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  1. About once a year I waste half an hour trying to see if I can save preset text colors the same way I can save custom pen colors. Because the interface is identical I perhaps unfairly assume this will involve much the same code and would therefore be an easy fix. I therefore keep thinking a fix would be right around the corner. At this point, I would be better served by having you come out and say that you are never going to get around to it , so I can spend my time jury-rigging a work around. Don’t…

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  2. Es wäre sehr hilfreich, wenn man die Lernkarten (z.B. für Vokabeln) in beide Richtungen abfragen lassen könnte.

    2 votes

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  3. while im writing , there should be an extra page ready always. makes for such a good writing experience. you don't need always go and add the same template. an extra page is just ready for you to continue you work

    3 votes

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  4. The little blue box that shows up in the zoom box for you to continue writing can be great and also annoying.

    It could definitely be more cursive friendly, maybe drop over to the next space once you start writing and not when you finish?

    Or make it so we can make it bigger when the next word is more the three letter?

    3 votes

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  5. Being able to share and download actual sticker packs or “elements” on the community section. Right now all the stickers are just a note with the stickers on it and you have to screenshot and crop all the “freebie” stickers.

    3 votes

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  6. Please include an option to disable the zoom window and the highlighting/selection features entirely. I prefer to zoom and select manually and it’s annoying to have the app constantly highlighting parts of my musical score or to see the black “zoom” option button appear just because I’ve touched the screen a bit too long.

    2 votes

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  7. Enable File Storage without iCloud backup - My daughter is halfway through her sophomore year in college and loves (we all do) good notes. Her first years data is taking up several mega bytes of data (almost 32) which is all the memory she has on her iPad. As she continues we will obviously have to buy a new iPad and storage but would be great to be able to save that first years data to an offline file for use down the road to refer to and or share with friends. Good notes rocks, please add that feature!

    8 votes

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  8. can we have the ability to adjust more highlighter settings, for example the ability to change the opacity of it and be able to make the general size of the highlighter smaller (similar to how the standard pens can be 0.3 rather than have 1.0 as the smallest option)

    24 votes

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  9. I really wish they would add to their text options a stroke/outline. This would be especially helpful for headings. You can duplicate writing, change the colour and size but trying to line it up never gives a perfect outline.

    5 votes

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  10. In the pages view, when clicking the arrow on a page, would be great to add a new feature "Archive". This sends the current page to the last page of the notebook and slightly dims it, or adds an icon indicating it is archived.

    6 votes

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  11. Hi! I would love to have the possibility to use 2 accounts on one device.
    For example business and private.

    Are there any plans on that?

    3 votes

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  12. Hello, can you guys make the app available for windows, because there’s no other good app like yours and I really want it on my 2 in 1 convertible Windows laptop. Would be nice if that works out!

    62 votes

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  13. The search function within GoodNotes is a failed system. Anyone who has used GoodNotes and Notability knows that the search function of Notability is FAR superior. You can search for phrases, search within specific dividers and subjects, etc.

    If I were to search for “green house gases” in GoodNotes it would pull up every result for “green,” “house,” and “gases” in every single note stored within GoodNotes. It turns something that should produce 5-10 results into 500 results and renders the search completely useless.

    All I’m asking for is the ability to place words in brackets and pull the results…

    63 votes

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  14. I use GoodNotes for teaching (and it‘s great for that). However I‘d love widgets like timers for students. I use classroomscreen.com for timers and soundlevel sensors, which are oddly specific requirements for teachers. So I don‘t think features like these will be implemented.
    If I could use the presentation mode while in splitscreen, I could show timers/other widgets on one side, while not losing space in my GoodNotes document. Also I don‘t want students to see messages popping up on my screen.

    5 votes

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  15. Allow for the length of the highlighter shape to be resized in length only. If I were to create a highlight line that is a bit too long or short, I do not want to also resize the height of the shape.

    This would be better than having to redraw the line.

    5 votes

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  16. Currently GoodNotes is only available to Apple Users.
    If GoodNotes became available to Windows users, this would broaden their platform and reach over 100 million students.
    Most college students are on a tight budget - by reaching the Windows platform you are reaching approximately 70% of college students

    Make GoodNotes available for Windows/PC users.

    1 vote

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  17. It would be a lot more useful to make more writing space and less distractions if the tab and document bar would be hidden while writing, I only need the tools bar, not the other bar, it only occupies useful space.

    21 votes

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  18. a pomodoro timer ( be it stopwatch or custom timer with breaks ) within the app.
    when the timer starts it blocks all the other apps and only lets you use goodnotes and allowed apps.

    6 votes

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  19. 1 - There should be at least different types of tables available.
    2- mind mapping should a must have thing for students for making and remembering notes very easily.
    3 - shifting of documents ,notes , and pictures automatic to next page if added in between will be very helpful for us.

    13 votes

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  20. I would like to have the feature that the drop menu "add site" not only contains the last used standard sizes, but also a page suggestion depending on the previous page size. This would make it much easier to insert a suitable page of the same format in pdf documents or presentations to make notes without having to guess or try out the correct format of the document.

    2 votes

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