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  1. the text boxes system is outdated, unconfortable and breaks the "note-taking flow". Add tap & type as, for example, notability, or a similar function.

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  2. It was possible in GoodNotes 4 to draw very thin lines, 1 pixel size.
    I often use GoodNotes by beginning to write something on one sheet with the stylus, then select all and reduce the size, then zoom in to write more things on the page.
    On GoodNotes 4 the smallest width (0.5) was the same when reducing.
    On GoodNotes 5, the smallest width is too thick, after reducing the new lines are much more thicker than the reduced ones.
    This was a must for me in GoodNotes 4.
    Please please please :)

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  3. 1.In the Zoom Window, eraser, frequently used color, backward, etc. have disappeared. It is annoying because the move is long.

    2.After all, it does not seem to support two page views at a time.

    3.No highlighter in Drawing Shapes. Drawing shape with Highlighters are only linear ...
    At Goodnote 4, i can draw circle, triangle, etc with highlighter.

    4.There is still no changing the template at once ....
    When I write i use grid and i print i with only white page.
    I have to change it every single page.

    5.On the preview page, version 4 shows the current page…

    2 votes

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  4. There are multiple features that I used daily from Goodnotes 4 that are non-existent in Goodnotes 5. I know you said that the Airplay display features are coming but since I only used Goodnotes while Airplaying this is a big deal for me.

    Also there is no option for importing/exporting to other cloud based storage (google drive, OneDrive for business, Dropbox). I used these with the automatic backup feature (also non-existent) everyday in my classroom. I am very disappointed with the release of Goodnotes 5 as you said that you took all the great parts of Goodnotes 4 and added…

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  5. Like Microsoft word, a way to go back 5 mins and restore things that might have been deleted. The undo button resets when you leave the document.

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  6. I am writing to report a critical usability flaw regarding the Text Box tool that severely disrupts the core note-taking workflow. I strongly request your development team to review and resolve this issue as a top priority.

    Currently, Goodnotes only allows users to tap and create a Text Box in completely blank areas where no document text exists. When I tap directly over or near areas with existing document text, the app completely ignores my touch input and refuses to open a Text Box at that exact spot.

    My entire workflow depends on tapping directly on or right next to…

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  7. Dear Goodnotes Team,

    I am writing to bring your attention to a critical issue with the Text Box tool that is heavily disrupting my daily workflow. I strongly request the development team to review this behavior and address it as soon as possible.

    Currently, Goodnotes only allows a Text Box to be created when tapping on completely blank areas of a page. When I tap directly over or near existing document text, the app ignores the touch input and fails to open a Text Box at that location.

    Because I need to type notes, answers, and annotations directly over or…

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  8. Dear Goodnotes Support Team,

    I am writing to report a critical usability flaw regarding the Text Box tool that severely disrupts the core note-taking workflow. I strongly request your development team to review and resolve this issue as a top priority.

    Currently, Goodnotes only allows users to tap and create a Text Box in completely blank areas where no document text exists. When I tap directly over or near areas with existing document text, the app completely ignores my touch input and refuses to open a Text Box at that exact spot.

    My entire workflow depends on tapping directly on…

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  9. Hello Goodnotes Team,

    I am a long-time user who deeply enjoys using Goodnotes for taking notes and organizing documents.

    I am writing to suggest a feature that would greatly improve the user experience.

    Other note-taking apps (such as Flexcil) offer a Layer feature, which allows users to separate handwritten notes, text boxes, and imported images/PDF files. In Goodnotes, however, the lack of layers makes it quite inconvenient when working with overlapping elements.

    Currently, when I write over an inserted image or pasted document, trying to select or edit only the handwriting often results in accidentally moving or selecting the…

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  10. Introducing the Polish language would make the app much easier to use for Polish-speaking users and make it more accessible to a wider audience.

    I hope you will consider this suggestion when planning future updates. I would greatly appreciate it if you could take this request into consideration.

    Kind regards,
    An App User

    Wprowadzenie języka polskiego znacznie ułatwiłoby korzystanie z aplikacji osobom polskojęzycznym i sprawiłoby, że byłaby ona bardziej dostępna dla większej liczby użytkowników.

    Mam nadzieję, że moja sugestia zostanie wzięta pod uwagę przy planowaniu przyszłych aktualizacji. Będę bardzo wdzięczna za rozważenie tej możliwości.

    Z poważaniem,
    Użytkowniczka aplikacji

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  11. sehr problematischer Workflow, da viel Zeitverlust durch folgende wiederkehrende Probleme:

    Programm/App im Vergleich zur Apple Version sehr viel langsamer
    Programm/App schließt sich oft, wenn von Dokument zu Dokument gewechselt wird
    Abmeldung von Geräten die selten genutzt werden
    Programm/App springt während der Arbeit oft zum Startbildschirm zurück

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  12. For the text doc to be useful to me I need it to be an option to add it as a page within a normal notebook. I always use both typed and hand-written notes interchangeably. And I usually have one notebook per subject. So it would be so helpful to have the option to add a text document just as a page (I don‘t mind if it is size restricted, just like with pages when doing handwritten notes). Because currently the only option to have that is to export the text document and re-add it as a pdf to the…

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  14. Currently, Text Documents are displayed in a relatively narrow, fixed-width column, leaving substantial unused white space on either side of the screen. Even when the Goodnotes window is maximised, I cannot enlarge the document or adjust its width to make better use of the available screen space.

    This makes reading, studying and working with longer documents unnecessarily difficult, particularly on larger Mac displays.

    I would greatly appreciate the following improvements:

    Adjustable document width: Allow users to expand or narrow the text column, ideally with a "Fit to Window" option that automatically adapts to the screen size.

    Independent zoom controls: Introduce…

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  15. every topic have a broad topic and many sub topics … from that broad topic we cant-find the sub topics easily we have to hit and try on different broad topic so the feature of sub outline is great to get that very topic instantly

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  16. Goodnotes Cloud synchronisiert derzeit die gesamte Bibliothek. Für berufliche und private bzw. schulische Inhalte wäre eine Einstellung sinnvoll, mit der einzelne Ordner von der Cloud-Synchronisierung ausgeschlossen werden können. So könnten Nutzer gemeinsam an bestimmten Dokumenten arbeiten, ohne vertrauliche berufliche Inhalte hochzuladen.

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  17. To be able to change the size of the folders. Not individually for each folder, but as a general setting.

    Like big, medium or small size.

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  18. I can see curved arrows and I can also see shaped arrows but there are no straight arrows that are straight from one point to another for any direction

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  19. have the new recognition Dutch

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  20. Sticky notes that are also arrow-shaped, and a feature that automatically collapses sticky notes that aren't in use and expands them when you click on them, without always having to collapse them via a menu

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