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  1. It's been a long time since we've gotten any striking new features (the last one was the addition hold to snap shapes)
    It would be amazing if good notes had a dedicated web page where users could see features that developers are working on.

    Some of the most wanted features I've seen are:

    1) More colors in the tab bar

    2) Adding colors to the tab bar that appears while using the zoom tool

    3) Vertical split zoom tool while using iPad in landscape mode instead of a landscape split zoom while iPad is in landscape mode

    4) Zoom in/…

    2 votes

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  2. When trying to create any sort of graph, the axes need to have graduations at regular intervals. Instead of trying to approximate by hand, there could be an option after the line is selected, to divide it into any number of intervals.

    2 votes

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  3. Please add the possibility to show the bookmarks or Plan on the left side of the document to navigate easily inside.

    4 votes

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  4. Could you add a top bottom split view similar to left right split view. This would be a great functionality to have for taking notes. This functionality is already available in other apps such as Notes Writer. It is a great help to have a top and bottom split, specially if you are using smaller iPad such as IPad Air or Mini which do not have large display to compare full page side by side. In top bottom split view we can look at PDF/ Book on top view and take down notes in lower screen.

    19 votes

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  5. "Duplicate" rather than copy-paste would be a great idea. Already you can do it with a second GN window open (as noted in another comment) by dragging to the other window, dropping, then dragging back (even several times, if you want).

    But why not allow the same facility without a second window? At the moment, dragging the "white box" in the same window looks promising... but disappoints by just snapping back when you let go. Why can't it simply duplicate? That would be a super time-saving feature.

    27 votes

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  6. I'd like to be able to magnify the Page Grid View, i.e., increase the size of the Pages that I see in the Grid View. Yes, I would see less, but I'd be able to read the multiple pages at once.

    It helps me greatly to "see" multiple pages of what I wrote at once wrt to gaining a sense if the story arch I'm going for is there. I dont need to be able to read small words, but I would like to see large print, sketches, and other large objects on a page.

    7 votes

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  7. I’m in favor of ridding the laser pointer icon and placing an Audio recording button instead. Along with only having the master button pop up during presentation mode .

    Could maybe even allow some to choose what icons show preferably over others

    30 votes

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  8. Hi! I'm big fun of GoodNotes5 using everyday!

    Summery

    I want to suggest to implement new function.
    It's file explorer pane like VSCode.

    Why I suggest this.

    When I edit lots of files, it's difficult to move to other file quickly. If there is File Explorer Pane on the left side like IDEs, it's easier to move to other file.
    Regards.

    15 votes

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  9. It would be awesome if there was a feature letting you move the paper you’re writing on on the side of the screen. So that the paper doesn’t always return to the middle of the screen.

    1 vote

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  10. It would be awesome if different documents could remember the pen options for each of them. This feature was available in GoodNotes 4, but I was shocked that it disappeared in 5. I usually need to switch between several documents each requiring a different pen size/color, and I almost went mad after typing the desired pen option for 100 times because it was not remembered for each doc. I have been bearing with Goodnotes 5 for half a year, and I will probably switch to Goodnotes 4 if this simple and useful feature is still not implemented.

    309 votes

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  11. I use GoodNotes on iPadOS for marking students' work. I normally have the files in a folder "To Mark" and once I mark them I move them to a folder "Marked". I do so by clicking on the name of the document and choosing "Move to a Different Folder" in the menu that opens up. Alas, every time I do this, the file browser starts at the top of the hierarchy. It would very convenient if GoodNotes would default to the previously used folder. It would save me (# students) x 4 clicks!!

    5 votes

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  12. Sometimes when I read and take notes on lecture PowerPoint pdf on GoodNotes, I feel like the pages display are too big (I used an iPad Pro) esp when the content on the slides is not very compact. So I wonder if it’s possible to set how the pdf to be displayed, like for horizontal it can be set to 2x2, 3x2. Or for vertical, it can be set to 2x4, 2x6, or even 3x4 etc instead? To be able to view more pages at a glimpse like the outlines and also able to actually read the content would be…

    5 votes

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  13. create the ability to take notes on a full-screen view

    15 votes

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  14. I’d like to be able to change the line width for a drawn thing, with the Selector tool I can only change the color but not the thickness

    23 votes

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  15. 1 vote

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  16. I use the index cards function on my IPhone 6S and it’s very small. I write the cards on my iPad so a function to zoom in the cards (learning mode) and/ore use them in landscape format ( work but in a very very small format) on the phone would be great. Tanks

    3 votes

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  17. When you are creating a new document in goodnotes 5, all pages have the same size /relation, but if you import a new page there´s no option to adapting its size or relation to the other pages of the document and seems out of place. It would be ideal to be able to just have some options of this type.

    4 votes

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  18. It would be nice to be able to flip or reverse images.

    16 votes

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  19. Project bars can be created when users select consecutive lines of text. After that, notes and comments marked can be displayed around the project bar linked with a point that is in accordance with the proportion where they were written in the selected article. In this way, users can make a logical combing in order to have an idea of the structure in a vivider way. Click the point, users can go back to the corresponding part in text.

    选定文本范围,连续行/连续页,字数识别/行数识别之后得到一个“进度条”。

    文本中选中节点进行批注,批注将以节点形式出现在“进度条”上,鼠标移至节点,批注出现,左键单机,批注固定出现。右击批注,可引申创作思维导图,左双击批注,则可回溯至原文字间位置/行间位置。该功能有利于使用者把握文章结构。

    1 vote

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  20. Your app is great, but your latest update removed the big keyboard and forced users to type on a tiny keyboard the same size as our phones. Can you please make it an option to keep the big keyboard? I spend enough time as it is trying to henpeck sentences on my phone.

    2 votes

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