is the last position zoom window was located.

    I wonder if it's an improvement to allow the user to choose where the zoom window magnify after tapping on the "zoom window" button. Basically should it be a two-step gesture like this: First tap on the "zoom window" button, then tap the document page where your want the zoom window to magnify.

    The reason for this suggestion is that I usually find myself adjusting the location of…

    10 votes

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  4. As a left hander it often happens that the page jumps or the zoom changes while writing. It would be nice to have a button which locks the zoom and the position of the page. Alternatively I would like to have a sidebar on the left side to put my hand to reduce the page jumps and zoom changes.

    107 votes

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  5. PDFs should export as "Editable" by default. Its bad design to have "flattened" as the default. The flatten action is destructive.

    3 votes

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  6. Changing the color to green or yellow, will make pdf reading more friendly to eyes.

    Many people using goodnotes to read pdfs will stare at the screen for a long time, but now the white color is a bit harsh and tire eyes.

    Another app PDF Expert is just well-known for its protecting yellow color. Hope goodnotes will add the function.

    21 votes

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  7. It would be awesome to have a RSVP reader that allowed selecting sections of text to speed-read! For example like https://www.spritz.com/

    10 votes

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  8. Please make goodnotes 5 notes viewable on goodnotes 4 app, as I have a very old ipad that cannot be upgraded to have goodnotes 5 installed

    3 votes

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  9. Most PDF creators can make a fillable PDF with named fields, we need the ability to capture that data.

    10 votes

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  10. Ladies and Gentlemen,

    an idea:

    • it would be very practical and helpful for students and teachers if the folder structure were structured like a kind of TAB structure (similar to the pages in GoodNotes)

    • so one would have a better overview

    See photo in appendix.

    Yours sincerely
    Yavuz Ata

    8 votes

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  11. With a smart way integrating text snippets during handwriting with maybe kind of “tag bar style” where you can include your most used ones;

    eg. time stamp; predefined questions;

    2 votes

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  12. I want a feature when I duplicate an image with drag and drop. (duplicate from the same page.)
    I want it keeps its size.

    Now it doesn't keep its size, duplicated item will be original size.

    6 votes

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  13. I’d like to have a bar containing my pens where I can customised the colours, type, thickness so that I don’t always have to go back and forth to change the properties. This would indeed increase my productivity while writing a colourful note

    5 votes

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  14. 9 votes

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  15. Now iPadOS has very rudimentary mouse support through the AssistiveTough feature. Perhaps it would be nice to make use of this? Currently, in the presentation mode the mouse cursor is hidden, along with other interface elements.

    While GoodNotes 5 already has a very nice laser pointer feature, this still requires you to be near the iPad. On the other hand, when doing a presentation, the ability to move away from the podium would be very nice.

    I happen to have the Logitech Spotlight presenter, and it can actually move the mouse cursor, when paired with my iPad Pro. So, it…

    9 votes

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  16. It would be great to have pentagon, hexagon and other shapes recognized.
    Like a chemisty mode in GoodNotes.

    31 votes

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  17. When reading an article or reviewing a professor’s lecture slides (they always upload it as a PDF instead of a PPT format so I can’t edit the way it is exported). GoodNotes often fills the whole page with the PDF. It makes it great for reading, however, there isn’t much space to annotate. I usually get around this by zooming out but GoodNotes is a bit more rigid when it comes to that. Other than that it is a great app!

    10 votes

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  18. opening a PDF in iPads Documents shows me a scrollable small list of thumbnails of every page (see the picture, you'll know, what I mean)
    Need this in GoodNotes5!

    6 votes

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  19. In Microsofts OneNote its possible to import a PDF in a way that there is space next to every page of it. I really miss this in GoodNotes as this is a great feature to really work with texts an take a lot of annotations, event though there is no free space in the PDF. This would work great using landscape mode!

    26 votes

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  20. can yall make it more similar to like how onenote allows you to create bullet points and overall a better typing experience in the case that i rather type out my notes on my mac rather than put them into word and can have all my notes in a single place.

    9 votes

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