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[Outline] Sub-Outlines / Tabs / Navigation in the notes

When I import some PDFs their outlines are imported too. I love this feature. I have noticed that when this happens, the outlines have sub-outlines to make navigating the outlines easier.

However, I can not create this in my own GoodNotes outlines. It only works when I import a PDF that already has this structure built into it.

I would like to have a feature in GoodNotes where I can create sub-outlines in my notebooks.

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Closed. Completed  ·  AdminGoodnotes (Moderator, GoodNotes) responded  · 

Sub-items in Outlines Now Available! 🎉

Hi there,

Thank you for requesting this feature and sharing your feedback with us!

We're excited to let you know that multi-level outlines with sub-items are now available in Goodnotes 7.0.22 on iOS and Mac starting today.

What's new:

  • Nest outlines to create hierarchical structure (chapters, sections, sub-sections)
  • Reorder outlines and sub-items by dragging and dropping
  • Create sub-items manually in your handwritten notebooks and imported PDFs
  • Collapse and expand sections to reduce clutter and navigate faster

This makes it much easier to organize and navigate large notebooks and PDFs without endless scrolling.

Learn more

We'd love to hear what you think! Feel free to share your feedback with us.

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Goodnotes Team

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  • 林于凱 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Goodnotes AI told me that I can “Manually drag the outline below Chapter 16” and “Adjust their hierarchy“, BUT that is simply not true.

    I wish that true though. You can drag the outline into another outline, to make the subject one into a sub-outline.

  • Nils Junge commented  ·   ·  Report

    It will be useful to had in the register sub-points. With the AI can I create sub-points but didn´t by my self, that ist very annoying in notebooks that has more than 100 pages. Please fix it as soon as possible. Thanks

  • Taiwu commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's been so long since you said "Sub-outlines will be available very soon", please make it available!

  • Laney Riley commented  ·   ·  Report

    Better Outlines (collapsible subheadings, ability to see entire name of outline, custom order for outlines)

  • Jennifer Dunn commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please enable the ability to reorder items in the outline and create subcategories. I put all my project files at the end of my notebook but I want them organized in the outline under project type. Thanks

  • Piyush commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am teacher, I use goodnotes extensively, I would be a game changing if we could introduce sub outline. Not only me, there are many teacher around the world for whom it will be helpful.

  • 나튼튼 commented  ·   ·  Report

    1. Please put in the eraser mode to erase only the pen.

    2. Please allow me to put the outline in the outline.

  • Sunny Katewa commented  ·   ·  Report

    This actually might be a dealbreaker for me. Coming from OneNote, I love everything in Goodnotes 6 but if I can not even organise my notes, what even is the point of making them digitally, at least that’s the case for me.

  • thechexican commented  ·   ·  Report

    This has been one of the biggest pains trying to efficiently use GoodNotes in an academic context.

    Imported PDF outlines are way more organized and granular than GoodNotes allows, but they're also uneditable and often out of sequential order.

    Kind of kills organization and productivity to not be able to create sequential outline tabs in the content as you would with a physical binder/notebook.

  • 이준서 (Jason) commented  ·   ·  Report

    + I think it would be nice if I can set sub-outlines and more sub ones for that. And it’s going to be how : first, I should just normally create outlines, and then for example by dragging B outline and releasing it on A outline, B becomes subordinate to A outline! Wouldn’t it be cool?

  • Mayra Cuevas commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes!! I would like to tap a button and have it show me at a glance all the tabs I have open so that I can more easily find the one I need.

  • Aidan Lam commented  ·   ·  Report

    I cannot believe that this feature was requested in 2019, and six years later, the app still does not have the dead-simple feature of being able to add nested outlines. What is going on here? Come on, goodnotes?!

  • 张学敏 commented  ·   ·  Report

    I wait for this feature for many years, pls add it!!!

  • Mike commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes. I see that GN will build an outline based on existing PDF table of contents, but only at the first level. Larger PDFS with nested ToC miss out.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Very much needed, as my documents get large, I need to collapse rather than scrolling endlessly through outline items. I wish they could be nested. Thank you for considering.

  • Tae Kyung Lee commented  ·   ·  Report

    It’s been 6 years and this basic feature is still missing. Either the team is incredibly incompetent, or they're just holding it back to monetize it in a goodnote 7.

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