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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. PDF annotation in GoodNotes 5 uses about 1/5 of the screen real estate that could have been for viewing and reading. This is an particularly for users with 9.7” screen or smaller. I hope PDF annotation will be allowed in reading mode where only a tiny toolbox for pens and eraser is shown.

    6 votes

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  2. Hey! You could you please add the old feature again so that I can sync the app with my Mac? It's super annoying to send all the files to my macbook, with GoodNotes 4 I was able to sync with Google Drive. This would help a lot!! Thanks

    6 votes

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  3. On macos, add the possibility of drag& drop a pdf on the application icon to create a note like notability

    6 votes

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  4. In GoodNotes 5, when I open more than three larger pdf files in tabs, GN 5 can‘t remember the size of the fourth pdf file.

    On the attached video, you see a comparison of GoodNotes 4 and GoodNotes 5

    6 votes

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  5. I have a feature request for PDF presentations with animations. It would be very helpful to have a button, that allows to perform the following three actions in a sequence:

    1) Copy all handwritten notes on the current slide/page.

    1. Move to the next slide/page

    2. Paste all the handwritten notes at the same place as these have been on the previous slide.

    This button would be very helpful for having PDF presentations in lectures.

    6 votes

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  6. I am a physics student and use a hardware keyboard to write text during lectures but use the pencil to draw sketches and write formulas. I am much slower in GN5 because this shortcut is missing.
    Keyboard shortcuts to switch between the other tools would also be very welcome.

    6 votes

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  7. The new update is SO UNSTABLE! It crashes constantly. Tried to open the older version but the iCloud sync hadn't worked. I've now lost a days work.

    6 votes

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  8. Hi,

    It'd be great if, when you hook your iPad up to a projector via, e.g., HDMI, it could switch to a 16:9 format or use it as a mirrored screen at 16:9. Powerpoint, Keynote, etc allow you to this, but it'd be great if I could project what I'm writing to my class in a format that fills the screen.

    Thanks!

    6 votes

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  9. Day One is not currently included in the list of external apps on export.
    I can use the lasso tool and save to screenshot and choose Day One from there, but it is a long workaround.

    6 votes

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  10. There is a new way to move the zoom window when activated in GoodNotes 5 with just one finger. This is very annoying because most of the time, my palm is detected as a finger and the whole zoom window moves, so I lose focus.

    In the GoodNotes 4 app, when you want to move the zoom window, you have to use two fingers. Therefore, there are no accidents moving the zoom window.

    Please, stick with the GoodNotes 4 feature.

    6 votes

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  11. When you take a photo through goodnotes have that picture saved in your iPad photo app automatically. Also be able to drag or copy and late pictures easily from one screen or page to another

    6 votes

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  12. I would love to see the feature to edit the icloud drive files directly. I have my mac desktop in the cloud and I would appreciate it if My annotations would be saved directly to the file in the cloud and furthermore on my desktop.

    6 votes

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  13. Please enable users to switch colors of pen or highlighter just like the Apple Notes app or the One Note app ( from Microsoft ) , where I can just tap on the pen icon , and the color options will not dissappear after I selected them , but still stay there even when I write . This will allow users to switch color of Pen much easier without the need to select the pen option 2 times evertime . Thank you !!

    6 votes

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  14. It would be so helpful if the app could open with all the notebooks I had open before I accidentally closed the app like Safari will reopen with all the tabs I had open. I work on several notebooks open at a time with work projects for different clients and the times I've closed out of the app entirely...they are not open when I restart the app.

    6 votes

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  15. I wish the Search function were on the main toolbar! Having it buried 2 or 3 clicks deep in the '(Other) Options' menu, I often forget about it! It's such a great tool, that I think I would use it much more frequently if it was a single touch away!

    6 votes

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  16. Add "select all" for a page with "copy". Then we can move pages by
    adding blank pages and pasting material. Since that's possible,
    automate it all with a single "move " command.

    6 votes

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  17. I'd like to see arrows, for dimensional drawings, in shape recognition mode. Even better would be including the handwriting recognition with this to create something like

    | <------ 3 1/2" ------> |

    Using the stylus. Also curves. I'm sketching some planned remodeling and being able to draw doorways and add dimensions easily would help.

    6 votes

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  18. I would love to suggest a new feature for the highlighter tool. Instead of adding a fluorescent background color, it would be amazing to have a specific highlighter that simply makes the selected text (handwritten or typed) bold.

    This would be incredibly useful for emphasizing certain words or sentences cleanly, without cluttering the page with too many bright colors. It would keep notes looking professional and easy to read. Thank you for considering!

    5 votes

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  19. Thank you for making it available to lock images, sticky notes
    shapes, and textboxes. Please make it available for handwritten notes, elements, arrows, connectors cannot be locked. Furthermore, it would be awesome if you could also group and lock images, sticky notes, shapes, textbooks, handwritten notes, elements, and connectors together.

    5 votes

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  20. It'd be very useful to be able to change the thickness of writing after I have already written something. I often forget to change the thickness when I write and when I go back to edit. Just expanding the written text is NOT the same and makes it very difficult. Often, I have to delete the text and rewrite it, which wastes a lot of time. I have a friend who complains about it too, so it's good to know it's not just me. But please... I need this.

    5 votes

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