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  1. Lovely app! Would be even better if it detected hand written å ä ö when transforming to typed text.

    6 votes

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  2. go to the page in which undo/redo changes are made
    when undo/redo

    sometimes, hard to track where (what page) undo/redo changes are made... don’t want to mistakenly undo actions made at different pages

    6 votes

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  3. Here is my issue: I am writing a document with a lots of design and art work. Suppose I have filled page “A” with lot of content non sequentially. Now I’ve moved on to next page “B”. Accidentally I draw somethings on page B. Then as per my habit I tap undo couple of times, now if unknowingly do more undos than the changes on page B. It undos changes on page A as well. If I don’t notice it then I’ve lost last content put on page A. If I notice it, then I have to press redo till…

    3 votes

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  4. Having the ability to save customised pen settings. This would be really useful for certain notebooks, as each notebook has different pens: eg. thickness

    2 votes

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  5. It would be awesome to have “snap to” guide lines on the page to paste text lined up evenly on the edge (or wherever) on the page. I like to copy inspirational quotes and Bible verses and add them to my “Notebook”…it would be great if they could be lined up easily without adding to existing text boxes so they can easily be rearranged at any time.

    5 votes

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  6. In the app called Documents, by Readdle, there is a feature for PDF files called Crop Mode, which removes excess white space around a page (if applicable), allowing text to be brought more to the front, closer to filling up the entire screen. It is very functional, and makes reading easier since the texts is expanded. As you can see based on photos, the text becomes significantly bigger. This feature alone makes me have to keep my textbooks in the Documents app, since GoodNotes doesn't have this feature. Would love to see it come to GoodNotes! Thank you for your…

    3 votes

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  7. When I highlight text, I want the option to add a comment/explanation that then hides in the comment icon next to the highlighted text. When I click on the icon, that explanation then appears underneath the text. And when I click on the background, it goes back to the way it is.

    11 votes

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  8. Ein sehr hilfreiches neues Feature wäre, wenn man beliebig viele Farben in die Auswahlleiste hinzufügen könnte. Die drei möglichen Auswahlmöglichkeiten sind für viele Arbeiten einfach zu wenig und es nimmt einige Zeit die Farben ständig zu wechseln. Vor allem wenn man mehrere Farbtöne benutzen will.

    1 vote

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  9. I have different color schemes for different books and it annoys me that I constantly have to change which three pencil and highlighter color shows on the toolbar. This would be an awesome upgrade!

    3 votes

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  10. It would nice if it would be like in Apple Apps. You can see a comparison in the attached screenshots!

    1 vote

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  11. Hello, I am a Korean student who is using the GoodNotes very well. If I write Korean with a pen, my handwriting gets ugly. But If you take notes with laser points, your handwriting gets way much prettier!! If you add a pen that has the exact same writing experience as the laser point, I think I'll be able to use the GoodNotes very happily. Thank you!

    5 votes

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  12. I do hope in the future updates, goodnotes would allow us to view images on pdfs with jpeg2000, if adobe acrobat could do it, why can't goodnotes do it as well?

    1 vote

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  13. I really like the zoom window. But I don't know if it's just me, for a lot of times my palm touching the screen is detected as an action to resize the zoom window, and I need to resize it again so that my writing would be the same size.So, I was wondering if the development team could kindly make a feature to temporarily fix the size of the zoom window so that users can toggle to fix the size when they would like to?

    1 vote

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  14. Would you be able to create a “touch” feature icon so that it supports hotlinks on pdf?

    I have hotlinks in my content page of my pdf to navigate to the correct pages, one click and i jump straight to the page instead of flipping through 30 pages.

    6 votes

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  15. I LLLLLOOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEE GOODNOTES. I use it daily in my professional career AND my personal life.

    I NNNNEEEEDDDD an option to backup my professional notes to a separate storage than my personal. Please please please make it so that I can choose my professional folders to back up to a separate location than my personal notes. Thank you!

    2 votes

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  16. Using Goodnotes 5 for iPad Pro 2020, I have noticed that the application drains significant battery, especially in the background even though I am certain I have Background App Refresh turned off.
    The competition, which is Notability, drains less battery. As well as this, Goodnotes 5 heats up my iPad quite a bit. I really love Goodnotes as opposed to any other application but please fix this battery drain issue.

    7 votes

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  17. Since latest update the Camera shortcut is hidden in the IMAGE-section and not as a Stand-Alone Icon between IMAGE and TEXT.

    We need to add a lot of photos to the Documents and now the workflow gets really disturbed as you always have to tap twice instead of 1.

    please simply bring the Icon Shortcut back, thanks in advance!!!

    Best re gards,
    Stephan

    7 votes

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  18. 1 vote

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  19. I would like to have an option of, when importing a PDF, adding a sidebar to write my notes on the documents I am reading. Writing over them is good but sometimes a sidebar would make it easier and more organized

    2 votes

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  20. Similar to what is mentioned here: https://feedback.goodnotes.com/forums/191274-customer-suggestions-for-goodnotes/suggestions/41779732-cornell-page-setting-without-line

    I'd like a Cornell note taking template without lines and that is more space efficient. The dimension for the Title seems a bit too large and unecessary for instance.
    Most importantly, we should have the opportunity to change the paper template such that we can choose dotted or blank paper. This feature is no longer available on Goodnotes (but appears to have been previously).

    2 votes

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