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  1. I used to be able to select all by double tapping or holding in the midst of something I've written, now the option is gone.

    I also was able to press and hold in an area to paste something l had copied _ since the update these options are gone and every tune I want to paste this annoying pop up comes up - please never to the way it was before.

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  2. Please allow us to choose image after tapping on desired location like earlier rather than Choosing the image then moving it to desired location as it doubles the work.

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  3. 상단바 내의 버튼들 눌렀을 때 옵션창이 밑애 새로 생기게 한 점, 진짜 너무너무 화가 난다.
    이런 글 처음 남겨보는데, 9월 전으로 되돌려놓은 게 좋을거야.
    너는 공책을 가리는 앱을 좋아해? 5도 사고 6도 샀는데 진짜 이번 변신이 최악이다.
    이러한 인터페이스를 제시한 사람을 저주할거야.
    진짜 너무 짜증이 난다. 뭐 자꾸 새로운 거 하려들지말고 유지보수나 잘해줘.

    I truly don’t understand the decision behind the new toolbar behavior.
    Having option panels suddenly appear below when tapping buttons on the top bar feels incredibly counterintuitive and distracting.

    I’ve never submitted feedback before, but I really believe reverting to the pre-September design would be a wise…

    2 votes

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  4. I am begging you, as a teacher that teaches multiple classes each day to add a feature to erase all annotation on all slides with one click. Right now, we have to erase each slide individually and if you have 20 slides, that takes some time. Then, you have to do that 5 times a day if you teach that class over and over. Please, one click to erase all annotation so we can clear with one click and restart the presentation fresh.

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  5. Please add a feature that allows converting a fountain pen stroke into a pencil or other pen tools, as well as a line style conversion feature (solid, dashed, dotted).

    Pen tool conversion
    Fountain pen → Ballpoint pen

    Fountain pen → Brush

    Fountain pen → Pencil

    Brush → Fountain pen

    Brush → Ballpoint pen

    Brush → Pencil

    Pencil → Fountain pen

    Pencil → Brush

    Pencil → Ballpoint pen

    Conversion to ballpoint pen (from brush, fountain pen, or pencil) is possible,
    but reverse conversion from ballpoint pen to fountain pen, brush, or pencil is not feasible,
    because ballpoint pen strokes cannot reproduce…

    1 vote

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  6. Thank you for reworking the sticky notes <3 . They are almost perfect now.
    One thing is still impractical though.
    All sticky notes open to the lower right - regardless of their position on the page. It would be great if they intelligently recognized the page borders and opened in such a way as to stay completely visible.
    Reason: Many textbooks and almost all scientific papers have a 2 column layout with only a narrow gap between. Is is only natural to place notes for the right column in the right margin. See image.

    (Another but minor improvement: When a…

    2 votes

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  7. I wish there would be a setting to globally turn off snap to other shapes. I often find it rather annoying when trying to draw lines closely together. A global setting to not be on by default would be a game changer for me.

    2 votes

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  8. I would like to request that all pen tools be displayed as floating toolbars to provide a wider and more comfortable writing area.

    I apologize for mentioning other apps, but these days, most apps—such as Notability, Noteshelf 3, and Scrawl—use floating toolbars, which makes writing feel much more comfortable. In contrast, GoodNotes has pen tools and tabs that occupy fixed space first, with an additional floating pen toolbar displayed below them. This results in a lack of writing space and makes the writing area feel narrow and uncomfortable.

    I hope GoodNotes can also move all pen tools to fully floating…

    1 vote

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  9. After updating goodn0te tools bar in Sep2025 I found one issue which is after changing back from the lasso tools to writing tools, it's always the eraser. Nomatter what writing tools i used before lasso ( such as pen highlight etc), it is always become erasor

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  10. I am facing an issue with an old OST file that I can no longer access because my Outlook profile or Exchange account is no longer available. I have tried opening the OST file directly, but Outlook does not allow it. Can anyone guide me on how to recover data from an OST file and convert it into PST format so that I can access my emails, contacts, and other mailbox items in Outlook again? I am open to both manual methods and third-party tools —just need a reliable and safe solution.

    1 vote

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  11. Please bring back the setting, that you can customize you text field and save the customization. In earlier versions it was able to fine tune the line spacing, now it is too imprecise. It is very bad

    As well we need the function to create tables. It would make so many thing so much easier. Please invent it

    2 votes

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  12. As a apple pencil pro user. The squeeze feature for openning the circle toolbar is self sufficient for changing tools so a settintgs that remove the horizontal toolbar when using apple pencil pro would be a great and easy way to get more space for notebook and usage of the squeeze feature on the pencil. Hope the idea seems great !

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  13. Return the way you can place stickers from goodnotes5 into goodnotes6. It’s weird that it was possible in goodnotes5 to select the sticker tool and then when I press on the page I can choose which sticker tool place but in goodnotes6 I need to create a sticker and only then I need to move it where I want it to be.

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  14. Before the update you used to have the option of draw and hold for the highlighter. No you can’t switch it on or off. And the „mandatory draw and hold“ that you provided the highlighter with now is bad. It doesn’t correct the actual wobbles and curves itself but just the last part that comes after the wobbles or nothing at all and it just makes the wobbles more appealing and aesthetically. But its nerve wracking if you mark things fast during lectures and have to fight with not straight lines that sometimes cover the lines below or under. I…

    2 votes

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  15. We need a spline function, it is really hard and long proctor draw a functions, plus with the new update the connection dots are much bigger and can’t even get a good connection between curves, it drives me crazy because I draw a lot of functions

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  16. The absence of the word "translation" on the bar containing (copy, define , strikeout,, …). I want to translate word in pdf it’s useful for studying. Thank you

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  17. [KR]

    안녕하세요. Goodnotes 7.0.6 업데이트 이후 Shape(모양) 도구 사용 시 수평(0°) 스냅 밑줄이 생성되지 않습니다.
    • 문제 요약: Shape 도구로 직선을 그려도 이전처럼 정확히 0°로 스냅된 밑줄이 나오지 않음.
    • 재현 단계:
    1. 문서 열기 → 2) Shape 도구 선택 → 3) 텍스트 아래에 직선을 긋기 → 4) 결과: 수평 스냅이 적용되지 않음
    • 기대 동작: Shape 도구의 Line이 0°로 스냅되어 밑줄로 사용 가능
    • 실제 동작: 스냅이 적용되지 않아 미세한 기울기가 발생, 밑줄 대량 작업 시 정렬 품질/속도 저하
    • 영향도: 수업 진도 시 하루 수백~수천 개의 밑줄을 긋습니다. 현재는 Ruler(자) 도구만이 정확한 수평을 보장해, 자 배치/이동으로 인한 추가…

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  18. The option to change the default setting on Goodnotes on Mac DISSAPPEARED. Doing my state exams rn and I need that option back.

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  19. Antes era posible usar las formas geométricas al mismo tiempo que se usaba el lapicero (y seguir usando el mismo color). Ahora es necesario entrar al menú de formas y volver a buscar el color que se está usando.

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  20. It requires a lot of effort just to select a text and after that it’ll say selected and it takes a lot effort for it to go back to normal, its super annoying and unfriendly.
    Also the textbox needs optimisation
    It should have the option of adjust the size on its own, especially when i am copy pasting something which has a lot of text it’ll go past the borders and making it sooo difficult to resize which itself is a big pain in the A
    Like it should have an option for fit to page or u can select…

    2 votes

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