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  1. I am really enjoying the Flashcard template.

    However, I like my notes to be as neat as possible. It would be great if templates for lined and squared paper Flashcards could be created for when writing out the Flashcards, but when studying them, the lines/grid lines are removed to look as though your hand written notes are all aligned and not wonky! :)

    6 votes

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  2. Dear GoodNotes Team,

    I am experiencing difficulties with pressing the "New ..." button in the Mac application, as GoodNotes only responds to my input occasionally. Kindly review and improve the user interaction to allow for seamless usability.

    Thank you.

    Best regards

    1 vote

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  3. 希望可以添加只显示收藏页的功能,以便于检阅所收藏的页面

    2 votes

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  4. I desperately needed a brush switcher that could hover. Similar to this feature in notibility. This provides great convenience for brush switching when working in split screen.

    1 vote

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  5. iPadOS 16.2 added external monitor support. However, when I open a notebook in Goodnotes it messes with the size of my external monitor due to presentation mode automatically starting. I want to be able to deactivate it, so I can properly use my monitor.

    5 votes

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  6. Some academic papers use endnotes. Would like a feature to quickly move between two points in a document. I might manually scroll to the bottom of the document to check the notes, but then it would be nice to have a button or toggle to take me back to where I was.

    Thanks

    3 votes

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  7. Need a way to adjust our crop by moving the four corner points. Similar to a scanning app where you can move points to edge of document.

    1 vote

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  8. There should be a tool that can do cloze on either text or diagrams, then when the a “test mode” is activated it hides the item and it has to be clicked to be revealed. This would work very well with the current flash card system. It is the only feature that is missing compared to other studying apps like Remnote or Anki.

    4 votes

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  9. Similar to one note, word, etc - an option to type equations with shorthand such as \vec (to create a vector arrow), \pi for the pi symbol, etc is incredibly important for mathematics, engineering, physics and many other sciences. If Goodnotes 5 is to truly support all students, mathematical equation support in text format is a must. Goodnotes 5 is used above OneNote because printing onenote pages is actively a nightmare, but lack of support for maths, and an inability to sync any handwritten equations immediately with a live sync or force cloud sync feature is a huge issue.

    4 votes

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  10. When a new page is created or a pdf imported into GoodNotes, there is a margin on the sides. Occasionally, students use these pdf slide decks to take notes, but end up marking up the page. Sometimes those pages don’t have room for notes. Being able to write in the free margins of the window would be an excellent way to take notes without writing directly on slides/pages. Either making it a permanent change or an option to make margin notes in documents would be great.

    7 votes

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  11. Maintain original Flashcard formatting when converting to study sets. E.g. page colour

    2 votes

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  12. Goodnotes is a very fine tool for work with PDF-Files and documents.
    But I miss the function to integrate certificates (digital signatures) in documents.

    1 vote

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  13. you already know this but seem to ignore the community, can’t react to the community or both. TEXT, TEXT, TEXT. FIX IT. you know what it needs. It’s well documented by the community.
    Start with spacing and usability of the text box. On an iPad. With an Apple Pencil. The primary use case scenario.

    8 votes

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  14. When at uni I need as much screen real estate as possible. So the tab at the top with all the different pen options takes away too much of the screen space. It would be great if we could enter a full screen mode and be able to write while in the corner there is an option if need to bring back the toolbar.

    3 votes

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  15. While in full screen to be able to use the laser pointer. When I study I like to be in full screen mode and to be able to circle certain words while having as much screen real estate.

    3 votes

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  16. I am one of the lucky people who is able to use Goodnotes 4 to experience the best note taking pens in the App store. ✍️

    I constantly check for Goodnotes 5 updates to see if the pen experience has improved.

    The biggest differences can be seen when writing the letter "S". 🖋️ The mechanism used in Goodnotes 5 almost forces the letter to fix itself 👷 while as in Goodnotes 4 its thicker while also making sure it doesn't force your handwriting a certain way.

    Goodnotes 4 feels so natural and without manipulation while preserving the nice thickness of…

    3 votes

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  17. Being able to upload a transparent png or a layered pdf and be able to grab a section of that image with the lasso to copy and paste while maintaining transparency. Currently you can just select the whole image and crop or drag in each item in individually which is unnecessarily painful.

    6 votes

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  18. iCloud sync is very slow and usually doesn't work. It takes too long to leave the document that I am currently in to find the iCloud settings on the main page. If iCloud sync can't be fixed and made more efficient then it would at least be helpful to add a sync button somewhere within the document editing page to speed up the process for users

    2 votes

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  19. I would really appreciate to have styles for text like in Word to save text formats (that's something I really miss in Goodnotes for IOS).

    4 votes

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  20. 加新筆刷

    1 vote

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