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  1. It would be great to have an option for dictionaries, so when we read some PDFs in a foreign language, we can make notes and just click and translate if needed.

    I know there are reading apps to do that, but they don´t provide as good tools for notes as yours...

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  2. lined flashcards + more color cards + more colored paper + lined flashcards?? Like, real flashcards? With wide, medium, and narrow options

    39 votes

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  3. When typing out a math problem, I’d like the option to insert math symbols like alpha, beta, theta, etc.

    39 votes

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  4. I love the flash cards they are an amazing studying tool. But when studying them, I often feel the urge to zoom into my answers as they have diagrams. Also sometimes I need to fill in a lot of information on the flashcard which means I have to write small and when I do this, it’s really hard to see them in the study mode. It would be really helpful to be able to zoom in and out of the flash cards whilst studying them.

    39 votes

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  5. In goodnotes its not possible to change ink thickness after writing.
    To change ink thickness, one has to rewrite it with a different pen thickness.

    This is a basic requirement of a handwritting app

    39 votes

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  6. it would be great to have a tool that lets you fill in a shape or a diagram, especially for hand drawn pictures that we all love to insert in our notes. Using the highlighter to fill in the shape take too much time and is also imprecise.

    please add it

    39 votes

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  7. plain text pages would accept/display plain text input as their main content meaning that the text whole page accepts text starting at the upper left corner without the ability or need to move or position a textfield.
    In addition it would be great if Asciidoc and/or Markdown would be formatted or highlighted.

    39 votes

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  8. As far as I can tell, the current version of GoodNotes (4.7) uses the default highlighter color of yellow when highlighting selected text with the "highlight" button. It would be great if GoodNotes could use whatever the currently selected highlighter color is, as I often use multiple colors of highlighters on a single document, and find the highlight button to be a far more accurate method of making crisp, accurate highlights than using my finger or stylus.

    39 votes

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  9. The auto recognition shape feature is pretty cool, but I can't always draw the perfect square or triangle I'm looking for. An idea would be adding a feature to the auto recognition that allows you to drag/resize the shape once it has recognized your drawing.

    39 votes

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  10. Please allow for more options when spacing the distance between paragraph lines. Right now, the lines are spaced at a "double-space" distance.

    39 votes

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  11. It would be nice if I could reuse certain drawings/shapes that I've previously drawn, for example saving a certain graph setup (e.g. having axis labelled with distance vs. time) and then be able to choose from my saved shape menu and input it into the document I am working on now.

    39 votes

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  12. The ability to open the flashcards as full screen when we are studying them instead of it opening a separate page. Also a function that enlarges the text/ zooms in when you are studying the flashcards. I always zoom in initially to write my text but then I go to study flashcards function and I can't even read what I have written. So I have to go back and enlarge all the text. This is so, so annoying - please change this. And more options to track the cards you've studied and ways to overview/ provide a summary of the…

    38 votes

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  13. I would be really cool and easier to use if you had an optional feature of adding streamlined pens to smooth out your handwriting as I write on a glass screen with the apple pencil an my lines can turn out a bit wobbly or it really strains my hand when I try to use more control so my handwriting is neater.

    38 votes

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  14. In documents packed full with words, it would be really helpful to be able to add sticky notes to annotate. They do not have to be uploaded to the PDF when exported, but I just wanted an option to add a small space to write next to the documents.

    38 votes

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  15. Erasing has to be sharper. Even if zoomed in, the eraser deletes a huge amount of pixel in go.

    38 votes

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  16. When Repositioning things it would be so helpful if lines popped up to help with getting items evenly aligned. Both Horizontal and Vertical.

    38 votes

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  17. Draw a Circle with the compass tool

    38 votes

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  18. handwrite the checklist, placed some shapes as the checkbox; An recognition feature + Handwriting Recognition makes the Check List Feature works in GoodNotes.

    38 votes

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  19. Sometimes it's great having read something to you. So you can lean back and enjoy your cup of coffee.

    38 votes

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  20. Would love to be able to retire cards, move cards to a new study set, search study sets, and have a better organizing system for the cards (including a way to zoom into cards while in study mode).

    37 votes

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