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    • Search sometimes misses words that are already present in the document.
    • Add Match Case and Whole Words search options.
    • Navigate directly to the exact location of the searched word instead of only opening the page.
    • Preserve the current zoom level when jumping to search results.
    • Highlight the searched word after navigation.
    • This would be especially useful in Whiteboard mode, where the large canvas makes precise navigation essential.
    • A search experience similar to PDF Expert would greatly improve speed and productivity.
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  1. "After updating to iOS 27, haptic feedback stops working when the 'Draw and Hold' option is selected in the pen settings."

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  2. To make it quicker to add internal document hyperlinks, we should have the option to be able to TYPE the page numbers instead of individually having to scroll throughout the notebook.

    3 votes

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  3. It would be great if you can edit imported pdfs directly in the app. Ex. if professors have mistake on slides it would be nice to be able to erase it rather than just scribbling on it, which just makes it look messy and takes up space on page unnecessarily

    3 votes

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  4. Option to add audiobook in goodnotes.

    Goodnotes is an ultimate library for students like us. You can give us also option to add audiobook. And adding notes in timestamps of audio book will be nice also

    3 votes

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  5. Shape tool has become worse than goodnotes 6. Earlier we could draw any shape by drawing and holding the shape but now it converts every weird shape into a perfect shape line like square, rectangle or star
    Just make it as flexible as goodnotes 6 shape tool

    12 votes

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  6. I would like to be able to change the color of the menu I mentioned in the photo 🙏🏻

    3 votes

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  7. Please introduce a theme customization feature in Goodnotes.

    It would be great if users could personalize the app by selecting their own colors or applying themes from a theme store.

    In addition to light and dark mode, please allow customization of the writing UI, menu colors, and background styles as well.

    3 votes

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  8. Hi please add swedish language in goodnotes for apple - ipad, its not on the list and i have bought the app just for recording and transcription the lecture ... but its not on the list very disappointed

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  9. 제발 개선좀 해주세요!!!!!!!!!!!!
    너무 불편함.
    아니 텍스트 치고 싶은데 전체 인식처럼 블록이 씌워져서 쓸 수가 없어요.
    링크도 왜 내가 넣고 싶은 부분에 못넣는지.
    텍스트도 왜 내가 넣고 싶은 부분에 못넣는지.
    전체 인식 블록 좀 안 되게 해주세요!!!!!!!!!!!
    전체인식 텍스트가 저런 악보나 음표를 인식할 수있다고?
    아니요. 저중에서 인식하는것은 페이지번호 60밖에 없었어요.
    전체인식도 제대로 안되고 복사 붙여넣기도 안되는데 괜히 이상한 기능을 넣어서 쓰는게 넘 불편해졌어요.
    넣고 싶은 곳에 텍스트 넣고 넣고 싶은 곳에 링크좀 넣게 수정좀 해주시면 안됩니까
    기본 무료앱도 페이지 아무곳을누르면 텍스트 입력할수있고
    링크를 원하는데 넣을 수있습니다.
    제발 수정좀 해주세요.
    굿노트 결제했는데 왜 더 불편할까요
    그리고 레이어기능좀 만들어주세요.
    쓰다가 화병날거 같아요.…

    1 vote

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  10. Hi Goodnotes Team,

    I am using the Goodnotes app on my Android tablet and Chromebook.

    Currently, when a note is open, the app keeps the display turned on indefinitely and prevents the device from automatically sleeping, even when left untouched for a long time.

    Could you please add an option in the app settings to allow the device's default screen timeout / auto-sleep function to work while viewing or editing notes? Having the screen stay on continuously consumes unnecessary battery when I step away from my device.

    Thank you for your hard work and for creating such a great app!

    1 vote

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  11. Please add the zoom window to the whiteboards

    2 votes

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  12. Goodnotes often opens unexpectedly on the Home Screen (at least after every update).
    Please add a button to the Home Screen so that users can easily return directly to Tab View (i.e., the actual working environment).
    It's really annoying to have to select an already open file every time just to get back to Tab View.

    7 votes

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  13. 其實有得俾學生寫答案, 方便老師批改, 呢個需要只限疫情期間, 而家無呢個需要, 10個老師經歷過電子批改, 11都會prefer改實體, 我睇介紹時, 只係勾起我的惡夢

    以下的建議最實際啱用

    建議1. 可以做「電子工作紙」, 老師可加text box 或 options選項, 學生揀答案/打字, 自動批改答案, 老師可選擇是否即時讓學生看到答案, 而老師可即時看到誰對誰錯, 且即時有答對率等數據

    建議2. 可以做埋 "draw it" 的功能, 老師可在一個畫面便看到所有學生(或起碼同時看到9個, 再可碌落去睇埋) 某一part/某一題的答案

    建議3: 為方便我請學生加入我的notebook, 我直接send QR code / link 俾佢哋加入, 好方便, 讚! 但當我打開該notebook後, 按student list, 唔係跟alphabetical order, 好難check邊個入咗邊個未入, 可否有按alphabetical oder 這個功能?

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  14. Please add actual font-size controls to Text Documents. It’s ridiculous that in 2026 I can change text “styles” but I still can’t simply make normal body text larger.

    I do not want to turn half my document into headings just to make the text readable. That is not a workaround — it’s bad design.

    This is also an accessibility issue. People with eye strain, visual fatigue, or simply different reading preferences should be able to choose a comfortable font size. The regular Text Tool already supports font sizing, so there is no good reason for Text Documents to be this…

    1 vote

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  15. It would be super ultra cool if I could upload my own font to Goodnotes. Some apps already do that such as Phonto. When I type in Goodnotes on my Mac, I enjoy using all my Saved fonts. But on my iPad Pro where I do 95% of my Goodnotes work when I look at the text, I inserted using Mac, the font changed..

    1 vote

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  16. I have a master to do list, but often i'll be in another notebook and will create a to do item and write it on the side of the paper. i would like to be able to send that item to the master to do list, so i don't lose it in the many pages.

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  17. Funcion graficar de math assist

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  18. Das man Lesezeichen nicht nur in rot hinterlegen kann, sondern verschiedene Farben zur besseren Organisation der Mappen nutzen könnte. Dieses Tool wäre besonders für viele Schüler und Studenten von enormer Bedeutung, um für Klausuren gezielter lernen zu können mit den Mappen und Zeit zu sparen.

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  19. Goodnotes for Academic Papers!
    I know a lot of researches who use Goodnotes for Papers these features would improve the experience immensely:
    - different identifier fields, not just title but Author(s), year, category
    - Endnote Plugin
    -Research rabbit plugin
    -ArXiv plugin

    And I said it before:
    I need to be able to search in a folder not search everything, everywhere, all at once

    2 votes

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