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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. When a new page is added sometimes I want to change the order of existing pages.

    7 votes

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  2. In thumbnail edit can choose pages like from page 4 to page 123.
    Can choose multiple pages with two or three click.

    7 votes

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  3. Can be used to cover portions of images such as screenshots. White would be the most useful.

    7 votes

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  4. Like in Apples Keynote App, when connected to a beamer I have the posibiltiy to make annotations for the current slice. There are different colored pens and a kind of Laserpointer tool (a glowing red dot or so). This is great for demonstrating things, whithout manipulating the current slice.

    Same would be great for GoodNotes - as a teacher I use GoodNotes as a Replacement for the traditional board. At the moment I do a workaround by undoing the pencil strokes I made for showing things on the current sheet.

    7 votes

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  5. I would REALLY APPRECIATE being able to "turn on" all the tape in my documents at once, or "turn off" all my tapes at once in a page or even the whole document. Not necessarily delete them just be able to toggel them on and off when i need to see my full notes again. Thanks!

    6 votes

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  6. One feature I would really love to see in Goodnotes is the ability to add a notebook-style background around imported and resized PDF slides, such as lined, grid, or dotted paper.

    This feature is already available in Notability, and it is one of the reasons why many students prefer using Notability for lecture notes.

    A common workflow for students is to first use another app or website to resize their lecture slides, then import the resized PDF into Notability. Notability allows them to place the slides on a notebook-style page with a lined background surrounding the slides, creating a clean…

    6 votes

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  7. Please consider an option in the settings to disable the newly added alignment guides when using the lasso tool. For some this is a distracting feature and should be optional.

    6 votes

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  8. It would be really cool if we had a button again in the Windows version that you could click on and, like with the keyboard, click somewhere and a table would appear. After that, you can write in it, and if you need more lines/columns, you can press a small plus sign.However, there could also be a small window that appears beforehand when you click on the table icon, where you can select which layout you want.

    6 votes

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  9. I dont want to tap to edit everytime i want to make a flashcard by pen, i just want to write them then slide to a new one. Its exshauting to tap write save then exit everytime for someone who just wants to write them by pen

    6 votes

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  10. I would like to suggest aligning the grid spacing and the ruler in GoodNotes with common measurement standards.
    In many countries (for example in Europe), squared paper follows a standardized pattern where two squares equal exactly 1 cm. This standard is widely used in schools, universities, and technical work.
    Currently in GoodNotes, however, two squares correspond to about 1.12 cm when measured with the built-in ruler. Because of this mismatch, the ruler becomes difficult to use for precise measurements or technical sketches. Lines drawn using the grid do not correspond correctly to real-world measurements.
    This can be especially inconvenient for…

    6 votes

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  11. Love the new text doc feature, but it needs improvements.

    1. Option to hyperlink to Text Docs. Right now it is greyed out when trying to link to them. Very inconvenient. It should have the option to link to the entire document and also Headings/ Subheadings within it.

    2. Option to use drawing tools within the text doc.

    3. More exporting features. Especially exporting as word document or actual text document. This is super important when trying to share editable writing with someone who doesn't use goodnotes.

    4. WORD COUNT. Please, as a writer having a word count is super important. I would also…

    6 votes

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  12. Those that use the standard versions of Goodnotes for growing minds/education need locks/parent control features. More recently Goodnotes added Ai and math assist which while I could see the benefits of these features, without having locks or parental controls added the student/child would always have the answer at their fingertips. Never having to learn to do math problems, Spelling, ect. on their own. With Locks/pin required for special features it would giver the owner the ability to use as needed.

    6 votes

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  13. It would be great to rotate the canvas when using a whiteboard. Like it is in Procreate or Photoshop

    6 votes

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  14. You recently introduced "Text Doc". I figured that text within these Text Docs is not searchable. You only find words used in the title of each Text Doc which is obviously limiting.
    I am using iOs devices with iCould sync.

    6 votes

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  15. Notebook LM has a great feature where you can create an audio overview using AI that creates a podcast episode from the content. This is the only reason I use Notebook LM as well as goodnotes and I think this should be on Goodnotes' roadmap as party of becoming a leading AI notebook took.

    6 votes

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  16. When taking handwritten notes or when reading a document, I will highlight important parts that I would like to come back to in the future. It would be very beneficial if there was an option to view all highlights in a document kind of like how when reading on a Kindle you can highlight quotes and then go back and review those quotes. This would make looking for specific information much more user-friendly.

    6 votes

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  17. To be able to select handwriting and change the color it is in after it is written

    6 votes

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  18. Everyone wants to mirror images, but what would be awesome is if you had any sketch and to be able to mirror its entirety to give symmetrical conduct, it saves not only time and energy but is also efficient and widely used in sketches.
    So just a thought…
    Thanks, David Eliav

    6 votes

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  19. 6 votes

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  20. It's very annoying, the hover effect they recently added to GoodNotes on Windows. Visually, it makes my eyes get tired quickly when I move the mouse over the document.

    6 votes

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