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  1. 4 votes

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  2. I love using the handwriting-to-text feature in Goodnotes!
    However, I’d really appreciate the ability to set a default font, line spacing and text size for converted handwriting.
    Right now, I have to manually change it every time, which interrupts my workflow.

    This feature would make the writing and editing process much smoother – especially for people who use Goodnotes regularly for structured notes.

    Thank you for considering this!

    4 votes

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  3. We need to see the zoom of the page to record the specific size of our writing, I’m lost for not having this visual control, also can block the zoom to write.

    4 votes

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  4. Dear GoodNotes Team,

    I am a regular user of GoodNotes and I truly appreciate its intuitive interface and powerful tools for working with PDFs and handwritten notes. However, there is one feature that I—and many others in fields like architecture, engineering, and construction—am missing:

    👉 The ability to draw a line and automatically see its real-world length based on a set scale.

    Currently, it is only possible to measure distances using the ruler tool and manually set a scale. But when I draw a freehand line (without the ruler), GoodNotes does not display the length of that line. This makes…

    4 votes

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  5. I love the audio transcription feature and use it regularly for work. Right now, however, it's not easy to navigate the transcripts because they all compile into the same space and you can't jump to the most recent transcript. So, I'd love to see some changes to how the transcripts are organized:

    1. Revamp the way transcripts are organized. Allow users to jump from one transcript to another, just like you can with the recording drop down menu. The current navigation feature makes goes immediately to the first transcript recorded, which is a real problem if you have a lot of…

    4 votes

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  6. Can there be a function that allows me to add more than one teacher to the same class? Coz there are two teachers teaching the same subject to the same class at the same time.

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  7. A button that force sync between all the nots and the backup (google drive/ icloud)

    4 votes

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  8. It would be nice if we were able to use more than 1 default font in typing mode. The feature is useful and could be upgraded to be like the text box feature to include numerous fonts to choose from and to be able to use custom fonts like other popular note-taking apps such as Notability and Freenotes.

    4 votes

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  9. I really like the app so far, but I also feel nostalgic about writing with a proper pen on proper paper. So I wondered, given the brilliant handwriting recognition of your app, wouldn’t it be possible to import handwritten text via OCR keeping the handwritten form without converting it. So I could eventually write with my stylus and eventually write on paper integrating the text seamlessly with the text written with stylus. Unfortunately there is no other application able to do this at the moment, but I think it would be something beneficial for everybody who likes the personal touch…

    4 votes

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  10. Not every notebook is the same, being able to save font styles and sizes per notebook would be infinitely easier and would encourage people to buy different notebooks

    4 votes

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  11. It would be great if we have access to the same tools from the textbox in the full page writing, specifically access to fonts and text size.

    4 votes

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  12. Copy/Paste tool selection synchronization in split screen mode: when in split screen mode, using the copy/screenshot function tool in one document would automatically select the lasso tool in the other document, allowing easier copy and paste between split screens without having to select the lasso tool in both documents.

    4 votes

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  13. In Note+ or other apps, they can extend the page by adding some space on the left or right. Personally, our professor talks a lot and I need a lot of space to take notes on. So, if you make a feature of extending more space to the pdf page, I would really appreciate it. I'll upload the file of the Note+ app.

    4 votes

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  14. Hi,
    In class, we tried to collaborate on vocabulary by having each student write down a portion of the words in a separate study set. The idea was that at the end of the lesson, we could merge all the sets into one, so everyone has the complete vocabulary list.

    Unfortunately, we realized that Goodnotes doesn’t currently allow merging study sets, which makes this workflow impossible. Instead of learning with 30 different study sets, it would be great to have a feature that lets us combine multiple sets into one.

    Would love to see this added—does anyone else think this…

    4 votes

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  15. I found that in the newest version, when rolling pages horizontally, if my finger slides fast, next page will automatically adapted(i.e. next page’s top will align to the top of screen), I felt uncomfortable with this feature sometimes and I want an option to switch it off.

    4 votes

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  16. Goodnotes is the best and only app for me in terms of handwritten notes of any kind on my iPad. The only update I have been waiting is TAGS.

    4 votes

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  17. I suggest for the laser pointer to show up in the notes when you do a voice recording. Not saying for it to stay on the page but would be nice to make notes such as circling something while a professor goes over it without the circle being permanent. Hence the laser pointer function.

    4 votes

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  18. A two-way sync would allow me to synchronize the data over multiple devices.
    This means that a backup on Nextcloud can be restored without the need to import each document separately.

    Additionally, it allows the user to share documents with others and sync any changes made to the document.

    This would a huge productivity boost for
    - students in Germany
    - enterprise users

    4 votes

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  19. I am silly and forgot my password, I can still access what I have locked using Touch ID but would really appreciate the ability to reset a forgotten password so I can continue using the feature for other notebooks!

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  20. Hi team,
    Could you consider adding a "Free Up Local Space" feature, similar to macOS iCloud and windows OneDrive file management? This would allow users to remove local copies of documents while keeping them in iCloud, saving device storage. Files could be re-downloaded when needed. Thanks!

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