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  1. Instead of having to colour in drawings or shapes by hand (which is time consuming and sometimes difficult), being able to drag a colour of you choosing to fill inside a shape would be amazing! They have this feature on Procreate and it saves so much time and stress. I would love this to be added to Goodnotes too!

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  2. Good morning,

    I am leaving this comment because I believe it could help improve the user experience of the application. I am a student, and I use it daily for reading, highlighting PDFs, and taking notes, especially on texts.

    One of the main issues I encounter when studying on a tablet is that, when using the stylus with the highlighter function, my hand is not very steady, and the lines I draw are usually uneven. I know that by holding the stroke at the end it automatically straightens, but in many cases my stroke is so irregular that the correction…

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  3. Buenos días.
    Dejo este comentario porque me parece algo que puede mejorar la experiencia al usar la aplicación. Soy estudiante y es una herramienta que uso a diario para lectura, subrayado de PDFs y tambien toma de notas, específicamente sobre textos.
    Uno de los principales inconvenientes que tengo al estudiar con la tablet es que al usar el lápiz con la función de resaltador mi pulso es impreciso y al subrayar el texto la linea habitualmente sale torcida. Se que al mantener presionado una vez finalizado el trazo este se endereza automáticamente, pero por lo general mi trazo es tan…

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    1. Text Tool Enhancements

    Text Input Issues: Since upgrading to Goodnotes 6, typing has become frustrating. When clicking to type, the app often selects the entire PDF text block instead of placing a cursor. Please allow users to tap anywhere to start typing immediately without triggering existing text blocks. Currently, it's particularly difficult with a mouse or finger compared to the Apple Pencil.

    Custom Text Styles: Currently, only one default style can be saved. Please allow users to create and save multiple custom text presets. Additionally, include letter spacing (kerning) as a customizable parameter within these styles.

    Scribble-to-Text Consistency: When converting…

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  4. Feedback and Feature Requests for Goodnotes 6 Improvements
    1. Text Tool Enhancements

    Text Input Issues: Since upgrading to Goodnotes 6, typing has become frustrating. When clicking to type, the app often selects the entire PDF text block instead of placing a cursor. Please allow users to tap anywhere to start typing immediately without triggering existing text blocks. Currently, it's particularly difficult with a mouse or finger compared to the Apple Pencil.

    Custom Text Styles: Currently, only one default style can be saved. Please allow users to create and save multiple custom text presets. Additionally, include letter spacing (kerning) as a…

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  5. Subject: Feedback and Feature Requests for Goodnotes 6 Improvements
    1. Text Tool Enhancements

    Text Input Issues: Since upgrading to Goodnotes 6, typing has become frustrating. When clicking to type, the app often selects the entire PDF text block instead of placing a cursor. Please allow users to tap anywhere to start typing immediately without triggering existing text blocks. Currently, it's particularly difficult with a mouse or finger compared to the Apple Pencil.

    Custom Text Styles: Currently, only one default style can be saved. Please allow users to create and save multiple custom text presets. Additionally, include letter spacing (kerning) as…

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  6. You can directly enter the link to the document's numerical location instead of having to select it manually. The key point is that you can directly enter the link instead of having to select it manually.

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  7. please make it possible to arrange folders and notebooks manually! that would improve my whole goodnotes experience a lot!

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  8. When writing in the zoom window, the place where you are writing has to appear also in the main view. This is sometimes inconvenient as it may be handful to write in page 3 but seeing page 1 for instance.

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  9. I really like the Idea of a coloration Tab or planning tab. So that I can give myself tasks with deadlines, have a calender for exams etc.
    If I then could invite people to join my project where I can assign tasks like in other Apps (see notion, microsoft teams or asana).
    All in all I want a feature where I cannot only work but plan and get reminded for my work without using a second app.

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  10. Right now it feels the navigation part is taking too much space vertically. I would consider remove the top-most dark blue part of the navigation panel, as for the functions there, they can be moved to the tool row (pencil, eraser, color etc). This may make the tool row a bit crowded, but one can always add a scrolling to fit all the tools we have right now.

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  11. I’d love a feature that automatically refines handwriting to a font or refining my actual handwriting in real time while writing, similar to Freenotes.

    I would like to:

    • Smooth and standardize strokes live
    • Keep the user’s handwriting style OR apply a font
    • Improve legibility and aesthetics instantly

    Use case:

    • Annotating PDFs where neatness matters
    • Taking notes that look polished without rewriting
    • Digital planning

    Why it matters:
    Currently, GoodNotes requires manual conversion or editing. A real-time system would:

    • Save time
    • Improve visual quality
    • Compete with newer apps offering live handwriting refinement

    Optional features:

    • Toggle on/off
    • Adjustable “cleanliness” level
    • Style presets (natural…
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  12. Add an option to customize the lasso select menu after something is selected to be more like goodnotes 5. one thing I do all the time is lasso and then 'copy' but now I have to click an extra button to get to the 'copy' button. it was better on goodnotes 5.

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  13. Please add more to the keyboard shortcut list! I work with a macro pad right now and it is super useful to be able to switch between the tools. But it would be a huge improvement to able to toggle between the colors, and sizes. Even better make the keyboard shortcuts customizable. Continuing to work on the keyboard shortcuts in any capacity would make a large improvement to my work flow.

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  14. 在文档中做笔记或书写时,页面空间常常会不够用。在这种情况下,如果能够增加“页面扩展”功能,让用户可以在同一页面内延展书写区域,将带来更大的灵活性和连贯性,尤其适合那些希望将相关内容保持在同一页面中的用户,而不是被迫分散到多个页面。感谢你们持续打造这样一款强大且用心设计的应用。希望你们能在未来的更新中考虑这一建议。

    When taking notes or writing in a document, there’s often not enough space on the page. In such cases, adding a “page expansion” feature that allows users to extend the writing area within the same page would provide greater flexibility and continuity. This would be particularly useful for users who prefer to keep related content on a single page rather than having it scattered across multiple pages. Thank you for your ongoing efforts in creating such a powerful and thoughtfully designed app. We hope you’ll consider this suggestion in future updates.

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  15. 在文档中做笔记或书写时,页面空间常常会不够用。在这种情况下,如果能够增加“页面扩展”功能,让用户可以在同一页面内延展书写区域,将带来更大的灵活性和连贯性,尤其适合那些希望将相关内容保持在同一页面中的用户,而不是被迫分散到多个页面。感谢你们持续打造这样一款强大且用心设计的应用。希望你们能在未来的更新中考虑这一建议。

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  16. Add an option for the tape feature to toggle all on or all off, in addition to the remove all feature. I don't want to go through my entire document to open them all or close them all. One button is better.

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  17. I would like to be able to make the writing size bigger for features like the whiteboard since I personally like to have a lot of size difference in my mindmaps and it would really help out. I‘d suggest to have the 3 different sizes like before but also add an option to create your own size with a pen that you can resize by pixelwidth, so everyone is happe :)

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  18. School ipads dissallow connecting to icloud or apple id
    let us work together without requiring Icloud

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  19. Study sets of all formats (i.e including image based and handwritten sets) should be able to be shared (/exportable) to other users and apps

    Especially to other Goodnote users as I'm unable to share some sets to classmates and we're both Goodnote premium users (us sharing an iCloud isn't a reasonable option)

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