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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. When reading a PDF document, If there is link to go to another page.. There is no way to return back quickly; I must use GO TO feature to return my previous page. For glossaries it's less efficient.

    Please put a feedback feature closed to the app, i do had to access this webpage to give you my feedback :)

    The app is cool :D I bought hte previous one too.

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  3. Writting in a Textbox in the iphone would be great.

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  4. Why would an app as fine as Good Notes not have text recognition? I don't like my handwriting and would rather convert selected handwriting to text. I'm very disappointed that this feature isn't available.

    355 votes

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  5. Maybe you could create a desktop app version so it is easier to get your pdf´s on PC.

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    94 votes

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  6. Using both GoodNotes, for annotating reports, and Paper 53 for quick notes and art doodles with the same fully functional Pencil 53 stylus would make the iPad perfect

    231 votes

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  7. GoodNotes is brilliant for taking notes on my iPad while I'm away, but it would be extremly helpful to have a version for mac where documents could be synced between both devices and modified on computer.

    9 votes

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  8. more hierarchies of sub-categories

    7 votes

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  9. Entering a hex value is difficult when needing a precise color not found I the palette. Can we have a color wheel with brightness slider, similar to UPAD for color selection? Thanks!

    7 votes

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  10. Simulaneously share notebooks for use through the web with other users.

    Talkboard is a free app by Citrix that allows for sharing of a white board with multiple users. The writing features are in general, the same as good notes.

    If notebooks could support features to share with other users simultaneously, even select notebooks, then I would be able to use good notes as a collaboration tool on top of it being a note taking tool.

    516 votes

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    We’re happy to announce the release of our new update GoodNotes 5.5 including “Shared Documents”. You can now share a document with other GoodNotes users and work together on them. You can read everything about the first version of shared documents here: https://medium.goodnotes.com/link-sharing-share-documents-adb36f99c583

    Details on how to use the new features and FAQ are available here: https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001571256-Sharing-a-document-with-other-users-to-collaborate-on-it

  11. The old version used to allow the iOS clock to be visible at the top of the screen. In the new version, the clock is no longer visible. This is much cleaner, however, if there are other users like me who teach a class using GoodNotes with my lecture notes, having that clock visible is pretty important for keeping the class schedule. Would it be possible to add an option for a clock to display on the GoodNotes menu bar?

    142 votes

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  12. Right now I'm using GoodNotes for handwriting notes during a lecture, and Notability for typing up reading notes because GoodNotes DOES NOT make it easy to take type written notes. Please add a tap anywhere to start entering text, AND then stay in text mode until one goes out of text mode. That would allow me to use GoodNotes for every note taking task. Thank you!

    6 votes

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  13. When I search it would be nice to have any book marks included in the results. I book mark my handwritten pages. Currently when I search it does not include any bookmarks

    7 votes

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    In GoodNotes 5, we added the option to add custom outlines. This is similar to the bookmarks feature from version 4 where pages could be named. The outline items in GoodNotes 5 are searchable.

  14. My writing is sloppy, and hard for others to read. If I could write down my ideas and convert them to another font, it would be great!

    2 votes

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  15. Add the ability to search text entered in the 'Text boxes'
    It's a must!!!

    7 votes

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  16. Please give us the option to make sub-categories. I seem to remember that Goodnotes had promised this upgrade, but it's not in Goodnotes 4.

    4 votes

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  17. In good notes 4 we can only have subfolders in a masterfolder, i would like to be able to create as many subfolders inside subfolders as i wish

    233 votes

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  18. It would be great if you can see the number of the page you are in and how manu pages the notebook has

    16 votes

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    The latest update GoodNotes 5.5 is now available on the App Store. While scrolling through your document, you can now see the current page number and the total number of pages in this document. If you don’t like to see the page numbers, you can disable it in Menu > Settings > Document Editing.

  19. Allow 2 page view. This enables student to read the pdf on one side, and take notes on the other side

    9 votes

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    We’re excited to announce that we have completed this feature. It is now available in the update GoodNotes 5.3 for iPadOS (13.1).

    With the update, we added full support for iPadOS’ multiple windows. It lets you do much more than viewing two documents side by side. To read everything you need to know about opening multiple documents, please visit goodnotes.com/ipad-os.

    How to open a new window:

    You can now open GoodNotes in multiple windows to view two documents side by side, view two pages of the same document in Split View, or pair it with other apps in spaces across your entire system. To open a new window, drag any of the elements listed below to the side of your screen:

    - the app icon from the dock
    - documents from the library
    - folders from the library
    - individual pages from the document thumbnail view
    - tabs from the…

  20. Recognize handwritten notes as typed text and unique a mathematical input option like the app MATHPAD

    3,405 votes

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