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  1. As a user, I would like to be able to export some or all pages of a notebook to plain text, so that I can process the resulting text further.

    Why would you want to convert handwritten notes to plain text?:

    • can be more easily manipulated by text editors
    • more readable
    • easier to share

    Existing functionality:

    You can already lasso a page, and convert it to plain text. This is great for when you want export only a part of a page. However, converting multiple pages or even an entire notebook to plain text using this feature, will fatigue the…

    6 votes

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  2. Currently when sorting by date, documents are sorted by date they are last modified. I'd prefer an option to sort by date first added to GoodNotes. e.g. I add lecture slides on each day of class and would like them to stay in that order even though I recently wrote stuff on the oldest lecture.

    29 votes

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  3. I use the Apple pencil for writing and would like 1 finger scrolling all the time. Currently the 1-finger scrolling setting only kicks in until after I write the first stroke using the pencil. It's annoying that I have to remember to scroll using 2 fingers before I write the first word.

    10 votes

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  4. Currently when you import or crop an image, it seemingly randomly resizes depending on how much you’re zoomed in etc. If you crop part of a full sized page, it will show the cropped part full sized after the cropping too. This is a very tedious process.

    I create a lot of sticker sheets with labels, icons etc. If I export them as separate files from my graphic software, I’d like it to be imported in goodnotes at the exact dimensions I exported them at. Mainly since my dimensions are based on the document I am working with, so a…

    14 votes

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  5. I work a lot with imported PDF and want to organize them with outlines. I usually select a headline on a page, copy the text, select Add Outline (with two clicks) and insert the copied text.

    I'd really like to select a text and have the option to directly add an outline in the context/selection menu (directly besides marking or copying the text).
    This would mean only 3-4 clicks instead of 8.

    5 votes

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  6. When the zoom window is first activated, its position on the original page is centered. When the zoom window is again activated, its position is the last position zoom window was located.

    I wonder if it's an improvement to allow the user to choose where the zoom window magnify after tapping on the "zoom window" button. Basically should it be a two-step gesture like this: First tap on the "zoom window" button, then tap the document page where your want the zoom window to magnify.

    The reason for this suggestion is that I usually find myself adjusting the location of…

    10 votes

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  7. It would be grate to have goodnotes on windows and Android. It is a very great app. With a windows or Android devise you are unable to use this one.

    344 votes

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  8. The purple-blue colour of the tool bar is not idea for corporate sessions, and does not fit with the dark mode scheme.

    Could you give us the ability to change this colour? Alternatively, if it is dark mode, the colour of the tool bar should be a shade of dark grey or black.

    11 votes

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  9. As a left hander it often happens that the page jumps or the zoom changes while writing. It would be nice to have a button which locks the zoom and the position of the page. Alternatively I would like to have a sidebar on the left side to put my hand to reduce the page jumps and zoom changes.

    24 votes

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  10. Wir brauchen eine Funktion mit der wir mehrere Bilder auf einmal hinzufügen können. Es dauert ewig wenn z.B. 20 Bilder zugefügt werden müssen.

    Mit freundlichen Grüßen

    3 votes

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  11. PDFs should export as "Editable" by default. Its bad design to have "flattened" as the default. The flatten action is destructive.

    3 votes

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  12. Changing the color to green or yellow, will make pdf reading more friendly to eyes.

    Many people using goodnotes to read pdfs will stare at the screen for a long time, but now the white color is a bit harsh and tire eyes.

    Another app PDF Expert is just well-known for its protecting yellow color. Hope goodnotes will add the function.

    19 votes

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  13. It would be awesome to have a RSVP reader that allowed selecting sections of text to speed-read! For example like https://www.spritz.com/

    10 votes

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  14. Please make goodnotes 5 notes viewable on goodnotes 4 app, as I have a very old ipad that cannot be upgraded to have goodnotes 5 installed

    3 votes

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  15. Most PDF creators can make a fillable PDF with named fields, we need the ability to capture that data.

    10 votes

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  16. Hello!

    I absolutely love your app, it has completely changed the way I take notes and I love it!

    I do have honest suggestions that would greatly improve this application from the student's perspective.

    1. Toolbar Customizability; The ability to add more than one tools that you often use into the toolbar by dragging and dropping. For example, I really wish I could add more than 3 colours on the main toolbar. I switch between a lot of colours, and it is quite a pain to go into each individual tool section and choose it. Why not drag and drop your…

    9 votes

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  17. Ladies and Gentlemen,

    an idea:

    • it would be very practical and helpful for students and teachers if the folder structure were structured like a kind of TAB structure (similar to the pages in GoodNotes)

    • so one would have a better overview

    See photo in appendix.

    Yours sincerely
    Yavuz Ata

    8 votes

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  18. With a smart way integrating text snippets during handwriting with maybe kind of “tag bar style” where you can include your most used ones;

    eg. time stamp; predefined questions;

    2 votes

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  19. nice to meet.

    I am using Good Note very well. There is a bug in ScrollView that works when converting fonts on iPhone X.
    Please refer to the video.

    Please contact us once it is confirmed.

    2 votes

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  20. I want a feature when I duplicate an image with drag and drop. (duplicate from the same page.)
    I want it keeps its size.

    Now it doesn't keep its size, duplicated item will be original size.

    6 votes

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