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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. I would like to be able to select tools using the keyboard but in a more advanced way. At the moment we can only select for example the pen or the eraser, it will be interesting to be able to select for example the predefined colors of the pen thanks to keyboard shortcuts.

    8 votes

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  2. When I am inserting photos as a new page, I can only insert one photo at a time and could not insert more than one at a single instance.

    It saves lot of time for the users in case they want to insert screenshots of lessons they are going through online.

    8 votes

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  3. It would be great to have a menu bar where you can see all the tabs of the different documents even if you go back to the main document menu.
    Now if you want to go back to your open document you actually have to open another document from the main menu to get back to the view of the different tabs.
    Please keep the tabs on display whereever you are in goodnotes. Would be super helpful

    6 votes

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  4. Presently it is not possible to restore directly from an automatic backup (oneway backup function to a distant drive different than icloud). You have to first download all the files and folder from the distant drive (ex google drive) then zip them and then send them via airdrop to the ipad and open it with Goodnotes.
    And it’s even more difficult if you have selected the option to backup .goodnotes and .pdf files because you need to delete the .pdf files ...

    Please add a restore function simple to use

    4 votes

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  5. I am an engineer.
    I use GoodNotes all the time to produce flow diagrams at a professional level, good enough for tender documents.
    It has become a much more useful tool than AutoCAD for this purpose.
    I also use it to produce preliminary MEP drawings.
    Basic measurement tool with a simple calibration Tool could help a lot.

    Thanks.
    David.

    6 votes

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  6. I would love a feature that lets me drop a picture into a chunk of text or hand writing and have the text wrap around it.

    9 votes

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  7. It would be ideal to have the ability to be able to change highlighted text to a different colour without using the lasso tool on every single different page where that colour is found. It would also be neat to be able to select a page range to change all of a certain highlight colour to a different colour (Ex, having blue and yellow highlight on multiple pages but now wanting to change the yellow highlight to pink, etc.). Almost the same idea for printing specific pages, you'll be able to select single page, range, or entire document and the…

    2 votes

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  8. Adding a measuring tool built into the text rotation box specifying the exact angle you rotate the text. Noteshelf 2 just introduced this.

    3 votes

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  9. It would be nice to be able to realign the button options on the bottom of the page. For example, “favorites” is currently to the far right which I use often, and “share” is closer to the middle which I never use.

    1 vote

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  10. If we are in a document, that’s not yet marked as a favorite, it would be great to be able to “favorite” the ENTIRE document from there, not just the page were are in.

    1 vote

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  11. I am using GoodNotes as a teacher to present my lessons. It would be wonderful if I could I insert live links into my goodnotes page so I can click on it to show a video or math application like Desmos. Are either of these features in the works?

    21 votes

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  12. Please include the option to inactivate the gesture undo — undoes much too often while I am writing.

    8 votes

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  13. I used your app for note-taking during class and creating final notes which I can review during exams. I think it would be a good idea to add a function where you have an "invincible" layer over your notes such that you can write down stuff without ruining the notes you made. It will be like a post it except that it is see through. It will work like photoshop where you can have different layers which you can show or hide.

    9 votes

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  14. Please give us an option to choose dark/black color for the blue bar on the top! Or just make the blue bar black in a dark mode theme! It will look better that way!

    8 votes

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  15. I know that some people like the more simplistic aspect of a lighter weight organisation system, but I know many more users including myself who would love to have a comprehensive and neatly sewn-together file sorting system where we can visually class, group and reference our notes.

    I much prefer the features and dynamic of GoodNotes, however, the organisation is a major dealbreaker for many as to why they pick Notability. I think many people will value such a feature greatly. Thanks! :)

    4 votes

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  16. Good Notes 5 doesn’t allow you to select all bookmarked pages in Favorites and trash them. See attached video. You can trash all but one page. Otherwise you get a pop-up warning message.

    Please provide a Select All button and allow a quick way to Trash all
    bookmarked pages.

    1 vote

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  17. Good Notes 5 doesn’t allow you to select all bookmarked pages in Favorites and trash them. See attached video. You can trash all but one page. Otherwise you get a pop-up warning message.

    Please provide a Select All button and allow a quick way to Trash all
    bookmarked pages.

    1 vote

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  18. A cursor that can be selected so I can move threw the pages with my pencil so that I do not have to use my hand every time I want to swipe up, down, left or right

    2 votes

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  19. My intended primary use for Goodnotes is to markup PDFs. These PDFs are already organised in Google Drive, and I would like to edit these files directly (rather than having the edited versions saved elsewhere).

    7 votes

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  20. Ability to Backup as Editable PDF instead of just Flattened PDF.

    9 votes

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