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  1. Ich nutze Goodnotes viel im Mathematikunterricht für Tafelanschriebe usw. Ich finde das Programm super, vor allem der Präsentationsmodus ist genial.
    Was mir noch fehlt sind Zeichengeräte (Lineal, Geodreieck -> so ähnlich wie in der Notizen App von Apple), damit könnte ich Goodnotes noch viel umfassender nutzen...

    76 votes

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  2. Any chance of more modern notebook covers (e.g. Leather, black covers)? And more writing tools, like pencils, various types of pen?

    76 votes

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  3. It would be handy in order to make powerpoint type notebooks using screenshots if I could select multiple at the same time.

    76 votes

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  4. I love this new feature added to GoodNotes 5. It can become better by:
    1. Syncing the page with the audio, which is by showing the number of the current page in which the recording is being played.
    2. Adding the ability to Rename the Audio Files.
    3. Adding the ability to export the Audio Files.
    4. Recording pixel by pixel which results in smoother writing when recording is replayed.

    75 votes

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  5. I would like to have an fast way to undo or redo something without aiming for the small buttons all the time. Maybe it is possible to implement a two-finger-swipe area to cover this function. Even if it would be only active during the editing in the zoomed window mode this would be increase the workflow.

    75 votes

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  6. As a teacher i use the app as an interactive whiteboard with a beamer and Apple TV (Airplay). This offers me a very good and cheap smartboard (interactive whiteboard) The app is almost perfect, but i am missing a simple pointer and a curtain to hide solutions from the pupils, when we are filling out a task sheet together.
    Also nice was a feature to record a lesson, like in doceri or have a timeline.

    75 votes

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  7. I love the new audio recording feature but find a few issues with it and potential improvements.
    1. Once you’ve recorded, to play a recording it plays the first ever recording and you need to find the spot for your latest one. I think it would be more logical to automatically play the latest recording, especially for people with large notebooks who don’t want to skip through hundreds of previous audio recordings.
    2. Be able to rename audio recordings or have GoodNotes use AI to rename the audio recordings (name it the title of the page, or do like voice…

    74 votes

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  8. The marked text or picture gets mirrored with the selection tool and picture tool.

    74 votes

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  9. Aveces uno necesita crear una tabla rápido y dibujarla es lento, deberían incluir esta opción. Serviría bastante. Saludos

    74 votes

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  10. Like chapter/tic headings - allow page titles and the ability to search notebooks for a particular page title

    74 votes

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  11. Text box positions and fonts should be aligned such that the multi-line typed text will be aligned with the current template's horizontal bars. This alignment should be the default initial behavior whenever a new text box is created.

    74 votes

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  12. As of today we have Audio Recordings in GoodNotes - thank you!

    You can simply forget to switch off recording, ending up with a long audio recording between lectures or meetings - it would be nice to have a functionality to split an individual audio recording in 2. Therefore it will be possible to delete needless ones.

    Custom naming of audio recordings will make it easier to navigate between them.

    Exporting audio recordings within a single notebook in bulk and individually as .mp3 file would be very convenient as well.

    72 votes

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  13. It's straightforward.

    Create a set of tools like found in Photoshop ( or any design software ) which allow objects ( text, images, shapes, stamps, etc.) to be selected and aligned to:
    1. an object
    2. the canvas

    Additionally, add a tool for grouping and ungrouping objects and one to "send to the back" or "bring to the front" (practical when objects overlap ).

    GoodNotes is a note-taking app, and it should be equally considered a design app. Missing these simple tools that allow me to organize my content makes GoodNotes less effective and less efficient ( and often frustrating…

    72 votes

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  14. Please enable search for exact phrase within quotation marks. Right now the engine searches for words separately. When the search phrase contains some common words like “the”, “of”, “a” etc. a pile of irrelevant search results would come out.

    72 votes

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  15. Since the last update, I'm honestly thinking of quitting goodnotes after 6 years of use.
    The new lasso tool has a lot of glitch, and there is not the possibility to remove the Smart Alignment between handwritten text and figures.
    The new figure tool doesn't admit figures without outlines like in the older version, and this was a great feature. It also can't draw proper lines or figures.
    The new toolbar is so messy, the important icons are less accessible, and it can't really be personalized.

    So please give us back the old version with some improvement such as half…

    71 votes

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  16. Often, I want to rotate an object but want to it stay the same size. It would be nice to lock the size when rotating. A similar function to lock rotation when resizing would also be very nice.

    71 votes

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  17. It would be very helpful if the OCR capabilities could be extended to include images, such as screenshots of whiteboard sessions.

    71 votes

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  18. I can't edit the iPad notes on the Windows PC because GoodNotes Windows doesn't sync with iOS.

    Maybe it's possible to implement a system where users can sync their notes between GoodNotes client using other cloud storage platforms (OneDrive, GDrive etc.)

    70 votes

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  19. I’d like to be able to enter math equations in text with special characters like in Microsoft word. With special characters and symbols. I use good notes for engineering.If you look a word, it has equation, and symbols, subscripts and super scripts. That would be great.

    70 votes

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  20. When using Apple Pencil, a terrific combination with GoodNotes and the iPad Pro, there is no difference between the Ball Pen style and the Fountain Pen style. As a result, the beautiful look of handwritten ink with the Fountain Pen style is unavailable, a severe tradeoff for the added precision of the Apple Pencil. Please enable the Fountain Pen style with Apple Pencil. Thanks!

    70 votes

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