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  1. Allow Notebooks from Goodnotes to be uploaded/shared (to Chatgpt/email/etc) directly from Goodnotes without needing to export it first, as it takes up double the space on the computer; plus it exports as a zip file when its more than 1 notebook, making bulk sharing/uploading very tedious

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  2. 音楽の授業で、先生のお手本のフレーズをメモするために録音機能を使っています。手書きのメモの横に録音した素材を貼り付けることが出来たら、振り返りがもっと簡単になるのになぁと思っています。
    In music class, I use the recording function to write down the teacher's sample phrases. If you could paste the recorded material next to the handwritten memo, it would be easier to look back.

    8 votes

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  3. When using GoodNotes in split-screen mode, I record audio on one side so I can listen to it later, while studying for a test on the other side. However, if I close the screen I’m studying on, the recording disappears. The same thing happens when I try to open a different document on the study side — the recording stops and disappears.

    This feature worked fine before the update and also in GoodNotes 5, so I really want this issue fixed immediately. It’s seriously affecting my test preparation, and I’m having a lot of trouble because of it. Please fix…

    7 votes

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  4. Currently, choosing a font is time-consuming, not efficient. There are so many steps to choose the font I need. The recent update made it worse.

    Now, a tiny window pops up with the default chosen (never the one I need). I then select "Custom Fonts" and a larger window pops up. I go find say, Bodoni. Change my font. But I find I don't like that font. I have to highlight the word or words, the small window pops up again, I choose Custom Fonts again, then have to find another font from the beginning. I'd like it to default…

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  5. I would appreciate it if, similar to colours and font weights, it were possible to create "favourites" for fonts and line spacing, although the issue with line spacing not automatically being saved as I had specified should be resolved first.

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  6. Ich fände es gut, wenn man ähnlich wie bei Farben und Schriftdicken auch bei Schriftarten und Zeilenabständen „Favoriten“ anlegen könnte, wobei bei Zeilenabständen vorher der Fehler, dass diese bei mir nicht automatisch so sind, wie ich sie gespeichert habe behoben werden sollte.

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  7. Having to press the icon twice instead of once to use a tool is time consuming. I need to take lecture notes and switch between tools quickly. Another way is to make a shortcut bar for tools with specific settings.

    3 votes

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  8. I import a lot of older books and text images from classes, but in order to use goodnotes AI, the words in the imported PDF need to be actual text.

    MacOS does it well in preview, but I can't export it as embedded text from the image scan, so I'll have to resort to janky online tools that take forever to read the images then ultimately import it again to goodnotes.

    I've seen some occassional messages from the AI sidebar asking if it can read it, but it never does and the message is sporatic anyway. How can goodnotes read…

    2 votes

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  9. I would love to have virtual paperclips to clip papers together.

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  10. The pencil tool could benefit from the possibility of regulating sensitivity, stabilization, stroke streamlining, and CONCENTRATION allowing for smoother, more controlled lines when writing or sketching. At the moment, it feels a bit too dull and diluted, making precise work difficult. Additionally, it would be great if the pencil tip were round instead of flat, to better mimic the feel of a real pencil and produce more natural, consistent strokes.

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  11. It would be great if GoodNotes allowed users to rescale existing paper templates. For example, when using an A4 template with a squared pattern, users could adjust the grid size (e.g., 4 mm, 5 mm, 1 cm, etc.) without changing the overall paper format. This flexibility would make it easier to customize templates for different needs—such as technical notes, sketches, or graphing—while maintaining a consistent page size and layout.

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  12. Add an option to easily export a text doc AS A TEXT DOC and not as a PDF.
    Also fix the size and format of all textDoc settings so it wouldnt look so bad as a PDF

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  13. Make possible to draw a straight line but with different slants: when I take a picture of a text, sometimes the text is not perfectly straight, it’s abi tilted and it’s impossible to highlight it with the straight feature cause the highlight won’t correspond to the tilted text.
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  14. I’m currently using Goodnotes for handwritten notes and pages for typing ones. I’d love to do that all in Goodnotes. I think an improvement of the text document is well needed. For example, give the choice to visualise as one full page or divided in a4 pages, give more options tu personalise texts fonts, font size. All the features used in other apps.
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  15. I find writing with a keyboard more difficult since the last update. You have removed the keyboard function in the toolbar, and now I have to tap and hold to start writing in a regular notebook. This is useless.

    Text documents are not a terrible thing, but you should add the possibility to highlight or write with a pen on them. Personally, I chose GoodNotes because it allowed me to both write with a keyboard and with a pen on the same file.
    With text documents you can finally write without pages and the issues that come from it (having…

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  16. Dear GoodNotes Developers,
    I hope this doesn’t come across as too forward, but I have a suggestion I’d like to share.
    I would greatly appreciate it if you could create a dedicated bug report channel here.
    For example, when a Sticky Note is positioned at the center or bottom of the screen, the screen automatically moves whenever the keyboard is opened. I’ve reported this issue multiple times through the in-app bug reporting, but even after several updates over the past few days, the issue still hasn’t been addressed.
    There are also other ongoing issues, such as scrolling glitches, pen input…

    2 votes

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  17. please take away the automatic tool bar that pops up after encircling. every time I want to rearrange my notes, it pops up and BLOCKS the FOV that I'm moving it to.

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  18. After element button is selected, the collection bar at bottom should be able to be made bigger when opened, the images are so small it's hard to see them even on a 12" iPad

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  19. I’d like to suggest that GoodNotes add an auto-refine or handwriting smoothing feature that subtly corrects small imperfections in handwriting without changing the user’s natural writing style.

    Currently, when writing with the Apple Pencil using the ballpoint pen, I’ve noticed that the strokes sometimes add unwanted flicks or extra lines at the end of letters, which makes the handwriting look less clean and natural, this is extremely irratating as on other app my handwriting doesnt appear to be like that. Even with the stability setting at zero, it still happens, and it disrupts the flow of writing, especially for users…

    3 votes

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