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  1. Select only these folders or books you want to sync on iCloud (so that you can work together with a other person).

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  2. By using finger and holding, it should be possible to move pictures and photos from one page to the next rather than copy, insert on new page, delete on old. That is really awkward.

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  3. A simple button in the menu area to directs the user to the open documents instead of open any document just to open the previously opened docs.

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  4. GoodNotes is an amazing app and I really appreciate all it can do. Recently, I started making flashcards with it. This is when I encountered a problem while I was trying to study those flashcards. I learned that I couldn't zoom in on the flashcards when in study mode. This is a major issue with the flashcards feature because my small iPhone screen does not show the details of the pictures that I attached, which makes it impossible for me to study these flashcards properly. Please try to fix this ASAP because zooming in on the images to see the…

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  5. A small bar that can be positioned around the edge of the screen. I use the Goodnotes app to take notes during Uni lectures and I find myself using the brush pen for titles and key info, and ball pen for the notes. When you have the app on half screen so that the powerpoint takes up one side you lose the access to the quick "one tap" colour selection.

    The ideal quick bar would be able to move to either sides of the document you are taking notes on. You would be able to had a set style and…

    14 votes

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  6. Ich würde gerne Videos oder Links von Videos einfügen und anklicken können.

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  7. I write exercises for my music students. When synchronising, I would like to have an option, that students can ‘ read only’ instead of ‘read and write’ . Just like many iCloud services work.
    And how do I change the name of a folder? Can’t figure it out.
    Great App! Thank you!

    14 votes

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  8. 14 votes

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  9. Instead of going to the thumbnails menu, just do a zoom out to see two pages in the same view, instead of one; then if done again you can see 4 pages and then 6, then 8 and so on.

    Important detail is that, let's say you have the view for 8 pages in your screen, if you do the gesture to see the 'next page' you see the next 8 pages, so you can navigate much faster within the document.

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  10. I know a lot of snapping grid request have been proposed but I wanted to propose something more specific.

    One of the feature that I love with GoodNotes is the ability to create our own templates with precise format. I attached a file as an example.

    I created a lot of different templates with grids on them. But depending of the templates the size and the position of the grid differ.

    So what could be great is to have the ability to create snapping grid with :

    • custom colors;
    • toggle hide/show (hiding would be useful for not overlaying existing grid…
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  11. By far the biggest let down of GoodNotes is the failure of the drawing coexisting with the typing. Currently, typing is shocking on mac and must be improved to a similar standard to a word processor. This would widen the target market dramatically and improve the service significantly.

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  12. When browsing my documents, it’s sometimes much easier to see a tree view with plus and minus signs for expand and collapse.
    This is especially true for a deep structure trees

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  13. Just in the last update the ability to use the fountain pen when drawing a shape or straight line has been taken out. (and only ball pen is allowed)

    This is really jarring because it means that suddenly you're drawing a line which is substantially thicker than the text you were writing.

    Also the shapes have lost that sweet, 'organic', 'hand drawn' quality that looked awesome before. The new shapes are sterile.

    Please undo the last update, it looks terrible!

    14 votes

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  14. The dark blue colour menubar at the top of the app is:
    (a) irritating
    (b) takes up a lot of space

    Please add an option to hide it.

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  15. As is a feature in OneNote, GoodNotes should add the ability to recognize math equations and to be able to solve it like PhotoMath or Microsoft in OneNote

    14 votes

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  16. This would given a more "drawn" feel to shapes.

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  17. Some tools like NotesPlus and Noteshelf seem to improve my handwriting so it is Smoother and more while other tools like GoodNotes don’t do this.

    My writing seems to be more angular and ragged in GoodNotes.

    I wonder if the authors of Good Notes have reviewed these other packages to get a sense of a different writing experience ?

    Is this an area GoodNotes might address?

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  18. I love using the Apple Pencil. One nitpick: if we could rotate pages with 2 fingers in any direction it would be great. I tend to write at an angle with page turned slightly clockwise. Having the page be perfectly vertical or horizontal is uncomfortable after a lot of writing. Another app that does this well is Procreate.

    14 votes

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  19. Allow images to be moved behind text layers, even if the image has been inserted after the text.

    Currently, if one selects drawings with the lasso and moves them over an image, they dissappear behind it.

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  20. Hide sidebar on Goodnotes for Mac to not permanently show favorites

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