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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. As far as I can tell, the current version of GoodNotes (4.7) uses the default highlighter color of yellow when highlighting selected text with the "highlight" button. It would be great if GoodNotes could use whatever the currently selected highlighter color is, as I often use multiple colors of highlighters on a single document, and find the highlight button to be a far more accurate method of making crisp, accurate highlights than using my finger or stylus.

    39 votes

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  2. 21 votes

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  3. Sometimes you highlight or add comments to a PDF using Preview or Adobe Reader on a computer. You then want to use GoodNotes to take additional notes; however, the previous annotations do not appear. This would be extremely helpful when taking notes.

    20 votes

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  4. Ability to sync using Google Drive rather than iCloud. Right now you can only backup to Google Drive. There should be seamless integration with Google Drive (similar to PDF Expert.)

    221 votes

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  5. Add more pen options please! I don't like how my handwriting looks in this app but I love everything else this app has to offer. Notes Plus offers pen types that resembles my handwriting but is limited in areas where this app excels. Adding more pen options would eliminate the competition altogether for me.

    97 votes

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  6. Sometimes to sketch things out letter or DIN A4 are to short, so it would nice to have endless paper (like OneNote). Which you can scale if you need to print it out. Or have something like 4 DIN A4 papers which fit together with tesa strip.

    197 votes

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  7. it would be very useful to be able to import short video in a notebook, an alternative would be the PDF import with embedded videos. is a feature planned for the future?

    31 votes

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  8. I have not yet found any apps that let you annotate a PDF or hand write notes which also allows for a reminder pop up for when a note or notes need to be looked at again. Due dates to finish a. Project.....

    12 votes

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  9. Can be used to cover portions of images such as screenshots. White would be the most useful.

    7 votes

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  10. If I write an important reminder in one of my Goodnotes books I would like funtionality that allows the option of linking this to a calendar reminder date and time. When the reminder goes off it leaves me a message that links to a bookmark where the remix we originated from in Goodnotes.

    26 votes

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  11. Non distractive full screen mode on iPad was one of my favorite feature.
    Please bring it back!

    Somehow after this small changes, I stopped using GoodNotes,,,

    44 votes

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  12. Allow to choose how much the Zoom window goes down when it returns to the left of the page. Right now it goes down by a multiple of its height. This is not comfortable at all as the line I write into is only a fraction of the Zoom window height.

    16 votes

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  13. handwrite the checklist, placed some shapes as the checkbox; An recognition feature + Handwriting Recognition makes the Check List Feature works in GoodNotes.

    39 votes

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  14. I use Goodnotes for study, and i add bookmarks. It would be great to be able to reorganize the bookmarks (alphabetically or numerically). That way, finding the right page would become easy AND quick, not having to read through hundreds of bookmarks to find the right one

    The app is great, one of the best in my opinion,
    Thanks, and keep up the good work

    18 votes

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  15. 425 votes

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  16. The auto recognition shape feature is pretty cool, but I can't always draw the perfect square or triangle I'm looking for. An idea would be adding a feature to the auto recognition that allows you to drag/resize the shape once it has recognized your drawing.

    39 votes

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  17. The shape and line recognition feature is great but would be even better if I could draw a filled shape.

    9 votes

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    1. Exported pdf lost its bookmarks.
    2. As other pdf reader application, selection of text should be possible. After selecting text, define/copy/etc.. options can be popup.
    15 votes

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  18. Please add the option to have the auto-advance field not start at the very left but an offset that you can setup yourself.
    Following problem is occurring:
    As right-handed writer, you can rest your hand on the middle/right side of the screen (especially in landscape) and only use the left part to write... lets say only writing to the middle and then switch back to the beginning, giving you an option to write without moving your hand.
    As left-hander I can't rest my hand on the left side of the screen. If I could setup an offset for the auto-advance-field…

    23 votes

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  19. underline for text and more font options

    26 votes

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