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  1. For those of us with disabilities an others it would be awesome if you would create page rotation. I love the app and this would open up longer use for us. Thank You

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    Hi there, you can rotate any page by going to the thumbnail view, tapping the “select” button in the upper right and then selecting the pages you want to rotate. After selecting, tap the “rotate” button at the top.

  2. Die deutsche Übersetzung ist "beschneiden". Ist etwas unglücklich weil man dabei an die Beschneidung denkt aus dem Islam irgendwie. Ich würde es auf "Zuschneiden" ändern.

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  3. please add Editing function of PDF outlines(outlines’s names , hierarchys)

    5 votes

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  4. I am always write with a fountain pen and draw shapes with a ball pen.
    And have to switch between these two pen styles.

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    We’re happy to announce that the update 5.6.0 that we released today adds an improved shape recognition including the option to hold at the end of a line to make a perfect shape, shape selection & editing, and curve drawing. It further improves the recognition of circles and squares and adds back the ability to draw shapes with the highlighter.

  5. Trackpad and mouse support of Good Note 5 is too limited. I hope more feature will be added to the next update.

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  6. Wenn ich bisher eine PDF Datei in mein Notizbuch importieren will, kann ich nur zwischen dem zu letzt geöffneten Notizbuch oder den Überordnern wählen, in die ich das PDF dann als neue Datei einfügen kann.

    In fürheren Versionen konnte man ein PDF, z.B. aus den Dateien, in jedes Notizbuch als Seite importieren.

    Bei der bisherigen Version muss ich erst meinen Scan machen, dann daran denken, dass ich in Good Notes das richtige Notizbuch geöffnet habe und kann dann erst das Arbeitsblatt in mein Notizbuch einfügen.

    Das kostet viel Zeit und nervt, daher würde es mich freuen, wenn Sie die Möglichkeit,…

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  7. When I import a PDF file in good notes, I can only choose to import it in folders or in the last opened document/ notebook. In earlier versions, I was able to choose also notebooks to import my PDF as a site.

    Now, I have to go to my scan app, scan the document, go to Good Notes, open the right notebook, go to the scan app and just then I can import it as a site in the right notebook.

    Please bring that back. So, you can save a lot of time.

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  8. When you add a shape, you should be able to easily resize it, because often it is not exactly how I want it to be and then you have to redo and then do it again and again and again until it is how I want it to be. This takes a lot of time.

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    We’re happy to announce that the update 5.6.0 that we released today adds an improved shape recognition including the option to hold at the end of a line to make a perfect shape, shape selection & editing, and curve drawing. It further improves the recognition of circles and squares and adds back the ability to draw shapes with the highlighter.

  9. Link the documents in iCloud with the new iCloud folder sharing. If you've enabled iCloud, why it's not possible to share docs you want to share just by sending a link? I mean, with iOS 13.4, Apple made this possible. You send a link, you tap on the link, Goodnotes asks you if you want to import the docs. That's it. Much better for large folders and I would save a lot of data volume.
    Would be nice to have. :-)

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    We’re happy to announce the release of our new update GoodNotes 5.5 including “Shared Documents”. You can now share a document with other GoodNotes users and work together on them. You can read everything about the first version of shared documents here: https://medium.goodnotes.com/link-sharing-share-documents-adb36f99c583 Details on how to use the new features and FAQ are available here: https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001571256-Sharing-a-document-with-other-users-to-collaborate-on-it

  10. When editing file names on my mac i can't use my arrow keys to navigate/edit. When hitting the left arrow key it even asks me if i want to delete the file. Would be great if this was changed to behave like in the textbox.

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  11. Share same document with friends or coworkers it’s more simple all we can write on it and see what we are on.
    Like taking note with my friend in lecture. Or in our meetings.
    I Hope there’s version support this feature.

    13 votes

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    We’re happy to announce the release of our new update GoodNotes 5.5 including “Shared Documents”. You can now share a document with other GoodNotes users and work together on them. You can read everything about the first version of shared documents here: https://medium.goodnotes.com/link-sharing-share-documents-adb36f99c583 Details on how to use the new features and FAQ are available here: https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001571256-Sharing-a-document-with-other-users-to-collaborate-on-it

  12. Currently it is not possible to change the color of machine text once you have left the text box.
    Please add a feature to change color of machine text later on.

    5 votes

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    You can already change the color. Select the text tool in the toolbar if not already selected, and tap on the text box again. Then you can edit the text and also change the color.

  13. Please please add a feature to convert hand written notes to the same page. You offer to export the converted hand written notes to text, but you should allow to change the notes in the fly to the same page you converted. Please! Your note application will supersede all others with this feature!

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  14. It would be great if the toolbar hidden function (while projecting on screen) can be used during video meeting/screen sharing/screen recording.

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  15. we need a direct way to contact goodnotes developers
    Ive encountered an annoying bug and got the screen recording, but I got nowhere to report the issue and the bug still keeps on irritating me.
    really need help

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  16. I think it would be a really good feature to be able to cast this app to chromecast because a lot of people could take advantage of this.
    I think that Goodnotes does not hear what the people really want

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    Instead of casting GoodNotes to Chromecast, please try using the AirPlay feature of your iPad and mirror the entire device to your external screen. This will also enable you to use presentation mode in GoodNotes.

  17. It takes me a number of attempts to get a perfect rectangle now. The Notability function where it has Vector-like points on the shape that you can manipulate would be very useful. And the hold to produce a shape function would be great.

    4 votes

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    We’re happy to announce that the update 5.6.0 that we released today adds an improved shape recognition including the option to hold at the end of a line to make a perfect shape, shape selection & editing, and curve drawing. It further improves the recognition of circles and squares and adds back the ability to draw shapes with the highlighter.

  18. In GoodNotes 4 I’m able to use the shape tool with everything but GoodNotes 5 is missing this feature. It seems like not a big problem but I like to circle things in my notes with highlighters and see know reason why GN5 doesn’t have this possibility.

    5 votes

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    We’re happy to announce that the update 5.6.0 that we released today adds an improved shape recognition including the option to hold at the end of a line to make a perfect shape, shape selection & editing, and curve drawing. It further improves the recognition of circles and squares and adds back the ability to draw shapes with the highlighter.

  19. 2 votes

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    Thanks for your feedback!

    We’re excited to share that in our latest update (September 2025), we've added the floating toolbar, that you can place anywhere on the screen: top, bottom, left, or right — for a more personalized and flexible workspace.

    Make sure you're updated to the latest version to access this new feature.

  20. In goodnotes 4 you were able to lock 🔒 the zoom 🔎 displayed on a mirrored screen when presenting. For example, students would only see what you have zoomed into on the ipad via projector 📽 , whilst you (the teacher) could zoom out or in on the iPad app to continue to annotate your notes continuously helping with your work flow.

    4 votes

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    In the update 5.3 for iPadOS, we added the ability to open GoodNotes in multiple windows, which enables you to open the same document in two windows side by side. By tapping on the share button in the navigation bar, you can choose the window you want to present from, essentially enabling you to do much more than screen lock did in GoodNotes 4.

    You can freely zoom in and out or change the page on the other window without affecting what your audience sees.

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