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I have a suggestion that I think would make it even more useful for reading and taking notes. When I read a PDF document, I often come across references or links that take me to other pages within the document. This is especially useful when the text contains a reference number or symbol that I need to look up to fully understand the content.

However, one thing that can be frustrating is when I follow a link to a new page and then want to return to the page I was reading before. In order to do this, I have to scroll back through the PDF, which can be time-consuming and distracting.

That's why I would like to suggest that the app include a shortcut that takes the user back to the page they were reading before clicking on a link. This would save time and make the reading experience more seamless and enjoyable.

With this feature, users would be able to easily navigate back and forth between different pages and references within the PDF, without losing their place in the document. I believe this would be a valuable addition to the app and would make it even more user-friendly for people who read and take notes.

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  • Ahlam Soliman commented  ·   ·  Report

    Instead of opening a new document to go back, there should be another easier way to go back and forth smoothly

  • Francisco Flores commented  ·   ·  Report

    If I am on slide 50 of a pdf powerpoint but I want to keep referencing slide 9 multiple times quickly, I would like to press one button that would take me to the "previous page". So I could go between slide 50 and 9 at one press of a button

  • David commented  ·   ·  Report

    Applies to teaching with PDFs slides. When a slide have several bullets, you can create one page for each bullet (incrementally), but this kind or PDF slides works very bad with scrolling.
    Please add a three fingers slide (or similar) for 'instant' page change.

  • Michael Hyatt commented  ·   ·  Report

    I would love to see this, too. I can create that kind of button in both Keynote and Adobe Acrobat DC. However, for some reason, GoodNotes doesn't recognize it. Even though the link works in the PDF, it won't work after importing it into GoodNotes.

  • Katitlyn Parkinson commented  ·   ·  Report

    I want the option to be able to go to a different page and then click a 'back button' to whatever page I was on previously (within the same notebook). This would be really helpful since some of my notebooks are really long, and sometimes I just want to check something out on a different page and then go back to the page I was previously on. It takes me a long time to scroll all the way back to the page, so this would be very helpful :)

  • Pauline commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes!!! This is so trivial yet so annoying. I use a calendar in GoodNotes and since I have that document open at all times, I have it under my starred Documents, but thatā€™s still quite annoying. Please implement this, that would be great!

  • Bruna commented  ·   ·  Report

    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.

  • Bruna commented  ·   ·  Report

    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.

  • DAD commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm often reviewing older notes on previous pages, then scrolling back to the last page. It would be nice to have a button dedicated to the last page of the notebook so getting there is easier. The Go to Page feature on the more button is close, but it defaults to the page you're currently on, which doesn't make a lot of sense. What if it defaulted to the last page instead? This seems like the far more likely use case and would be a simple fix

  • DAD commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm often reviewing older notes on previous pages, then scrolling back to the last page. It would be nice to have a button dedicated to the last page of the notebook so getting there is easier. The Go to Page feature on the more button is close, but it defaults to the page you're currently on, which doesn't make a lot of sense. What if it defaulted to the last page instead? This seems like the far more likely use case and would be a simple fix

  • BG commented  ·   ·  Report

    I fully support this idea. It is the only drawback so far for using pdf slides (generated using Latex/beamer) for remote teaching.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Now, we cannot go back to the link point after tapping a link in the pdf. How about adding this feature?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can you add a kind of "Back to writing" \ "Back to last document" button to the main page. Thanks.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Even though the presenter view has a feature to instantaneously flip page on the mirrored screen it would be more convenient to have a "next page" button instead of always having to swipe, in particular when having a long sequence of slides (pages) that make up an "animation".

    Furthermore, when flipping page using swipe, it is common (for me at least) that the selected tool shows up on screen for a split of a second before the app understands that I'm not pressing but swiping. This is annoying when using the app to record video lectures.

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  • Dinyar Madon commented  ·   ·  Report

    Goodnotes 4 had a feature whereby one could "go back" to the last page one had viewed in the document. This feature is not available in Goodnotes 5. I request that this feature be added to Goodnotes 5.

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