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  1. it would be great to have an interface, that you can circle around handwritten text in Goodnotes and send this as a new task to your task manager.

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    GoodNotes already supports the necessary technology for this but it depends on your task managers if they support the format.
    You can try dragging an dropping your handwriting in the task manager or sharing it directly via the share sheet after converting your handwriting.
    Check out this article to learn how to do it: https://medium.goodnotes.com/6-examples-of-how-to-use-the-ipads-drag-and-drop-features-to-boost-your-productivity-ec32a50b5052

  2. I really want the highlighter works of text on a dark or a black page. Try to fix it ASAP.

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  3. I use Goodnotes to present incremental slides: Each slide contains the previous slide plus some additional items. The Next Page Animation (old page moves out, new page moves in) is disturbing here. It would be nice to have a scroll mode without animation, i.e., the next page simply replaces the current page . Concretely: Add one more Scroll direction: Horizontal without animation.

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  4. Customisable covers (imported image, photo, pdf, for example)

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  5. Wir nutzen ihre Software um die schulhefte zu ersetzten und leider fehlt die Lineatur für Schulklassen

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  6. A white color version of the legal writing papers would be great. I've been using the white single column but a margin would make note taking more efficient.

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  7. I need to move a photo to a page, can I do that?

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    You can add photos to any page using the image tool or using drag and drop. If the photo has already been added to a page, use the lasso tool to copy/cut and paste it to another page.

  8. I use GoodNotes for my lectures. I wish GoodNotes had an option where the pages transition like a presentation (just a clean jump to the next page rather than a page-turn effect), as if I were presenting from a pdf viewer, Google slides, etc. That way, I would be able to use GoodNotes for all my presentations where I uncover blocks of texts across slides.

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    This can be done by setting the preference of the presentation mode to “always show full page”. Page transitions won’t be visible for your audience which allows you to create “powerpoint-like” transitions or even flipbook animations where each page is one frame of an animation.

  9. To be able to write a document on a single page, a very long page. Because when you write a mathematical demonstration and you always have to go from one page to another to see what you have written, it is not practical. Whereas if it were a single page, you would always have what you have just written above what you want to write, and not on a previous page. Digital technology makes it possible to have very long pages. It's a shame to be limited by the page length that exists in the physical world.

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    From what we read it sounds like you should be able to accomplish what you want by setting the scrolling direction to “vertical” in the … menu. This will allow you to see the page above while you already write on the next page.

  10. Would be great if imported PDF files can be searchable just like scanned pictures and handwritings. In my notebooks I import PDF more often than I take a picture.

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    Most PDFs that have been digitally created are already searchable in GoodNotes. There are some PDFs that have been scanned by older scanners which don’t support OCR which means they will not be searchable. We’re interested to make this possible in the future too.

  11. Hey everyone,
    I have a technical issue with goodnotes, but it is not listed in the FAQ. It is not possible to file a question e.g. to a support chat. This should be improved. Other apps offer direct contact to the developers support, some through the App-Store some through an implemented help center in the application.
    I have placed my request now below a blog post and hope to receive an answer (topic: flashcards). If there is another way, please tell me.
    Thanks
    Hannes

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  12. It annoys me that you have to change the template by yourself each time you want to swipe to add a new page after a pdf. Because when swiping a new page, behind a pdf dokument, to write on you get the template of the pdf dokument and you have to change the template to a writeable page.

    So please let us self-define the template after EACH (pdf) page!

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    In case you want to select a different template than the previous page’s template, please tap on the + button in the navigation bar. You can add new templates from frequently used ones or from the template library if you scroll all the way to the end in the horizontal list of templates.

  13. And then be able to remove the gridlines afterwards. This would be super helpful on homework that we have to write on. Or, add light gridlines/squares to the zoom feature.

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    It sounds like you will only need to remove the grind lines to submit it. In this case, please consider writing on paper with grid or lines first and then just use “change paper template” in … menu when you’re done. Alternatively, you can also disable “Include Page Background” in the export options.

  14. It would be very usefull to be able to export intervals of pages in a document instead of only entire document of the current page.

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  15. It would be so useful to have the option to transform the selection, like in adobe. Adding or subtracting parts of the selection, resizing it...

    Thanks!

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  16. Apple released new Mac Books with new Chips called "M1". Programms have to be optimized, bevor they can be used with the new Mac Books. I have a new MacBook now and want to use GoodNotes, so it would be perfect, if you will upgrade the GoodNotes App for Mac.

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  17. Please help & allow us to change the size of inserted page !
    Thanks !

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  18. How About, We Have Students In Our Class Use GoodNotes?

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    Thanks for the suggestion. There is no limitation on who can use GoodNotes. The app is available through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program for educational institutions, so you can even get it at a cheaper price when you buy multiple licenses for your students.

  19. Title is pretty much straightforward. I'm tired of exporting my notes into One Note just so that I can see them on my PC. I would like this to be automatic and I don't think I'm the only one out there who would like this feature.

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  20. Even if the corresponding page is deleted, the PDF outline remains as it is.And it making the outline difficult to see. I want you to be able to add or delete new PDF outlines as well as custom outlines.

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