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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. Enable spellcheck in the Text Docs feature of Goodnotes. It would be useful to have the same spellcheck feature in the Text Docs feature as is seen in the Notebook function. As the Text Docs are used primarily for typing it would be good to have a spellcheck functionality.

    2 votes

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  2. As a medical student I often take photos of lecture slides from various angles, currently cropping these images results in distorted or skewed perspectives, leaving me with “uncroppable” parts.

    I would love to see a feature similiar to the Notes app in IOS when scanning a document, it would help me make better notes for me.

    Best regars, Josef.

    2 votes

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  3. We all use different tools more frequently, and the new squeeze-to-display-palette with the Apple Pencil Pro is fantastic, but it isn't reflecting the new customized order we make in the top toolbar. And of course it should, it seems to me.

    93 votes

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  4. Title
    Feature Request: Support for Personal Server & NAS Backups (WebDAV / SMB / SFTP / HTTPS API)

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    I would like to suggest adding support for personal server and NAS-based backups in GoodNotes, in addition to the currently supported cloud services.

    Many users operate their own servers or NAS solutions (such as Synology, QNAP, or self-hosted servers) for data ownership, privacy, and long-term storage. Supporting standard protocols would allow these users to back up GoodNotes data more flexibly and securely.

    Suggested supported protocols include:

    WebDAV

    SMB (Network Share)

    SFTP

    HTTPS-based API endpoints

    Potential benefits of supporting personal server or…

    3 votes

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  5. There is no feature of changing page templates all together,we have to change separately,this is annoying.Another thing is that pdf quality can't be determined,if there will be option for changing quality of extracted pdf, it will be more good,
    And please add a calculator in the app.During extraction of pdf,page range should be added.

    Also there is problem in recording procedure,once open a record,it becomes minimized,can’t take full screen again.Again once I tap on one of my annotation and select play recording,there is no slide bar appears and can’t close,pause etc which is annoying.please fix these problems
    There should bring…

    2 votes

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  6. There is no feature of changing page templates all together,we have to change separately,this is annoying.Another thing is that pdf quality can't be determined,if there will be option for changing quality of extracted pdf, it will be more good,
    And please add a calculator in the app.During extraction of pdf,page range should be added.

    Also There is no feature of changing page templates all together,we have to change separately,this is annoying.Another thing is that pdf quality can't be determined,if there will be option for changing quality of extracted pdf, it will be more good,
    And please add a calculator in…

    2 votes

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  7. Please add a letax toolbar, similar to the one in Microsoft OneNote’s Equation option

    2 votes

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  8. 2 votes

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  9. Palm rejection often fails. If you are annotating with a pen over a text box it constantly selects the text box (Sometime while I'm writing a word!). There used to be a setting where you could prevent different objects from being selected unless that specific tool was being use (i.e. you could only select a text box when you were using the text box tool)

    2 votes

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  10. 希望可以添加匯入錄音檔的功能
    把其他錄音程式的音檔加入到其他筆記裡面直接聽取

    2 votes

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  11. 2 votes

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  12. You recently introduced "Text Doc". I figured that text within these Text Docs is not searchable. You only find words used in the title of each Text Doc which is obviously limiting.
    I am using iOs devices with iCould sync.

    4 votes

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  13. The new update on mac makes it so that you cant just tap on the screen and type based on the lines of the page, you have to go through so many steps just to start typing, this has made it extremely annoying to take notes quickly, I suggest bringing back normal typing and keeping the holding page for whole page typing as an add on for people who want it.

    3 votes

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  14. Suggested Reply:

    Hello GoodNotes Team,

    Making the toolbar floating and removing the option for a fixed version seriously hurts the user experience. Students like us spend hours taking notes and need focus, but the toolbar constantly moves, sometimes overlaps our work, and it slows us down.

    There’s a simple solution that makes everyone happy:
    • Floating toolbar
    • Fixed (classic) toolbar

    Let users choose what works for them. It’s really that simple.

    Please add a “Classic Toolbar Mode.” This change would make a huge difference for many users.

    2 votes

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  15. To be able to create databank of formulas, like a knowledge database of formulas to each subject and also a “mindmap” where you can combine the formulas to see which are connected with each other.
    so when you solve a math problem you can link a already created formula so next time you look at your notes you see what formula was used and if it doesnt exist yet you can add a new formula to the knowledge data base of formulas.
    Also same principle with examples of tasks, like i have a theory on a pdf and then i…

    2 votes

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  16. Hello,

    Thank you for your great app.

    I would like to suggest a feature that could improve the user experience.

    Currently, Goodnotes displays documents in a single-page view. It would be very helpful to have an option for a two-page spread (double-page view), similar to reading a physical book.

    Additionally, it would be very useful to view two pages side-by-side or work in a dual-page (split) mode while taking notes.

    This feature would greatly improve studying efficiency and overall usability.

    Thank you for your consideration.

    2 votes

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  17. If I adjust the size of the screen immediately right after taking notes, the screen stops instantaneously and is forcibly terminated. These errors occur frequently

    2 votes

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  18. I've noticed that my handwriting looks significantly better and smoother when using the Laser Pointer (Trail style) compared to any of the permanent pen tools.
    The laser pointer seems to have a superior smoothing algorithm and lower latency that isn't currently replicated by the "Stroke Stabilization" settings on the standard Ball Pen. I would like to request a new pen type or a "Laser Mode" toggle for the Ball Pen that uses this exact rendering engine for permanent notes.
    This would help users with slight hand tremors or those who find writing on glass difficult to achieve the same clean,…

    2 votes

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  19. Why can't GoodNotes find certain words from inserted images when I use the search feature? The goodnotes team should really implement an optical character recognition feature, like the ones that one note and notability has. It is so disappointing that we are unable to search for words in a document with images, which would help a lot of students studying in med professions.

    5 votes

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  20. I am not going to pretend that NOBODY uses Goodnotes AI but lets be real here, you guys must read what people say online, it is NOT as popular as the updates and focus on AI would make you believe.

    But just because its trendy and a fraction of people use it, the rest of us are forced to have this stuff taking up spaces and hogging resources when it provides us with no use whatsoever.

    In an ideal world you would have classic Goodnotes being worked on and improved consistently and then a separate Goodnotes AI app for the…

    5 votes

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