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  1. There should be an option to draw shapes with rounded corners added to the new stroke settings similar to the ability to draw dashed and dotted lines and arrows heads. This idea was posted 2 other times back in 2020 but has not been addressed or updated.

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  2. For the lasso tool, be able to select shapes and handwriting because sometimes they are drawn together and when you want to move the whole thing, it only selects the shape (even though select shape + handwriting is on).

    For the text box, have the grey box with the size, colour, etc. be somewhat transparent so that the underlying background can still somewhat be seen (helps when typing something that is said in the background).

    For the shapes, have an option to not combine shapes when putting them on top of each other.

    3 votes

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  3. Could you please enable the ability to insert 3D models? Specifically .USDZ or.STL files. Thanks!

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  4. This seems like a bug and it makes Goodnotes almost unusable for me. On my iPad I can see all the text and images fine, but on AirPlay, my students see a very pixelated version of all text and images.

    This happens both on whiteboards and pages, which leads me to think that it has something to do with a parameter that you might have set for the render resolution. The render resolution is too low for the current zoom level.

    This bug is making it really difficult to teach, could we potentially downgrade to an older version?

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  5. Make the import og PowerPoint files better, most of the time all the design is ruined and some of the text is covered so its impossible to use

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  6. GN recently took away the ability to do straight underling in favor of holding the pen until it snaps into place. I do a lot of underlining of study projects, and that was my most used feature. Now it is gone and it takes much more time to have to hold the pen for a straight line to snap into place. What is wrong with adding that button back into the annotation mix? I am sure I am not the only one who was dissapointed in this automatic new version. Is there a way to go back to the earlier…

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  7. Please bring back the undo and redo buttons in the macOS version of Goodnotes. It is dearly missed by this teacher that uses Goodnotes for instruction.

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  8. Please bring back the ability to erase the outline while keeping the shaded fill after using the “hold to perfect shape” feature. It was super useful for creating clean shaded boxes and diagrams. A toggle to separate fill and outline would be amazing!

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  9. GoodNotes feels very slow and outdated when it comes to the slow animation when clicking on folders. Instead of feeling snappy and responsive the long animation leaves me feeling sluggish.

    The same goes for when I open the page view sidebar and the search sidebar. These slow opening animations are outdated and make GoodNotes feel unnecessary sluggish when compared to Notability’s snappy, simple animations.

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  10. Currently, choosing a font is time-consuming, not efficient. There are so many steps to choose the font I need. The recent update made it worse.

    Now, a tiny window pops up with the default chosen (never the one I need). I then select "Custom Fonts" and a larger window pops up. I go find say, Bodoni. Change my font. But I find I don't like that font. I have to highlight the word or words, the small window pops up again, I choose Custom Fonts again, then have to find another font from the beginning. I'd like it to default…

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  11. Having to press the icon twice instead of once to use a tool is time consuming. I need to take lecture notes and switch between tools quickly. Another way is to make a shortcut bar for tools with specific settings.

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  12. Add an option to easily export a text doc AS A TEXT DOC and not as a PDF.
    Also fix the size and format of all textDoc settings so it wouldnt look so bad as a PDF

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  13. I really love the addition of the elbow/curved line correctors, perfect shape tools, and stroke settings, however the issues coinciding with these are making them hard to enjoy.
    1. Arrows and other connecting lines auto attach to other shapes in the document with seemly no way of detaching them. I understand they are called connecting lines for a reason and are meant for connecting diagrams and flow charts, but I almost never use them to connect objects or shapes. This makes using them to draw arrows and other pictures very frustrating and annoying. The new shape tool does not have…

    3 votes

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  14. Please add 3-5 types of text styling so we don’t have to change font size between planners. Attached is 3 different text styling from notability.

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  15. Previously it was great. Now I have to select separately whether I want to switch between the two. Remove the audio option and bring back the bookmark option instead.

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  16. I use iOS and Android both.
    Please rollout FooNotes cloud sync for me.
    Please

    3 votes

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  17. With the new update the font size is capped at 100 which for larger documents is still too small. Please let us insert whatever size we want like before.

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  18. Hi, I used to make filled rectangles without borders in GoodNotes, but after the latest update I can’t find how to do it anymore. I’ve tried using Undo and even the eraser, but I still can’t remove the border line.

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  19. Choosing pen tools but it keeps going to eraser.
    The mode that wrap annotations (pen, editing, writing) in one place including eraser is someone troubling me.
    When used lasso tools then change to pen, it keeps getting to eraser before pen. When it wasn’t merge before, I can manually select pen then it’s pen.
    Now when I select pen, it goes to eraser.

    I want it to be pen first when I choose the category.

    3 votes

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  20. If you use for example the new forms and switch to the rubber by tapping your Apple Pencil and then you open the Pencil Menu, the rubber is selected.
    I would prefer the rubber as an independent tool like the powerpointer.

    3 votes

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