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  1. I have no idea where to tell them that the highlighter tool is not going behind the text anymore for me, I don't know if anybody else is having this same problem.

    4 votes

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  2. When adding new page while being zoomed in, the page automatically jumps down to the new page. It’s better to not change position on page, it would feel more natural

    6 votes

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  3. Adding the detection of trigonometric functions (sin, cos, ....) with upsetting and stretching function of the shape to represent the amplitude and different frequencies.

    9 votes

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  4. I use good notes for digital planning like many others and would love two things new inks such as glitter and metallic and a feature where you can change the brightness of a picture so it can become more of a background for the page

    8 votes

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  5. When handwrite bullets, it would be cool, if GoodNotes recognizes them and you could search for certain bullets in the Global Search

    6 votes

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  6. It's much harder to crop a photo after it's been added and downsized and the crop tool buried in UI menus. There is no reason for undesired information to ever appear in a notebook. Undesired information should be able to be cropped out of a photo before ever appearing in the notebook.

    This would be a better workflow than how GoodNotes currently works:

    -Add photo/Take photo
    -In photo screen display crop tools so you can CROP UP FRONT
    -Then already cropped image appears on notes page for quick positioning and resizing.

    4 votes

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  7. Yesterday, Auto-Backup functionality arrived in the iOS App.
    It would be nice, if you could extend this functionality to support an instance of Nextcloud, because Nextcloud is used in a broad variety of companies and associations.

    80 votes

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  8. I would love the ability to customize the highlighter and pen default options to my favorite choices so they are quickly available with out having to go into the color picker every time. The ability to add additional pen/highlighter choices to the toolbar would be great too.

    5 votes

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  9. Like PDFExpert, a Scrollbar which you can drag and jump very fast to a specific spot. Unique would be that the scrollbar appears on the opposide of what you setted regarding right-or left-handed.
    Thanks GoodNotes time great job, I'm looking forward for all the new features.

    10 votes

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  10. I need to save images into MS Windows word / desktop. For this I 'Export' the GoodNotes5 doc into PDF Editable file. However when trying to save images in a MS Windows PDF Editor , no PDF Editor recognises the images as objects (I tried four different PDF editors), and they cannot see layers, or image objects. As a result images cannot be copied and paste directly in a different application like Word.

    7 votes

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  11. Since iOS 13 there is the possibility to hold and drag the scroll bar on the right to scroll. This does not seem to be the case in GoodNotes 5. It‘s a very small but useful feature to get a quick glance at the document or finding a page in a big document. Once you get used to it in other apps like OneNote, you start to miss it in GoodNotes 5.

    459 votes

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  12. Would be super helpful to be able to view notes in a web browser. there are times when i don't have access to my ipad and need to see something i wrote previously don't need editing capabilities, just ability to view. since notes are stored in the cloud hopefully having this would be straightforward.

    8 votes

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  13. Should be able to move the toolbars to anywhere on the page

    3 votes

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  14. Insert horizontal and vertical extra paper note for dropping note down on top of your document.

    2 votes

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  15. I used Goodnotes 4 in my iPad. When Goodnotes 5 was released, I installed it and I just loved it. But one feature I miss that was useful in Goodnotes 4 is the color palate on the zoom and write box. Every time I have to change color, I’ll have to move all the way to the right upper portion of screen to change it. It was much easier in Goodnotes 4 where it was right on top of the zoom and write box. Please bring that option in Goodnotes 5.

    7 votes

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  16. Zoom window behaviour was changed in GN5. Previously, it included tool bars and better snap functionality. GN4 behaviour was superior, please revert this feature set.

    GN5 zoom window is more visually appealing, but now the user must swing their at, all over the place to change tools :(

    8 votes

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  17. Every colour code shows up as #FFEEFF. The correct hex code should be displayed instead

    3 votes

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  18. Add the option to persist a sidebar with thumbnail previews of the entire document for quicker skimming and bookmarking. Similar to what Preview on Mac has, as well as Notability 5 for iPad. This makes it easier to quickly go through a document to find a specific page, and bookmark specific pages. The current process for finding a specific page opens up an overlay that covers the entire screen and removes me from my current context, which is really cumbersome.

    11 votes

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  19. I am a undergraduate student and I always use GoodNotes for notes during the class. I just import all PPT I have and sometimes find there do not have enough space while the whole PPT have my instructors’ notes. And If I just add another page to write, the information and the whole PPT will be much more messy. I just cannot find the important points from my professor and my own by add like 10 pages own notes with 3~50 pages of PPT. Add a "semi-hidden" tab, it will be very helpful to add my own notes without destroying…

    2 votes

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  20. Please allow for import of folders (and directory trees), not just individual files in a single folder

    18 votes

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