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  1. Currently, when I use the text feature with a ruled background, the texts will overlap the lines of the background. It will be perfect if we can adjust the spacing such that the text can fit perfectly between the space.

    I would like to add if possible that the shape tool can be enhanced to recognise the shapes better. Occasionally the shape tool will correct my input into a warped shape.

    8 votes

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  2. Could Goodnotes 5 allow export to PDF or image without the template background? Whenever I select export without background, it remove all my inserted or imported picture/pdf.

    I would like to export without template background for printing, because it is waste of ink.

    Also, can we export selected pages too ?
    Can Goodnotes auto convert the light colour ink in dark mode to dark ink when exporting without background? (like Notes App in iOS13)

    8 votes

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  3. Hallo, ich fände es sehr hilfreich, wenn man Dateien (wie zum Beispiel Bilder, Textfelder, oder die eigene Schrift) mit Hilfe des cut Tools zwischen zwei Seiten hin und her bewegen könnte (bei Vertical scrolling) außerdem fände ich eine Lineal Funktion und eine Bibliothek aus bereits vorgefertigten Formen sehr sinnvoll.

    Manchmal hat man ebenfalls das Problem, dass Linien parallel zu den blatträndern ausgerichtet werden, was sehr hinderlich ist wenn man auf beispielsweise fotografierten Folien gerade Linien ziehen möchte zum unterstreichen von Text oder ähnlichem.

    Außerdem erkennt das shape Tool leider oft die Formen nicht oder erkennt Formen welche man eher selten…

    8 votes

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  4. Instead of having a ruler or a protractor one might simply have the ability to reference past lines. with the use of a reference tool, one could establish relationships relevant in the file. It might tell you what angle two lines form and set up a scale internal to the document. I mainly use Goodnotes to draw geometry because of its wonderful shape tool. It is much easier to use rather than constraining to the grid which feels awful, much like other programs. The drawback in goodnotes is there is no sense of scale or relationships.

    8 votes

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  5. 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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  6. 8 votes

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  7. Goodnotes used to open to the last notebook I viewed. Now it constantly goes back to the main document screen and I have to find and open the document I want every Time. Is there a way to make it stop doing that?

    8 votes

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  8. It would be great if you could add medical dictionaries for us to download so we can easily define the terms we encounter

    8 votes

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  9. Please add ‘palm-rest’ on Goodnotes 5. Or any other feautire that can move up the bottom of the page for easy writing

    8 votes

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  10. I believe work flow would be improved if select and copy is quicker.

    Lets say, leave one finger on the screen and select would copy, doing that with two fingers on the screen would past it.

    The time holding the finger down sometimes makes quicker write the sentence again instead of copying it.

    8 votes

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  11. The pens for writing and the pens of the geometry tool should be able to be selected independently of each other.

    8 votes

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  12. Having the possibility of searching an index we have add directly in the index tab would be very comfortable, especially when you have lots of them

    8 votes

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  13. I think that could be useful know the degrees when you are rotating an object

    8 votes

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  14. I would like to have diffrent pencil types for normal writing and geometry.

    8 votes

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  15. To build a special tool (as a highlighter) that allows to highlight all the title of document and creates, automatically, the index of document in order to avoid manually creation titles.

    8 votes

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  16. Create word hypolinks - To different page / book or internet

    On selection of text or image, be able to turn it into a hypolink, from here give us the options to select a page from either the same book or a different one, or either insert a url which would load up internet browser.

    8 votes

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  17. Guys - the ability to snooze/set a reminder for a note would be amazing. When i'm using notes to generate ideas etc i often want to come back to them but you get busy and forget. A prompt would be invaluable (similar to 'nudges' in gmail) thanks

    8 votes

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  18. It is very irritating when you touch a Note Tab, either deliberately or by accident, then that not opens at the cover page, not at the last page being edited. You have to select the thumbnails and scroll to the last page. Have an option in settings that states when selecting a note tab continue at the last page being edited or cover page.

    8 votes

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  19. Option to not change the stroke size of the pen during scaling a selection.

    8 votes

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  20. The one that changes when clicking Select, Edit, Text, Pen, Highlight, Eraser...

    I honestly think it doesn't make sense to have that toolbar always active when you are just visualizing a document without editing it. It takes up valuable space for visualization! (specially in Macs with small screens).

    Is there a way to disable that "sub-toolbar"?

    8 votes

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