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  1. A “stamp tool”:
    This would allow users to natively create stamps of their own design using existing GoodNotes tools like shapes AND/OR import photos or shapes that can be added to an internal library of shapes to be used over and over. See below for functionality.

    User draws or writes something.
    User selects the object with stamp tool.
    The stamp tool saves the object into “library or repository of object.”
    User can “stamp” the object repeatedly.

    This is like the objects library in illustrator. You could have an “object selector tool” to select the items that go into the library.…

    12 votes

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  2. stop compressing images imported into pdf. Retain the image quality please!

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  3. I´m using the option flash cards on the ipad frequently, but it would be really great to improve this tool for usage on laptops. The cards, and shown answers, are really small, so its often impossible to check if you´ve got everything right, especially when the cards are rather full and the textsize is small.

    12 votes

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  4. I'm personally very much not a fan of the navy-blue theme. I believe it would be an amazing UX implementation for GoodNotes to follow in the footsteps of Apollo for Reddit, for example, who offer a wide variety of aesthetic variations, see the attached picture for an example of what GoodNotes could implement!

    12 votes

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  5. I need to do a lot of reading, whether it's class readings or readings that correspond to my interests. The problem is that I don't have time to fit all of it into my schedule. My eyes get tired from all of that reading and I often wish I could just relax my eyes but still listen to the books/articles being read. This would help me keep absorbing information and move forward even when I don't feel like reading. I wish GoodNotes had a feature that could read aloud for me PDF books and scanned articles.

    PDF books usually have…

    12 votes

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  6. Instead of highlighter overlining text, program it to switch behind the text. Included is a photo with the above text featuring an overlined highlight, and the lower text featuring "behind" highlight. (In order to achieve "behind", need to first mark with highlighter then write over with pen). The current "overline" setting is frustrating because it compromises the color of the pen instead of accenting it.

    12 votes

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  7. Like in the apple PDF modificator, it may be interesting to add a ruler to make easier to underline some text or doing geométric shapes. Currently in Good Note the tool which allow us to do shape or straight line is a bit hard to use.
    Sometimes, we can’t do what we want. It’s a waste of time.

    12 votes

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  8. Tapping on an already imported image and being able to replace it with another one, without having to import a new one, with messed up size and not arranged like the one we’d like to update/change.

    12 votes

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  9. When you scroll on Goodnotes, the paper seems to take too long to stop moving after swiping and you must wait until it stops before you can swipe again. Getting rid of some of this extra moving time would make the app feel a lot more fluid.

    There is also quite a bit more Apple Pencil latency when using it in Goodnotes vs a native app such as Apple notes. Not sure why this is but working on this aspect would boost the entire feel of the app and make it feel more integrated and polished.

    12 votes

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  10. Hey there,

    I am using Good Notes 5 since about one week.
    I'm left handed and I'm asking myself if it's possible to freely align the paper.
    I would like to put it more to the right side of my iPad in order to write better.

    Is it possible to freely put the paper wherever you want? At the moment it sticks to the middle of the iPad.

    12 votes

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  11. Would be great if it can also be sorted out by colours.

    That way, we can simply glance at what we've highlighted on a single page.

    12 votes

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  12. It would be nice to have a hand-drawn image/symbol gallery. For example, writing out your own formulas/diagrams and being able to save them at the top of the page in the tool bar (just like how there's a photo option that comes from your camera roll).

    Having your own drawn images/formulas etc, would be a lot quicker for the user instead of re-writing out or copying/pasting each time when you need to use a specific shape/image/formula etc.

    12 votes

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  13. I would like an Import Action for the Shortcuts app. One use I have for your app is markup for online teaching. Adding this action would allow me to create a shortcut that can automatically import the PDFs that I will use for that day's lesson into a student's folder.

    12 votes

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  14. I would like to be able to use the select tool when writing with the Zoom window without having to exit this mode.

    I use this app every day and it would be quite helpful if you are able to add this feature :)

    12 votes

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  15. bookmarking isn't enough and search is ok but another step. could you have feature to link one note to another

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  16. Hello there! What about syncing the iPad app with a PC desktop app (or webpage) just for view the content? I am a Mac user but not at the office but I use GoodNotes in my job, so it will be cool if this feature is available :)

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  17. I’ve just had a bad experience with NotesPlus in which the app has had a series of really bad software problems.

    In looking for replacements, I am extremely worried about vendor lock in where the editable version of my data is locked away inside a black box.

    My notes are just that, my notes, and reflect many hours of my life’s work.

    Fortunately NotesPlus uses an open data format - a directory structure which includes document names and a tree of sub folders that hold each page of handwritten text as an SVG scalable vector graphics file which I can…

    12 votes

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  18. Being able to adjust opacity would enable note taking to use a Boldness type feature for important ideas and parenthetical ideas could be more faint.

    12 votes

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  19. 日本語の文書の場合、縦書きの文書もある。この場合、左から右にスワイプしてページをスクロールするのが自然である。スクロールの方向を追加してほしい。

    12 votes

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  20. Could GoodNotes only store recent accessed files for quick access and store unused files automatically on iCloud? It will be really useful for devices running out of storage.
    iCloud Drive on the iPadOS files app could do that.

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