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  1. Create "slide" paper option. That creates a notebook where every page is a slide that can be exported as a slide show.

    3 votes

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  2. The current eraser generally erases everything. However, this is a problem with complex text that is possibly highlighted or circled in different colors, for example, with mathematical equations or problems. An eraser that is able to selectively erase a certain color will make it easier to remove unwanted colored text instead of having to erase everything and rewrite it.

    6 votes

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  3. This was a feature in Good Notes 4, but I could not find it in Good Notes 5.
    https://feedback.goodnotes.com/forums/191274-customer-suggestions-for-goodnotes/suggestions/4115825--last-viewed-page-button has it marked as completed, so I felt the new comments may not be noticed. I'm posting a new thread for it.

    Thanks.

    5 votes

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  4. 日本語の文書の場合、縦書きの文書もある。この場合、左から右にスワイプしてページをスクロールするのが自然である。スクロールの方向を追加してほしい。

    12 votes

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  5. The possibility to use GoodNotes 5 for Mac with Sidecar gives us the chance to deliver reach presentations with the Mac, using GoodNotes for Mac as a whiteboard, and the Sidecar-connected iPad + Apple Pencil for drawing on the whiteboard.

    Adding a Presentation Mode to GoodNotes for Mac -- especially including Laser Pointers -- would improve considerably this practice.

    4 votes

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  6. I think split view is a useful tool to take advantage of but still not as efficient/user friendly as I’d like it to be.

    Example: I want to read a pdf document and take notes of that content as I’m reading through the document. While split view can facilitate this situation, it takes too much screen space with all the tools. It’s also two separate documents that aren’t really linked/associated with each other.

    Solution A: add a sticky note tool option to the toolbar so that we can have a floating sticky note on whatever page we’re on. This has…

    6 votes

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  7. Please add the feature to duplicate a drawing/item made with the shapes tool so I don't have to draw it again.

    49 votes

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  8. Please let the lasso tool have a double feature so complicated drawings don't have to be drawn again but just be copied and pasted or doubled. This feature would be a lifesaver for all the students!

    3 votes

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  9. If I select an area with the lasso, e.g. a math drawing such as a triangle , I want to double it sometimes because I often need it multiple times but right now I have to draw it again because there's no feature to double it. So it would be nice to get the 'double' feature on the lasso tool. This is really needed for all students!

    3 votes

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  10. When I import a PDF to an existing notebook I have been using for handwritten notes, the PDF size is much larger and makes it so I have to keep zooming in and out as I read through my notes. Please make it so that there is an option so scale my imported PDF to standard GoodNotes 5 paper size to match the rest of my notebook!

    28 votes

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  11. Dear Team,

    just as the most video apps you can convert via one button to a "fullscreen" option. This would be great for the writing paper to have one button on the top right to activate a fullscreen option for that the page you are writing on fits perfektly with only slight bezels left and right but still keeps all tool functions on the top pinned. Also this funktion shall then only allow to scroll as you have setup the scrolling direction. Yes, a double tap on the paper converts to the "fullscreen" option but doesn't lock on to that…

    4 votes

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  12. Quick paste of preset text templates e.g.

    Template text = "This is my heading {date:dd MMM yyyy}"

    Clicking the template would paste the text into the note and allow you to drag it into position.

    The date field would auto fill with the current date formatted as per the format text.

    Other data fields could be supported like: time, user information, formulas, numbering, etc.

    3 votes

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  13. I would be really cool and easier to use if you had an optional feature of adding streamlined pens to smooth out your handwriting as I write on a glass screen with the apple pencil an my lines can turn out a bit wobbly or it really strains my hand when I try to use more control so my handwriting is neater.

    38 votes

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  14. Hi, I would prefer it if we were able to use different pens for pens and shapes. I personally like to write in a fountain pen font and draw shapes with a ballpoint pen, however, changing the pen style for shapes also changes it for the pen itself. Would appreciate having these two operate independently.

    6 votes

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  15. Add a mini toolbar when the zoomed function is being used. This will allow us to quickly switch between three or more multiple tools without having to reach up to the menubar to do so.
    The recommended tools are: pen, eraser, highlighter and maybe the shape tool.

    4 votes

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  16. like in procreate app, to do like lettering titles

    3 votes

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  17. the option to do a square with the figure tool and to have the option to round the corners

    8 votes

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  18. After selection of an object -> opportunity to immediate resize (no click) the selected object, like in Notability.

    3 votes

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    1. There should be a function to add text/handwritten notes to highlights/or anywhere in the document in PDF reader. After adding the the text/notes, the text box can minimize into an icon next to the highlighted area.

    2. The notes can be compiled and exported/email/printed with or without the document. Information (page no of document/highlighted passages) can be displayed together with/without the notes when exported. This provides easy reference to the notes.

    4 votes

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  19. Could GoodNotes only store recent accessed files for quick access and store unused files automatically on iCloud? It will be really useful for devices running out of storage.
    iCloud Drive on the iPadOS files app could do that.

    11 votes

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