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  1. I can choose which files or folders that I want to backup to iCloud instead of backing up all the files in GoodNotes.
    Due to my limit storage of iCloud, with this backup option, it would be so helpful!!!!

    13 votes

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  2. The inclusion of hyperlinks or jumps in one text to another, or other texts included in the same notebook or in a different one, makes it possible to work with live texts and therefore subject to evolution, correction or expansion, ultimately subject to continuous changes.

    2 votes

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  3. 8 votes

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  4. version 5.4.18 ipad air3 ipadOS13.4
    after updating,the legacy of apple pencil is much more obvious than the last version. u can easily feel the intermittence of the ink trace. please fix it as soon as possible since it's quite horrible for heavy users like me.
    thx!

    3 votes

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  5. It would be great to be able to create hyperlinks to other pages or websites and the option to flatten images, text, etc.

    13 votes

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  6. Replace the current option menu with the iOS 13 context menu (long tap) for files in file list. This would provide a better user experience on both iOS and macOS since context menus are used a lot. Also I think that having to tap on the title is not really convenient.

    (Sorry for the screenshot in french)

    2 votes

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  7. As an educator trying to use GoodNotes' annotate features with a PDF of slides, I found it difficult because if the scroll setting is vertical, there is just no way to advance to the next page of the PDF without some awkward scrolling. The arrow keys do not work unter vertical scrolling, it would only work with horizontal. (Many keyboards don't have page up/down.)

    I hope this can be added or fixed, along with a plain old "select" icon so that we are not accidentally drawing all over the document if we just want to read it.

    I also have…

    9 votes

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  8. Parallel lines (for example, double underscore or even wider tabulation lines) are often merged when "too close" together, even when zooming in. In nearly all cases, I want a parallel, close line, at the distance where I start the line. Suggestion: take the distance of the starting point to the paralleled line and correct to the parallel line at this distance.

    3 votes

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  9. Shape draw tool corrects all tries to draw an arc or only part of an elipse (for example, to draw rounded arrows) to either a straight line or a complete circle; partial would be useful

    2 votes

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  10. 工具栏面积占比太高了,浪费屏幕显示区域,关闭了状态栏显示都还是觉得工具栏占位置过多,影响阅读及书写体验。小小建议:把工具栏缩减为一行,或者在不减少工具选项的情况下把工具栏做窄一点,个人认为没必要做得那么宽。希望能改进一下下。

    3 votes

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  11. On MacBooks, iMacs, Mac Pros (etc...) there's a lot more room than on an iPad.
    I'm thinking about page thumbnails, about how many pages are shown on a single screen (and how much space rests unutilized on the left and on the right of the note).
    Please make the Mac app "Mac friendlier"!

    1 vote

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  12. Yellow engineering paper template

    10 votes

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  13. I use good notes for teaching. But when I’m explaining with both of my hands, my students don’t get to see which screen area to focus on. Laser pointer is amazing feature but it needs activity from instructor.

    We can use mouse cursor as an ‘idle-state’ highlighter in presentation mode. Should be easy to implement. And if we can control the colour, size and opacity of the cursor in presentation mode, it would be awesome.

    5 votes

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  14. More templates that are dark: easier on eyes and battery. A true black, a blue print blue.

    3 votes

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  15. Have hidden editable MetaData fields for each page or image, including date, name, keywords, etc.

    1 vote

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  16. Auto Backup Copy update was a great update from GoodNotes 5

    However, a major problem has show up.

    There is no option to automatically backup up PDF Copy with blank page layout.

    This would be great to improve visibility in PDF Files. It’s kind odd my backup PDF keep the lines or dots on background of my notes.

    2 votes

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  17. I have an iOS shortcut that opens a new, untitled document with just a quick tap so that, when the office phone rings, I’m ready with something to write on. When the phone call is over, the process of saving the untitled document into an existing notebook (which is very common), involves 15 (!) steps: 1) open page view of newly created document; 2) tap “select”; 3) select pages to copy; 4) tap “copy”; 5) tap “done”; 6) tap “close”; 7) tap “save as untitled”; 8) navigate to the existing notebook; 9) open notebook; 10) open page view; 11) click…

    2 votes

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  18. IOS version allows us to select entire PDF texts. MacOS' text tool doesn't have this feature, so we can't copy, paste or define texts.

    6 votes

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  19. A function for setting the size on screen to be equal to the size on printout (like on Preview app in macOS). This would ensure that the size of the text/diagram on the screen can be reflected on a 1:1 scale to how it would look like when it is printed out. Such a function will give users a greater sense of context when using the app, especially if the exported note has to be printed.

    For example, in the screenshot below, the width of the PDF open on the computer is equal to the width of an A4 paper…

    2 votes

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  20. I want to paste a url and have the rendered html as a document.
    Now I have to do it the other way: from safari I can open in GoodNotes (doesn’t work well) or Markup. Then export to goodnotes. This works well but I have to click about 12 buttons along the way, which is frustrating.

    1 vote

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