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  1. Allow a Label next to the page number in Thumbnail view - so that when I click on thumbnails, I can see what the topic of a particular page is.

    2 votes

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  2. 2 votes

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  3. When studying flash cards, it would be helpful if the flash card window only disappeared after tapping „done“. Currently, you have to be so careful not to touch the screen anywhere.

    15 votes

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  4. Most students and workers share notes and often do not use the same note-taking app. As you can only import notes taken in other apps in pdf form, you can't edit the handwriting: no eraser, no lasso tool etc... It would be INCREDIBLY beneficial if the handwriting recognition also worked with imported documents. I think applying the same handwriting recognition technology to imported notes with handwriting written in other note-taking apps would be doable. I really hope that you consider this idea because I believe that it will be a very crucial feature that will distinguish Goodnotes from the other…

    1 vote

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  5. Get proper names recognized or added as recognizable words.

    2 votes

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  6. There should be an option where you can upload a powerpoint and it would format it as 3 slides per page on the left with room for notes on the right side. That way you don't have to write everything that the teacher says, but can hilight the things they emphasize.

    3 votes

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  7. for using the Text tool with an Apple Pencil, add some movement or mark that indicates "new line" or "paragraph." Currently I must stop writing, open the keyboard and tap "return" when perhaps some Pencil gesture could accomplish this.

    2 votes

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  8. When inserting a picture taken by camera at real time, I need the scanned version, rather than the original picture. This function is supported by OneNote a long time ago, and they call it "Blackboard" mode in the camera. I hope this can be added to GoodNotes as well. Thank you~

    9 votes

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  9. When opening the page grid view, and clicking on the outline section (as opposed to thumbnails section), it would be awesome if the outline section would automatically scroll down (and highlight/bolden) the outline that is closest to (but before or on) the current page the user is editing/looking at in the documents view page. Currently, every time the outline section of the page grid view is selected, the list shows the very top of the outline list, and the user has to scroll down to outlines that are relevant to the current page, as opposed to the outline section automatically…

    6 votes

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  10. I usually keep two notebooks open on my iPad in tabs. I write in thin black on one notebook, and the other notebook I write on an index card template in a thick marker like pen setting. Moving between tabs, it would be nice if a notebook would remember the last pen setting used inside it. I need to switch back and forth quickly, and having to change pen type, color and thickness every single time gets old fast. Thanks for your great product!

    527 votes

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  11. I am a student studying in Korea. When studying with a good note, if you move the handwriting with the lasso, I hope that the highlight and handwriting will be separately selected.

    3 votes

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  12. When I stay in text styling and want to select text this is not possible, I have to move to the image module or turn off the writing function to be able to select text. After pasting, it automatically redirects to text styling ...... which makes me very angry and speechless. Please restore the previous functionality, the experience after the update is extremely poor and has affected my studies, please fix this bug as soon as possible!

    1 vote

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  13. Like to be able to change the colours for goodnotes and having only 3 options for the colours with one usually being black is quite restrictive and changing it every time can be tedious. Would be very nice if we could have more pen colour options on the toolbar. Thanks for considering my idea!

    14 votes

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  14. I have a suggestion, and I hope that the function to change the font size and thickness of the pen can be added when selecting the written part as a snare when writing with a pencil. There is something called resizing on the menu, but if the size of the writing pen is 0.7mm, not what I want, I would like to change the writing part to 0.5mm or 0.3mm. Sizing is really adjusting the size.I just want to change the thickness of the pen here while maintaining the size. There is a hassle of rewriting the written part, so…

    1 vote

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  15. Apps bounce too often in iPad OS 16.1. It bounces so much that I can't work on it;;

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  16. An existing page(main page) must have options to add side pages which can be used to have more information for a topic/content present on the main page.

    Basically using the side pages as rough workspace to note down more info of a particular topic present on the main page where the side pages can be hidden when not needed.

    Example:
    1) An equation on the main page and its derivation on the side pages(collapsable/hidden pages) that can be accessed whenever required and can be hidden away when not required.

    2)A formula on the main page and sample problems and solutions…

    3 votes

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  17. Create better accessibility for low vision users. It would be nice to have the ability to increase the boldness of the lines on pages or the ability to increase the size of the tools menu. Currently I have to use the zoom feature to help choose the correct tool. We are not all created equal in the low vision community so it would be nice to have options. This doesn’t seem like it should require votes or likes. Thank you.

    1 vote

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  18. You have the bookmarks, but including a priority star at the top as a reminder to revisit the document as a whole would be helpful for those in school

    2 votes

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  19. when you make Photos in goodnotes app save also the gps position with the foto, like it is possible at the iphone

    2 votes

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  20. I hope that you can added two useful functions to the app.

    The first one is that let the user modify the code of book, that is, let the user customize the first page of books. The users can not go to according page that the content tell us because the page number in the app is a sum equals the later page number add the content,including the cover. That's really make me crazy.

    The second one is that Increase the level of the outline. We can add the page to the outline, but we can not set the lever…

    4 votes

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