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  1. I routinely scan student papers so that I can grade them on my iPad. The other day I accidentally had some papers upside down when they went into the scanner.

    No problem! Goodnotes has the ability for me to select pages in mass and rotate them around.

    However, when grading those papers and attempting to convert handwritten comments to text, I noticed that the conversion gets oriented upside down from my current viewpoint because it interprets that the page was rotated all the way around and so it’s attempting to make sure that the conversion is viewable correctly from the…

    1 vote

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  2. I think text to speach would be extremely beneficial for all users, particularly people who have dyslexia and other learning differences. It would be more inclusive for everyone and i believe that more people in my school would use it for taking notes and completing work in school. I have already spoke to teachers and students in my school about good notes and how amazing it is for visual learners. This was many teachers only concern. Thank you

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  3. Mostly i make notes with a taken foto as whole page, there is a menu option for that. But the foto is only in goodnotes. It would be very nice when there is a copy in the standart foto library as well. Then I don´t have to take the foto again with the standart foto app to have a foto without any notes.
    Maybe there is an option to choose between storing in the standart library as well or not...
    That feature would help and save a lot of time...

    1 vote

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  4. Sticky Notes
    - Sticky notes should impose text size when resized
    - Text should be stuck on the sticky note and not laying on top of it
    - Allow sticky notes to go outside of a page
    - add a tethering point which can tether a specific point on the notebook, and a spot on the sticky note which will allow for it to be moved while also maintaining its connection to the text

    2 votes

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  5. I am dislexic a PDF read aloud would help so much. (like how adobi arcrobatic) this would help as well as when I am trying to take a brack but would like to keep reading but my eyes may not be able to take any more reading anymore. (part of the reson I love how I can highlight the needed parts of any test book pages I needed with this note taking app.)

    1 vote

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  6. Please add support for more iPad models for audio transcription, as many students use Goodnotes for note-taking. This feature is very useful, but unfortunately, it only works on several iPad models. Not all students can afford to but a new iPad while the old ones still working!!

    3 votes

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  7. I’m working on a university project and need reliable statistics on child abduction cases in Minnesota. I'm particularly interested in recent trends, different types of abductions, and demographic data. If anyone knows of credible sources—like government reports, studies, or databases—that provide detailed info on this topic, I’d really appreciate your recommendations. It’s been tough finding accurate data! Thanks in advance for any assistance!

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  8. I really like the new pencil writing tool, it’s definitely my favorite to write with in terms of smoothness and just what I like for journaling - but I can’t actually use it because it’s SOOO LIGHT. Like its opacity is WAY WAY DOWN. Can it be like an actual pencil?? So I can write with it and actually be able to read it??

    3 votes

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  9. I would like to suggest adding an option to unlock files within a specific folder instead of unlocking all locked documents across the app after unlocking just one. This would enhance security by limiting access to only relevant documents while also providing more control and convenience for users. Thank you for considering this improvement!

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  10. All of the time I want to create a circle and because it's not perfect enough it gets completed to an oval. I would suggest a menu when you click on the shapes tool (like the one when you click the lasso tool) where you are able to enable/disable shapes that get created.

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  11. I want to be able to create arrows with "auto complete", just like for circles and all the other shapes

    4 votes

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  12. Add superscript and subscript to the text option

    14 votes

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  13. Take multiple choice test based on the information in the notebook

    3 votes

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  14. I do believe that Goodnotes does some of the best (if not the best) work at editing PDF powerpoint slides. One feature that I love about another competitor app however, is the ability to edit on the side the PDF slide aka slide notes. This would be a great way to add additional information (definitions, questions, images,stickers) and avoiding layering on an already cluttered slide. I think this would pair well with Goodnotes 'presentation' mode which I use quite often and pull up my own notes to present lecture slides.

    1 vote

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  15. Please design a dark icon for Goodnotes in iOS 18, just like the attachment shown

    2 votes

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  16. Since the recent updates, my imac will not go to sleep even when I do not have goodnotes open on it - it is kept awake by using goodnotes on my iPad. Please change this as it's costing electricity!

    1 vote

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  17. Add a notes or sticker view in the plan view so thant we can locate rapidly

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  18. I would love to see continuous numbering across pages in the numbered list format on the typing side of Goodnotes. It drives me a little bit crazy that my list numbers start over when I need to continue onto a new page and my list starts back at "1."!!!

    2 votes

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  19. Why would you take away color control after text duplication. It was there until your silly icon upgrade. Did you ever think we were using that feature for drop shadows on text? Now I have to go to the lasso and reselect the text before I can change it's color. An extra two steps. Please put it back!

    1 vote

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  20. There could be an option to have text boxes saved in custom locations based on the template. I attached an example if some folks don't know what Cornell notes are, but like having text boxes ready to use in each section of a Cornell Note so there's no reason to click-to-create and resize a new text box on every single page or text boxes already cropped to size in the days/months boxes on a calendar.

    Also please add this even if it this rec doesn't get a ton of votes Goodnotes people because it would SIGNIFICANTLY reduce my studying time.

    2 votes

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