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  1. First of all, the ability to link documents, pdf’s, videos, and worksheets into documents, without them actually being in the document, so for example, you can have your math notes on the left, and your textbook on the right so you dont have to open a seperate window to look at your textbook, you can just upload it from your files, also being able to link videos in for science if there’s a video that has good ideas, also being able to make the files editable, so if i add in a worksheet i can just do that while looking…

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  2. If there was a way to select autofit being on or off, that would be great! I often write really small and like to zoom in a lot. Unfortunately, when I do, the side edges of the doc are autofitted to my iPad screen, making it harder to write.

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  3. It often creates unwanted pages when flipping through study PDFs or filled notebooks — not blank ones — by duplicating the first or last page unnecessarily.

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  4. I don’t like the tool bar of the new version, I can’t make straight lines and there are limited shapes

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  5. it would be very useful in order to quiz myself and write the hidden answers over the tape and then be able to erase them without having to reapply the tape!

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  6. I always extend the height of my pages manually when i reach the end so everything stays on one page. That's why I propose an alternative to the "create new page" button when this happens.

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  7. I would like the ability to open and close the masking tape feature while using pointer mode. I often want to utilize masking tape during classes and presentations while simultaneously pointing with the pointer. However, at present, it is necessary to switch from pointer mode to pen tool mode to use the masking tape, which is cumbersome. I would greatly appreciate it if you could consider this improvement.

    3 votes

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  8. I think adding some shortcuts for the highlight tool on pc would be good. For ex, command + H for the highlight and command + S for strikeout, etc.

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  9. I'm a STORYBOARD ARTIST and I REALLY LOVE GOODNOTE'S Pencil tool!
    But for a decent Workflow I need to make THUMBNAIL DRAWINGS in BLUE or RED first and then LATER INK THEM in BLACK on top.

    Therefore I would EITHER need a SELCTIVE COLOR ERASER, and/or a
    SELCTIVE COLOR LASSO..

    I then could ALTER the BUE SKETCH below , by either changing it to a different color, that'a not as visible ( a light GREY for example) OR erase /delete it ALLTOGETHER, with my BLACK Drawing intact!!

    That would be a GAME-CHANGER for my workflow and would imitate a more…

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  10. How COOL would it be it you could take stokes that you had already made, and colorize them? so you wrote in white, but you want to make the stuff your pen stoke touches to be a blue color.

    I know right now the alternative is to select and then change color but for many situations this is a better user experience

    Think about it as a color fill tool.

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  11. Add a feature that allows teachers to send single pages to individual students — for example, to share missed lesson notes directly in the classroom notebook, in the exact place where the original worksheet was worked on.

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  12. Please simplify the current "select -> screenshot -> share -> copy" function of the selection tool to simplify copy and paste parts of PDFs. Notability has this and it's MILES better than GoodNotes implementation which takes forever to copy a section of a PDF when I'm copying problems from my lecture slides to my notes.

    This will make my, and so many students, note-taking so much easier.

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  13. It would be nice to be able to use multiple devices at the same time on the same GoodNotes page. I study medicine and it would help me a lot.

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  14. I think the lasso tool doesn't work properly on desktop and isn't natural to use.
    To select text is it fine, but if you want to move a shape or text you have to clic on it to select and then move it. There should be a way for it to recognize the object and move on the first clic. Also, on mac you are able to duplicate something by pressing option and dragging it somewhere else. Text options should allow us to put indexes and exponants, this would be great for math formulas and we need more options for…

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  15. Add a pressure-sensitive eraser, which allows the user to adjust the pressure level. Feeling different pressures determines whether the eraser function is activated.

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  16. Give users full control over adding and styling page numbers in their notebooks—just like in Google Docs—so they can improve navigation and presentation without having to draw them by hand.

    Key Capabilities:

    • Automatic Page Numbering:
      Insert page numbers on every page (or a specific page range) with a single tap.

    • Flexible Positioning:
      Choose where the number appears:

      • Top-left, top-center, or top-right
      • Bottom-left, bottom-center, or bottom-right
    • Typography Options:
      Select font family, size, weight (e.g. regular, bold), and color to match your notebook’s style

    • Numbering Formats:
      Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3…), Roman numerals (I, II, III…), or custom prefixes/suffixes (e.g. “Page 1…

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  17. When the screen is split, the UI feels very intrusive. In particular, the recording icon appears on both screens and is quite large. The same goes for the Undo button. I think unused tools should be consolidated into one place, and the freed-up space could be used for tools that are actually needed. This idea aligns with your philosophy of being “all in one.”

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  18. Allow Notebooks from Goodnotes to be uploaded/shared (to Chatgpt/email/etc) directly from Goodnotes without needing to export it first, as it takes up double the space on the computer; plus it exports as a zip file when its more than 1 notebook, making bulk sharing/uploading very tedious

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  19. Currently, choosing a font is time-consuming, not efficient. There are so many steps to choose the font I need. The recent update made it worse.

    Now, a tiny window pops up with the default chosen (never the one I need). I then select "Custom Fonts" and a larger window pops up. I go find say, Bodoni. Change my font. But I find I don't like that font. I have to highlight the word or words, the small window pops up again, I choose Custom Fonts again, then have to find another font from the beginning. I'd like it to default…

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  20. I would appreciate it if, similar to colours and font weights, it were possible to create "favourites" for fonts and line spacing, although the issue with line spacing not automatically being saved as I had specified should be resolved first.

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