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  1. Most document PDF are white with black text. Please provide a way to invert those colors on dark mode. Thanks.

    194 votes

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  2. Can you add a threshold setting for Apple Pencil sensitivity? That way it would ignore the pencil if there wasn't enough pressure applied to the screen. It would really help people who accidentally link letters together while writing in a print/cursive mix.

    I imagine a slider setting somewhere that you can move about and pick the threshold thats best for you.

    Currently all of my writing jumbles terribly since all contact is recorded, unlike writing with a pencil on paper where very light touches are barely visible.

    14 votes

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  3. 8 votes

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  4. I use mac more often than iPad, it's very convenient to use apple pen on iPad, but not so straightforward on Mac, could you please implement a tool to highlight mouse selected texts on Mac?

    9 votes

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  5. if support text-overflow.. it will help in copying multiple pages from web to goodnotes in one go.
    thankyou

    6 votes

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  6. if support text-overflow.. it will help in copying multiple pages from web to goodnotes in one go.
    thankyou

    3 votes

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  7. Could functionality be added to scribble left to write to erase vs. using the undo at the top of the page or the 2 or 3 finger method like other apps.

    5 votes

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  8. after update when I draw circle or triangle, it usually changed square.
    I think that is error.
    Please check it up.

    2 votes

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  9. goodnotes 5 has just one type of front and colour can be saved as "defeat" and for user tying their doc using this setting evertime.

    I want to ask for more "defeat setting" maybe 2 to 3
    and just like the setting from notability

    2 votes

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  10. One of my most used tools is the selection tool.

    However when resizing, it also rotates the selection which is really annoying.

    Would prefer if rotation occurred through pinching or separate box in another corner.

    Also add the Rectangular Selection.

    6 votes

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  11. Import Excel Docs, formulas, boards
    Add Ruler, new pens and colors for the pages

    16 votes

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  12. Low data usage mode for Automatic Backups on external cloud providers (Google Drive, Microsoft Onedrive...). Sometimes these servers don't allow constant updates and may cause problems on the already existing backups. Low data usage mode, when enabled, will only summit changes to those servers every day (for example). This will reduce cellular data and battery usage, as well as problems with service providers

    As my screenshot shows, my Student Onedrive provided by my University cannot handle constant updates from GoodNotes 5, so my backups keep stuck with that error message.

    Not sure if every one experience this errors (i tested…

    7 votes

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  13. My idea goes about the Date-Name option that we have to organize Folders and Docs. In my case it’s useful to organize my folders in Name mode, but inside my folders I usually create documents with Dates as their name. I wonder if you can develop the possibility to order like folders with one option (ie Name) and inside the folder order docs by date. Thanks and I’m enjoying GoodNotes 5 very much.

    7 votes

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  14. In GoodNotes 4, the search function within certain folders was very useful.
    In GoodNotes 5 it is unfortunately not yet possible to search within a specific folder. Instead, there is only a superordinate direct text search. Is it possible to implement a search in a specific folder?
    That would be great!

    103 votes

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  15. to put a pdf document on a Goodnotes document. This document is will be show as a pdf image (I attach an example). When the user click on the document will be opened as a normal Goodnotes page.

    2 votes

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  16. Add a toggle that just the start and end points of a line get connected
    Without it, lines often get crooked

    4 votes

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  17. Remove the banner on top after undo, as ist distracts while working, without any benefit. As soon as I undo, I notice the change in the content anyways.

    2 votes

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  18. Please make the zoom out feature for import pdf, It’s really bother me to read, I like all the features about GN, but no zoom out makes me use notability right now, cause I couldn’t read when the font size too big.....

    3 votes

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  19. Thank you for developing such an useful app! I use goodnotes to take notes for my lecture. I write on my books or ppts and sometimes I want to add same-size template but with plain background so that it look like a continous work. So, I manually add present template and then add plain white image.

    Can you please add an extra fuction such as adding same-size template with plain white background??

    2 votes

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  20. The range of colors that GoodNotes offers is amazing, but it can be difficult in practice to fluidly incorporate them into documents. This could be streamlined considerably by having a coloring tool that allows the user to change the color of pen and highlighter marks by stroking over them with their pencil.

    Motivation:
    There are a lot of use cases where it is useful to have multi-colored diagrams and writing. For example, is often helpful to color certain variables and subscripts in mathematical equations to intuitively link equations together. As it is, doing this either requires changing the pen color…

    5 votes

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