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  1. I use both Goodnotes and Obsidian on my iPad and would love the ability to hyperlink text, images, objects and handwriting to a file in Obsidian. I know we can hyperlink to other notes in GN or websites but there doesn’t seem to be a way to connect to any of my Obsidian files.

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  2. I think the idea of implementing a set of custom pens for each notebook or page would be very useful.

    I often jump between different notebooks and each book might have different pen colours and sizes. However, as the pen presets are global, I have to continually change pen attributes.

    So, for example, I might be brainstorming with an A1 page or the infinitely canvas when it’s rolled out ;-) and an A4 page. Although there are three user presets they are the same for all notebooks (global) and I still need to constantly change them (size & colour).

    If…

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  3. When adjusting a long text box the handles can disappear when they go beyond the page. If you can make anything that enters this canvas area visible then you can see and adjust the text box handles. Failing that, it would be very helpful if the handles adjusted so that they were always visible on the page, rather than being fixed to the centre of the box.

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  4. The area surrounding the page could be used to show anything that’s beyond the page itself. So, if I wanted to move some text or an object to that area for reference etc then it’s viewable (but not printable as it’s outside the page). Other apps implement this well like Photoshop.

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  5. Many times when inserting a picture I do it to write on it but I must be very careful because it tends to move with any finger resize or displacement. could you add an option to kind of make it permanent once I insert it.

    2 votes

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  6. Right now, the app doesn't run well, isn't integrated with S Pens (the button can't be binded), and it just doesn't feel enjoyable to write on.
    Writing this from an S9 FE.

    I think letting it run natively (instead of currently through basically a well hidden browser) and then sync in the background would improve things from the user standpoint.

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  7. Bitte baut eine Option ein, bei der man nicht nur die Richtigkeit der Karteikarten mit Ja oder Nein beantworten kann, sondern in einer Art Skala (Das klappt sehr gut, weniger gut,…). Dies würde die Wiederholung der Karten verbessern. Oft ist eine Antwort ja nicht komplett falsch, andere dafür schon. Eine Differenzierung gibt es dabei aktuell nicht.

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  8. We should be able to save a default font for the convert to text

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  9. I have prepared content on slides for class that I want to keep hidden and then reveal step by step (re-imported as PDF). The current tape feature is not suitable for this purpose because it adds a shade that looks ugly and is hard to delete. Please either provide a feature that allows parts of a slide to be hidden and shown, ideally in freeform, or shapes with opaque background, or, as a minimal solution, add an option for shade-free tape so that if I set the tape colour to match the background, it becomes invisible.

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  10. Currently, the voice recording feature in Goodnotes records audio across the entire document without linking the recording to a specific page. This makes it time-consuming to locate which part of the recording corresponds to which page or note.

    Proposed Improvement:
    Introduce a feature that allows users to record audio directly linked to a specific page, similar to how comments or annotations are added.

    Suggested Functionalities:
    1. On each page, provide a button to start/stop a recording specific to that page.
    2. Once recorded, show a small microphone icon or indicator on that page to signal that a recording exists there.…

    3 votes

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  11. when copy text from mac intellij app (or any other format) and paste the text it is not formatted. Font size, style, color, white space are not formatted. This make me do additional manual formatting😔.

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  12. please add the new functions
    1.add gif
    2.OCR
    3.curve function for more spot (for science students)

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  13. Possibility to use AI to generate questions from a document and then “exporting” them into a fleshcards set

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  14. Full page typing should be used on Windows aka Goodnotes Web because most windows users are on their PC/laptop. Only allowing full page typing on IOS makes sense for Apple users but what about Windows users

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  15. As the title says it’s frustrating that there are limited colours you can choose from and there is no way of customising it, it would really be a goos, aesthetic and useful feature to add

    3 votes

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  16. Add superscript and subscript to the text option

    14 votes

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  17. When we take a lot of notes during a long period of time, It can be difficult to find them back. It could be useful to generate "timestamps" along a notebook, such as date creation of a page, or tag with the time of the first note of the day, or a stamp with de date/time you want to tag in a page. The time then could be a criterion for search or when you review all the pages.

    5 votes

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  18. Goodnotes has been a great tool to help me mark up and organize pdfs and other files for school, The only thing that I have noticed it missing is a simple grab tool. As in when you're zoomed in on a pdf file, a tool that would allow me to click and drag to change position within the page.

    Similar to the Adobe suite, when you hold space you can click and drag to a different position within the page. Adding this would make make it perfect!

    1 vote

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  19. While using the pointer function, I cannot open or close the tape function.
    I would like to be able to turn the tape function on and off even when using the pointer function.
    When giving a lesson, I use the pointer, but I have to switch to the pen tool every time I want to open or close the tape, which is very inconvenient.

    3 votes

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  20. I would like to see a feature that allows me to select some or all button to make certain actions with my notebooks or folders. I have the android/web version of goodnotes and I have to click every single document to export, move, or trash.

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