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  1. When using Presentation Mode with AirPlay set as "Mirror Presenter Page," GoodNotes used to hold the displayed tab when going back into the file interface. This was very effective for avoiding distraction for students when looking for a new file to display. It appears that in mid May with no explanation this feature was removed.

    Now, when pressing the "back" button to browse files, the AirPlay display now shows the file interface, rather than holding the displayed page frozen.

    This feature was critical to how I used GoodNotes in my classroom, and I hope it could be reverted, even is…

    2 votes

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  2. I wish you add the ability to crop imported images

    2 votes

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  3. Please add a ruler it is really hard to do geometry exercises without one. Ok you can make the line straight but you can’t measure the distance especially when the line isn’t horizontal or vertical. It is also next to impossible to correctly calculate degrees. Thank you in advance.

    8 votes

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  4. I've been loving Goodnotes on my ipad, one of my favourites of all time. On my PC it's pretty useless for now tho. Knowing it's still in beta, I would like to put my request to prioritize developing writing tool in Windows version. Like on IOS devices you can click on text tool and start typing, I would love to see that feature available for desktop users. Anyways, love to see the app evolving.

    4 votes

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  5. The current version of GoodNotes (5.9.106) uses the default highlighter colour of yellow when highlighting selected text with the "highlight" button in PDFs imported to Goodnotes. It would be great if GoodNotes could provide us options of highlight colour then and there only (just like Apple default PDF reader), as it becomes tedious to select the text using lasso tool and then change the colour. Also, the pdf reading experience will be even worse for people not having an Apple pencil, as the highlight button is a far more accurate method of making crisp, accurate highlights than using finger or…

    3 votes

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  6. I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude for the GoodNotes application that you have developed. It has been tremendously helpful in my daily studies and work, providing an excellent and convenient platform for recording and organizing my thoughts.

    While I am satisfied with many features of GoodNotes, there is a particular function that I believe could further enhance the application if incorporated. This is the ability to adjust the format of handwriting. I've noticed that we can already modify the color of our strokes, which is a very practical feature. However, if we could also adjust the thickness…

    4 votes

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  7. PLEASE create the control f function for flashcards. Would literally save my life. Cause I have a bunch of flashcard for my anatomy lectures and it's hard to have to go through them one at a time.
    thank you

    2 votes

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  8. Because of my visual impairment (keratoconus) I am unable to differentiate between the Page Layout previews visually. Thin lines mix up to much with relatively bright background, every page preview looks the same (like a blank page).

    Please add a accessibility option for more contrast and thicker lines. (only for preview)

    1 vote

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  9. in Read-only mode I would like to have the option to flip sides with TWO fingers only. So the sides would not move when using only one finger (same function as in „edit mode“)

    5 votes

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  10. Tool for adding values in a table and function that draws a graph with line of the best fit.

    6 votes

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  11. After the latest update that allows the user to add more than 3 colours, the stroke menu has morphed into this menu that you must click on to expand first and only then will it allow you to choose stroke sizes. Nobody has asked for the latter and please restore it. Thank you

    7 votes

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  12. When making a card it would be nice to have all functions available, such as draw, type and pictures.

    One idea could be to have the classical top menu where the pen, eraser, hilighter, etc are found but also include a “Type” option that allows the user to type notes in the center of the card, just like it is in the current version. After that, the other tools can be used to add onto the text, such as hilighting or creating hand written annotations.

    It would also be useful to add both pictures and text to the same card.

    8 votes

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  13. Right now yellow paper, as far as I know, is the only one that has a red margin. It's called legal paper. The other paper colours do not have this. Also make it so there two variants, a wide margin and a narrow margin.

    5 votes

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  14. It would be cool to be able to write down with the apple pencil in the notes even if it was written with the Text option (keyboard)

    1 vote

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  15. If the screen is just split into two, the preset colors will change when changing the pen color. Therefore, I would like to see a unified design where the presets themselves can be changed, like the color selection screen on the full screen.

    1 vote

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  16. Since the last update the 3 sizes of the pencil are under one button. This takes extra time when taking my notes in class. Please incorporate the 3 different sizes back in the button bar!

    6 votes

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  17. I want to read in Goodnotes such as comic books, and I would like to be able to choose between right and left scrolling, as it varies from book to book.

    7 votes

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  18. I've seen your attempt to convert handwriting to equations and I love this idea. A word from a STEM student. Please leave an option to edit output manually using .tex. I will even pay additionally for such an option. Besides, it can improve your ML models, as most of the people that would use that, would probably be professionals which would make error detection far better.

    5 votes

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  19. I would like to point out that the ability to enable or disable scribbling of previously written text and deletion of words or phrases in the GoodNotes 6 settings is an extremely important feature. This feature is much needed as it gives users the flexibility to enable or disable scribbling as needed. Some of us may not want to use this new feature of GoodNotes 6 and would like the ability to customize it according to our own preferences.
    Therefore, we hope that you can consider this request and enable/disable the doodle feature in a future update of GoodNotes 6.…

    1 vote

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  20. It’s been bothering me for a week now since the last update of Goodnotes 6 app that now it has a delay response for 1-2 seconds from apple pencil whenever I write something on Goodnotes. For the other apps I have, all of it works perfectly as the way it used to be. I’m using it with iPad Pro M1. I’ve been using Goodnotes since 2017 and this is the first time it happened to me.

    1 vote

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