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  1. Goodnotes has implemented links to websites as well as internal pages for some time now. However, they are still incredibly cumbersome to use, especially for handwriters. I propose the following improvements:

    1) Internal links
    In most cases the page one wants to link to is already open in another tab or window side by side. But to create a link there we still have to navigate to this page again within the link creation dialogue.
    It would be faster and more intuitive to have an additional entry in the document menu and page browser to simply copy a link to…

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  2. Scribble to delete is a nice feature. Unfortunately if turned on, it accidentally deletes drawings. Would it be possible to delete by scribble only at FAST pencil movements?

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  3. Seit dem letzten Windows Update werden bei der automatischen Linienführung Rundungen in den Ecken erstellt. Dies sollte deaktiviert werden können. Ich nutze Goodnotes im Unterricht um Elektroschemas und Elektrosymbole zu zeichnen. Goodnotes ist das einzige mir bekannte Programm, welches diese Funktion so gut beherrscht. Daher empfehle ich es jedem Lernenden und jeder Lehrperson weiter. Bitte mit dem nächsten Update die automatische Linienführung mit Ecken wieder möglich machen.

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  4. Seit dem letzten Windows Update ist die Grösse für geometrische Formen begrenzt. Kreise, Vierecke, Dreiecke können nicht so klein gemacht werden wie früher.

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  5. The latest Goodnotes doesn’t let you type in a hex code to change the TEXT color on a SHAPE. This happens on the Custom tab of the Color Change pop-up window when you select the text on a shape and then click the color dot on the pop-up menu to change the TEXT color. Goodnotes doesn’t let you insert your cursor into the Hex Code box. There are just a bunch of zeroes in the Hex Code box that you can’t overwrite.
    The shapes themselves can be updated using a typed-in hex code, but not their built-in text. This problem…

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  6. Depuis la dernière mise à jour, les symboles des outils pour écrire des zones de texte ont changé (je les mets en photo). Sauf que quand je veux souligner quelque chose, j'ai le réflexe de cliquer sur les Aa soulignés au lieu de cliquer sur le Bi.
    Je pense que l'outil qui permet de changer de police ne devrait pas être souligné car notre œil est attiré vers ça au lieu de cliquer sur le bon outil ! C'est l'outil Bi qui devrait être souligné !

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  8. Please for the love of God, bring back the old version of using the “keyboard” icon to simply type onto the notebook. This useless text box option does NOT work and the text doesn’t even sit on the notebook lines anymore. It is completely pointless. I can’t type anymore and I can no longer edit offline either! I pay every year to use your product and I’m happy to do so because I use it to teach. Honestly, if the text box doesn’t go, I will find a better alternative because I cannot work like this.
    I’m incredibly frustrated and…

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  9. [KR]
    Goodnotes 7.0.6 이후 두 가지 이슈로 생산성이 크게 떨어졌습니다.
    1. 모양도구 밑줄 수평 스냅: 모양도구로 밑줄을 긋더라도 자동 0°(수평) 스냅이 되지 않습니다.
    2. 도구막대 개인화: 펜/지우개/형광펜/모양도구/올가미/사진첨부를 한 줄의 동일 층위에 자유롭게 배치하고 싶은데, 업데이트 이후 일부 도구가 메인 도구막대 밖으로 빠지거나, 필기도구 묶음에 고정되어서 다른 도구와 동등하게 배치할 수 없습니다.
    요청: (a) Line의 0°/90° 스냅 또는 Underline 모드, (b) 카테고리 제약 없는 도구막대 커스터마이즈

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    Since Goodnotes 7.0.6, two issues significantly reduce productivity:
    1. Shape-tool underline horizontal snap: Drawing an underline with the Shape tool no longer snaps to 0° (horizontal).
    2. Toolbar personalization: I want to place Pen/Eraser/Highlighter/Shape/Lasso/Photo…

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  10. Please whenever I push record can the sidebar not open up?? Also to not keep popping up whenever I push pause and play??

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  11. We should be able to select (i.e., highlight) text from an imported PDF across multiple pages. Not being able to is very limiting.

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  12. If there was a way to select autofit being on or off, that would be great! I often write really small and like to zoom in a lot. Unfortunately, when I do, the side edges of the doc are autofitted to my iPad screen, making it harder to write.

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  13. I don’t like the tool bar of the new version, I can’t make straight lines and there are limited shapes

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  14. I think adding some shortcuts for the highlight tool on pc would be good. For ex, command + H for the highlight and command + S for strikeout, etc.

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  15. I'm a STORYBOARD ARTIST and I REALLY LOVE GOODNOTE'S Pencil tool!
    But for a decent Workflow I need to make THUMBNAIL DRAWINGS in BLUE or RED first and then LATER INK THEM in BLACK on top.

    Therefore I would EITHER need a SELCTIVE COLOR ERASER, and/or a
    SELCTIVE COLOR LASSO..

    I then could ALTER the BUE SKETCH below , by either changing it to a different color, that'a not as visible ( a light GREY for example) OR erase /delete it ALLTOGETHER, with my BLACK Drawing intact!!

    That would be a GAME-CHANGER for my workflow and would imitate a more…

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  16. How COOL would it be it you could take stokes that you had already made, and colorize them? so you wrote in white, but you want to make the stuff your pen stoke touches to be a blue color.

    I know right now the alternative is to select and then change color but for many situations this is a better user experience

    Think about it as a color fill tool.

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  17. Please simplify the current "select -> screenshot -> share -> copy" function of the selection tool to simplify copy and paste parts of PDFs. Notability has this and it's MILES better than GoodNotes implementation which takes forever to copy a section of a PDF when I'm copying problems from my lecture slides to my notes.

    This will make my, and so many students, note-taking so much easier.

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  18. I think the lasso tool doesn't work properly on desktop and isn't natural to use.
    To select text is it fine, but if you want to move a shape or text you have to clic on it to select and then move it. There should be a way for it to recognize the object and move on the first clic. Also, on mac you are able to duplicate something by pressing option and dragging it somewhere else. Text options should allow us to put indexes and exponants, this would be great for math formulas and we need more options for…

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  19. When the screen is split, the UI feels very intrusive. In particular, the recording icon appears on both screens and is quite large. The same goes for the Undo button. I think unused tools should be consolidated into one place, and the freed-up space could be used for tools that are actually needed. This idea aligns with your philosophy of being “all in one.”

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  20. About tape tilt
    When you pull the masking tape, it ends up at an angle, which is inconvenient.
    Therefore, I would like to be able to pull the tape straight instead of diagonally.

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