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  1. Please allow writing outside of page in the margins, similar to OneNote.

    10 votes

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  2. When replying to an e-mail, it's useful to be able to attach a document from GoodNotes. This is different from exporting a GoodNotes document by e-mail from inside GoodNotes, which creates a new e-mail.

    A possible workflow could be: receive an e-mail with a PDF attachment to review -> export the PDF to GoodNotes for signature / annotating -> reply to the e-mail and attach the annotated PDF.

    Currently, it's possible to use Mail.app and GoodNotes in split screen, and drag a GoodNotes document to an e-mail reply. However, that seems to be restricted to Mail.app. Other mail apps don't…

    1 vote

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  3. I use GoodNotes for my planning and now create my planner in keynotes first so I can link the tabs to the right page. I’ve seen more people suggesting this feature comes in GoodNotes itself too so you don’t need keynotes anymore.

    I want to add something to that suggestion: I would also like to link objects or text boxes so what you write on one place will be mirrored to another place.

    For example; I have a monthly overview but also days and weeks. I have in every day page a square in the same size as in the…

    9 votes

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  4. Especially in PDFs and PowerPoint Presentations where you cannot add more room to write on or around the page, having the ability to add and create a collapsible “sticky note” on the page would be useful. An example is provided:

    24 votes

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  5. When formatting text for example by using underline, bold, cursive, the whole text is being formatted with the last effect being used in the text when changing font size. Please change it so that when changing the text size already formatted words are being saved and not applied to the whole text box.

    2 votes

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  6. I'm using Iphone -8 and ipad ,not have wide camera (zoom 0.5X) like Iphone 12.
    Please add more feature in "take photo" mode for keep wide area image.

    Sorry for my poor english.

    Thank you
    Best regards.

    3 votes

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  7. Goodnotes Dokumente ineinander verlinken, sprich wenn ich im Dokument „siehe Kapitel xy“ schreibe, würde ich gerne dieses Kapitel aus einem anderen Dokument verknüpfen um somit mit einem Klick dorthin zu gelangen.

    2 votes

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  8. Paging Transition WITHOUT any effect (like one can with PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat).
    I use GoodNotes in virtual meetings as well in presence ones. The page transition animation are ‘nice at first’ but always distracting, specially in cases of two or more pages that are identical except a few visual clues (like an added box to call attention to a detail)… in those cases a clean, seemless transition, is a MUST.
    I saw many other suggestions of the kind here, all SHUTDOWN by some ‘moderator’ as being a non issue that you can set the presentation mode to always full

    3 votes

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  9. Having a feature similar to ACD/ChemSketch would be awesome!

    2 votes

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  10. Allow import of docx documents on Mac version of GoodNotes

    3 votes

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  11. When inside a notebook, it would be great to be able to open another notebook/document in a new tab (not a new window), without having to hit the back button and go back to the main list of folders/notebooks/etc

    2 votes

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  12. GoodNotes still does not have implemented this great feature that apple introduced with iOS 13. Everywhere I can press long on the scrollbar and just slide it wherever I want. So I can reach the last page of a long book pretty fast. In GoodNotes I still need to scroll page by page until I am at the last page. This is pretty annoying. Even Notability has this feature implemented.
    You can see three photos attached, one while using Goodnotes (no thick scrollbar), one while using Notability (thick scrollbar) and one while using Safari (thick scrollbar).

    Please implement this!

    2 votes

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  13. Sometimes when you use the same hexcode the colours between the pen and highlighter don't match, I then end up messing around with colours until the match better, would love if the highlighter matched more :)

    4 votes

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  14. das man einen Plan mit einem klick in der original Größe Dargestellt hat damit man Sachen raus messen kann !

    4 votes

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  15. We need faster accelerated scrolling like Apple Notes, Margin Note or even the default PDF viewer app in the Files app. The scrolling speed of files in GoodNotes feels like my pages are stuck in mud, requiring me to use multiple long swipe gestures across the iPad to scroll down/up faster and reach my desired location. I noticed that multiple swipes also doesn't 'accelerate' the speed, which isn't an issue on other apps that I mentioned above or Apple native apps like Notes and Safari. Please implement this. Thanks.

    4 votes

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  16. Include the option to type(or write) in the font size along with the slider and +/- buttons.

    4 votes

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  17. The pen box function can store more pens and put them somewhere on the screen, so that users can set them up in advance and put them in the pen box, so that they don't have to always switch brushes, which is more convenient.

    1 vote

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  18. Many people use good notes for planner or as a diary. It would be very helpful one could add a reminder entry or calendar entry during taking notes . For example just button that shows entry of reminder at that place. Also reminder app will have an entry so that it will notify you when needed. Perhaps as a separate purchase. Like pencil planner app in app store.

    5 votes

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  19. to change the top color of the banner in the app

    2 votes

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  20. I suggest a more customizable range of template colors, that can also be used to replace preexisting backgrounds on imported PDFs.
    I also think it would be a good idea to be able to customize the color theme of the entire app.

    4 votes

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