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  1. A feature to recognize mathematical symbols and equations and to convert them into images inside the recognized text

    22 votes

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  2. It would be useful to have a grid or lines that float above the paper, but are not saved with a PDF. As it is now I use the graph paper template to write on. It helps keep my writing straight and makes it easier to draw lines and boxes. But I’d rather that my audience not see the grid. A better solution for me would be to use the plain paper template but with a grid I can turn on and off as needed. The grid appears on the iPad but is not visible on the AirPlay output.

    358 votes

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  3. Text needs to be improved
    - Bullet points and other text features like tables needed to be added
    - Switching quickly between preset text fonts and sizes
    - Text recognition on pdfs is terrible, some fonts like ones used in some of my text books are hardly searchable
    - Text boxes are annoying, don't mix well with handwriting and do not fit into the lines of the default page

    391 votes

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  4. Let us open PDF's from anywhere in the Files-App in GoodNotes and then edit them without copying them over to GN.

    19 votes

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  5. We would like an option where students could highlight the text and have it read to them to help our low readers with difficult text. Maybe have it coordinate with the iPad Accessibility option of text-to-speech.

    122 votes

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  6. there are just two pens

    I need more pen setting
    I want to save different style pens - thickness and colors
    Make more pens..! thankyou!

    62 votes

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  7. insert of split text function please... so if a user wants to add notes in between lines, s/he could insert a space and write

    175 votes

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  8. Page marker at the bottom (like Adobe Reader) to show you the page number in the PDF, the approximate location out of 100% and something you can grab to move through pages quickly. I often need to move through a PDF with 100's of pages, and since I don't know page I am on or what page I need to get to... using a menu to type in a guessed page number is very cumbersome

    31 votes

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  9. please allow users to search Chinese notes, I need to take notes in Chinese, but it can only search English handwritten notes, which is inconvenient for foreigners.

    4 votes

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  10. If I can categorically separate my notes within a notebook with the help of individual sections or chapters, and be able to quickly and easily navigate between these, it would be a handy functionality benefit.

    This will allow the user to separate topics or ideas, while keeping the whole content in a single exportable notebook.

    53 votes

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  11. 42 votes

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  12. I have a simple idea to provide to pen icons above because during the lecture while changing color of writing pen takes some time . Having 2 pens we dont need to open color menu again and again to select the color. We can do it just by tapping

    42 votes

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  13. 52 votes

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  14. When using the scissor tool, I would like to not only be able to change the color, but also the thickness of the selected drawing.

    32 votes

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  15. I would love to see the feature to edit the icloud drive files directly. I have my mac desktop in the cloud and I would appreciate it if My annotations would be saved directly to the file in the cloud and furthermore on my desktop.

    6 votes

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  16. Please enable users to switch colors of pen or highlighter just like the Apple Notes app or the One Note app ( from Microsoft ) , where I can just tap on the pen icon , and the color options will not dissappear after I selected them , but still stay there even when I write . This will allow users to switch color of Pen much easier without the need to select the pen option 2 times evertime . Thank you !!

    6 votes

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  17. That it will auto sync to your Microsoft office or google calendar if you need it to

    17 votes

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  18. I would like to use TouchID to both open the app (a la Dropbox) and/or individual notebook TouchID verification.

    1,219 votes

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  19. This is my go to app, so it would be ideal to have a widget allowing direct navigation from iPad//iPhone home screen

    125 votes

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  20. I am an engineering student. After trying multiple apps your app has by far been the best for the college student who takes higher level math courses. Every other app that allows to draw decent shapes and lines are way too complicated and targeted more for artists. We need to be able to take neat notes that involve shapes and numbers quickly and efficiently. While I love your shape feature it is time consuming to draw 3D shapes while trying to incorporate dotted lines to show hidden parts of the shape. Having a dotted line feature as well as maybe…

    99 votes

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