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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. The blue border of the app occupies a good amount of space on the ipad screen thus preventing us from utilising the entire screen while writing. Liquid glass interface just like the ios interface ,will be highly appreciated.

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  2. There is no feature of changing page templates all together,we have to change separately,this is annoying.Another thing is that pdf quality can't be determined,if there will be option for changing quality of extracted pdf, it will be more good,
    And please add a calculator in the app.During extraction of pdf,page range should be added.

    Also There is no feature of changing page templates all together,we have to change separately,this is annoying.Another thing is that pdf quality can't be determined,if there will be option for changing quality of extracted pdf, it will be more good,
    And please add a calculator in…

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  3. I’d love to see a page expansion feature inside GoodNotes.

    Right now, when reading or studying, I often want to write notes beside the page content. However, the page margins are sometimes too narrow, leaving very limited space for annotations. This makes it difficult to keep detailed notes organized next to the material I’m reading.

    It would be extremely helpful if users could temporarily expand the sides of a page or add extra writable margin space. This additional area could act like a flexible side note panel for annotations, thoughts, translations, or study comments without covering the original content.

    A…

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  4. 現在、画像の細かい部分に文字や注釈を書き込む際、画面全体を大きく拡大する必要があり、小さい画像の場合は特に書き込みづらく感じています。

    可能であれば、画像をタッチすると画像自体が拡大表示され、その拡大された状態で直接注釈を書き込める機能を追加していただきたいです。

    また、画像に書き込んだ文字や注釈が画像と一体化し、画像を移動・拡大・縮小した際にも、注釈が一緒に追従する仕様になると非常に助かります。

    現在の仕様では、画像に注釈を書き込んだあとに画像を操作すると、注釈が画像とは別のオブジェクトとして扱われ、画像の背面に回ってしまうことがあり、少し使いづらく感じています。

    画像と注釈をまとめて扱えるようになると、資料作成や画像へのメモ書きがより快適になると思います。

    今後のアップデートでご検討いただけますと幸いです。
    よろしくお願いいたします。

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  5. It would be great to have a built-in PDF compression option when exporting PDF files.

    Users could choose from multiple compression levels depending on their needs:

    • Original Quality (No Compression)
    • Standard Compression
    • Low File Size
    • High Compression

    This feature would help users reduce file sizes for easier sharing, uploading, cloud storage, and AI processing while allowing them to balance document quality and storage efficiency according to their preferences.

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  6. Add the ability for the Shortcuts app on iPadOS to open multiple selected documents simultaneously in Split View.

    This feature would allow users to choose specific files and define them as a paired workspace within a Shortcut. When the Shortcut is run, the selected documents would automatically open side-by-side in Split View, eliminating the need to manually open and Split View for each file.

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  7. Hi everyone and Goodnotes Team,
    As a heavy PDF user who relies on Goodnotes daily for intensive studying and research, I would love to propose a few feature requests that would drastically improve productivity, document organization, and storage management.
    Here are 4 feature ideas I hope the community can upvote and the dev team can consider:
    1. Expandable Sidebars for PDF Annotations
    The Problem: Margin space on standard PDFs is often too restrictive for detailed note-taking.
    The Idea: Allow users to expand a left or right sidebar next to the original PDF page. This dedicated, extra space would let us…

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  8. Please enable continuous horizontal scrolling on par with the vertical scrolling that currently exists. This would allow for creating two page spreads in bullet journaling.

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  9. I wish we could give the whiteboards covers instead of the zoomed out version of the whole whiteboard. It would make organizing my different boards so much easier.

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  10. The current screenshot feature captures all notes on the page. I wish to add an option to capture only the background.

    Also, it would be easier to have an option like "screenshot and copy", the current workflow is too complex: screenshot, share, copy, and close the preview...

    So two features: "screenshot background", "screenshot and copy".

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  11. This will either be a new document or a revised version of the whiteboard.

    It would be an amazing feature if there is an infinite whiteboard like space that you can navigate on by clicking and holding the middle mouse button making it easier to plan with Goodnotes.

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  12. I wish GoodNotes had an option to sort files by title in ascending or descending order.
    This feature would be extremely, extremely useful.
    I hope you will consider adding it positively.

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  13. Please update Goodnotes for Windows. There is no reason we can't have the same versions as iPad users, like changing fonts! Give us more features PLEASE

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  14. I often use different sets of highlighting colors depending on what I’m working on. It would be very helpful if Goodnotes allowed users to create and save groups (or palettes) of highlight colors. That way, I wouldn’t need to manually change the highlight colors each time I switch tasks or subjects.

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  15. I think it would be a great idea if you can lock the page at specific zoom setting. It is very hard to adjust my comfortable zoom size every time I unzoom. Having 'Lock zoom' feature showing speciifc percentage of zoom to show how much you zoomed the page will be very useful.

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  16. I think part of handwriting with pen/pencil is ruining your page with endless eraser marks. To mimic the slow and deliberate process of writing on physical paper, I'd like there to be the option where pen cannot be erased and the entire page must be tossed. You can implement a 2-step verification feature for those that really want to modify their pen marks so they don't have to restart a cheat sheet if their pen slips...

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  17. 사진을 한 페이지에서 다른페이지로 끌어서 옮길 수 있으면 좋겠습니다. 한번에 여러 사진을 불러와 배치할때 너무 불편합니다

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  18. Instead of having to colour in drawings or shapes by hand (which is time consuming and sometimes difficult), being able to drag a colour of you choosing to fill inside a shape would be amazing! They have this feature on Procreate and it saves so much time and stress. I would love this to be added to Goodnotes too!

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  19. Subject: Feedback and Feature Requests for Goodnotes 6 Improvements
    1. Text Tool Enhancements

    Text Input Issues: Since upgrading to Goodnotes 6, typing has become frustrating. When clicking to type, the app often selects the entire PDF text block instead of placing a cursor. Please allow users to tap anywhere to start typing immediately without triggering existing text blocks. Currently, it's particularly difficult with a mouse or finger compared to the Apple Pencil.

    Custom Text Styles: Currently, only one default style can be saved. Please allow users to create and save multiple custom text presets. Additionally, include letter spacing (kerning) as…

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  20. please make it possible to arrange folders and notebooks manually! that would improve my whole goodnotes experience a lot!

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