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  1. I use Goodnotes for reading academic papers in college and it would be very useful if I can take notes right next to paper, not in another notebook. So, when I open the pdf, I also want to see the side notes I took in the same page.

    4 votes

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  2. An option to resize imported PDF pages would help each notebook feel more cohesive, especially for those using vertical scrolling. It would be nice to have a feature that automatically matches the width of each imported page to that of the current template so that all the pages in the document have the same width.

    2 votes

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  3. Using Apple or Google or other accounts to login to good notes is a terrible privacy practice. Why would I want to share my good notes data with those companies and why would I want to share my other data with Good Notes. Will not be upgrading so long as v6 requires account login without an email address option.

    3 votes

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  4. It would be super helpful if there were a function to pin sticky notes slightly over the edge of the side of documents. I drew a picture for better understanding :)
    This feature could help make ones own notes better visible. Plus: sometimes the borders of documents are to narrow to take detailed notes without opening another document/page.

    5 votes

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  5. Please make the marker, drawing, rubber, lasso and laser tools accesible for users which use Apple's Assistive Touch (e.g. Joystick, Eyegaze, Headmouse, ...)
    This would be very usefull for many users who need to use Assistive Technologies.

    2 votes

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  6. I wish you would update the study flash card with an option to upload an image and type a question regarding the image. As of now, I have to do the old school flash card notebook in order to study images.

    2 votes

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  7. In the goodnotes 6 there is the scribble option, but when I am writing in attached lettres it confuses my writing for delete. It is really frustrating and i would like to turn it off, but not in my ipad settings, as it is useful in other apps. Also when i make a little drawing, it confuses it for delete as well sometimes.

    2 votes

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  8. Being able to add images in comments would improve communicative abilities when reviewing docs and also provide the ability to add references/context images to paragraphs that can collapse into just a comment note. ( and don’t occupy space in the actual page )

    7 votes

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  9. It would be great to have a little image of the current canvas on the side of the page, indicating which part of the canvas is currently shown.

    This would greatly improve overview and usability.

    4 votes

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  10. Apparently, Goodnotes 6 is no longer available for children under the age of 16 - familiy sharing does not work any longer and a purchase can‘t be made for under 16s. Most pupils need Goodnotes for school, however. How can this be?? Please find a solution for this!

    1 vote

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  11. Es wäre toll, wenn alle farblichen Markierungen von Text, die man in einem Dokument gemacht hat, in einer Schnellsuchfunktion angezeigt wird. Quasi, wie es schon in der Suchfunktion von Wörtern in Good Notes 6 möglich ist. Danke

    1 vote

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  12. 3 votes

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  13. It would be great if we could add a means to share or back up the slots themselves stored as pen color codes or type pen color codes. If you back up your iPad with iTunes, you can save the color code, but I think it's a function that you need when you want to reinstall and use the app.

    2 votes

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  14. Please implement adding of GIFs. I know there are people suggesting this before but there hasn't been any updates so I'm posting here. It would be great if users would be able to add GIFs directly through a platform like Giphy in the app and adding of GIFs via gallery like how users import photos/stickers. I have been switching between goodnotes and notability for a few years now since only notability allows GIFs but goodnotes would definitely be the only app I would use if it lets users to add GIFs. Please consider adding this feature. Thank you.

    23 votes

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  15. It can only zoom up but cannot zoom down which is very inconvenient when browsing!

    Every update is about AI but do users really need it?

    Please improve the basic function!

    Almost every website and similar software have unlimited zoom up and zoom down!

    2 votes

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  16. When importing a pdf into Goodnoes, they should by default go into the active folder, not into “Documents” root.
    You guys had it right in Goodnotes 5 but not in 6, I have had to revert back to 5 until this is solved. When it works properly, I can upgrade.

    3 votes

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  17. Requesting having a feature to view multiple pages at a time and have a draggable scroll bar to run through the pages quickly like you would do in a normal notebook. The current at a glance menu (four square one) allows you to see 4 pages in a single row which, depending on how big we write isn't enough to understand what the content is on each page.

    2 votes

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  18. Ability to link to locations (pages, objects, text, etc.) within Goodnotes. I want to add tabs (like section dividers in physical notebooks) and link them to the start of a section, let's say an index. Then, on an index page, link to the specific page of a topic (and so on). It looks like everyone is building their templates in Keynotes, then PDF, then import. This is fussy, but works. The problem with this workaround is that you have to define all your pages when you build your template. You typically don't know how many topics each section will have…

    4 votes

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  19. Goodnotes for Android can be used without connection or offline system so that Android users can use Goodnotes for Android without connection if their house area is black out, getting emergency situation and getting remote working if their signal is off in their house area. Then Android users can write everything on Goodnotes for Android without connection or offline system in the future. Thank you.

    12 votes

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  20. im neuen GN6 steht auf erstellten Bildern und PDFs der Text "Made with GoodNotes".
    Dieser irritiert sehr. Da ich für dieses Produkt bezahlt habe, möchte ich nicht ungefragt als Werbeträger missbraucht werden.
    Wo kann ich dies abstellen?

    1 vote

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