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  1. Your pdf sizes are too big, when I compare it other pdfs in terms of page numbers. That creates a big problem in iCloud free users and who have limited storage like 32 GB. Also, the program runs sometimes slow in notebooks with many pages.

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  2. It would be tremendous to have the ability to launch the page organizer (with Thumbnails, Favorites, Outlines) via a keyboard shortcut. Furthermore, once in that window, it would be handy to be able to jump between the Thumbnails, Favorites, and Outlines views.

    I use all 3 of those organizational features in different ways within the same notebook, but navigation can get cumbersome. Having these navigational shortcuts would be a game changer.

    3 votes

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  3. I would find it very useful if GoodNotes would include support for the eraser end of the pen used in higher-end Wacom screens and tablets. Thanks!

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  4. Double-tapping the erasure tool brings up some options. Add an objects switch to allow me to turn that off. This way I can hand-draw a quick chart and begin filling it with text. Now if I need to make changes I can simply turn off objects and not have to worry about erasing the cell borders.

    3 votes

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  5. Add minimal Applescript support for Hook

    3 votes

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  6. If you set your page scrolling to lets say horizontal and you scroll to the right you can create a new page there. What if you can create a new page on the right side and below. That way you have columns and rows for pages. You could import a PDF document vertically and add to every page on its right horizontally a new page.

    3 votes

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  7. Taking notes on my iPad is perfect, it's seamless and very user friendly; however, when taking notes on my Mac it's a lot less user friendly. therefore, I kindly request for a more Mac friendly experience when taking notes

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  8. Please add a option to delete documents and folders on your device without deleting them entirely. Similar on Files on MacOS where your files are in the cloud and you can choose to delete them just from your device. This would be especially useful on a low storage device.

    3 votes

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  9. when I am viewing a pdf document, the page can not be zoomed out less than 100%. Whereas notability can make it happen.

    3 votes

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  10. When you're trying to copy anything on GoodNotes 5 by selecting on the lasso tool and select copy. It "always" take a few moments to load, even though the item size is very small. I don't understand why I need to wait for the program to load every time. It's very annoying!
    Ps. GoodNotes 4 and Notability do not have this problem. When I'm trying to copy, it processes instantaneously.

    3 votes

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  11. How about an extendable (in centimeters/ adjustable) section to the left/right of scanned documents where you can take notes (in line with opening a new tab but a little bit more streamlined). This way you could have annotations within the document and more real estate for actually writing within the document.

    3 votes

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  12. last week I had to edit many summaries that were in the wrong format and I got tendonitis from having to keep clicking to increase the spacing between the lines. it would help a lot if we could edit and write the size we want, in addition to having the + and -

    p.s.: i use good notes for mac

    3 votes

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  13. Enable using mouse or trackpad for box selection with lazo.

    3 votes

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  14. This was addressed partially in:

    https://feedback.goodnotes.com/forums/191274-customer-suggestions-for-goodnotes/suggestions/38524561-lock-zoom-in-presentation-mode

    But the solution is incomplete.

    The options in presenter mode are:

    • Mirror Entire Screen (can only imagine using this if I was teaching how to use good notes).

    • Mirror Presenter Page - This allows for zooming in, but often leads to some weird scrolling when you've zoomed in on one portion and then bring up the interface box (not sure of its name) and everything scrolls to where the interface box is.

    • Mirror Full Page - This is pretty good. Especially if your page and presentation are both in landscape mode. BUT it is…

    3 votes

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  15. I would join this wish, in combination with a feature from OneNote, which I appreciate very much: Create a gap on the page by inserting a space of any height. This creates space between existing text or sketches for additions.
    It might be a problem to move the space to the next page, because the content of the next page is delimited. A compromise would be creating a page on which the moved part is pushed.

    Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

    3 votes

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  16. It would be nice if I could set the pen to not be erasable. Sometimes, I do not notice that I am in eraser mode (with a big size), then I accidentally erase my notes.

    3 votes

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  17. Hello guys, I've been using both notability and goodnotes for over almost 2 years now and i still cant crown one over another, but goodnotes is wayt closer to being the king over notability due to the versatility of the app, custom paper, tools, etc, but theres a tool that i use everysingle day, and that it is soooo much better on notability than on goodnotes, and thats the hold to snap / auto shape tool
    I know we already have the snap to other shapes feature, but that is basically useless unlessyoure using lines..
    I would like for you…

    3 votes

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  18. Please add a writing section tool to make space in the document, as on OneNote. The Lasso toll takes a little too long

    3 votes

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  19. The largest highlighter option isn’t big enough and it would be nice to have an option that is double the size.

    3 votes

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  20. I like the non-linear note taking that an infinite canvas allows. Especially when doing a pdf paper review over zoom, it is useful to be able to break out to the side of the pdf page and draw illustrations of various points for discussion. When not presenting it can still be useful when note-taking to be able to add notes along side relevant pages/equations in a PDF. Otherwise you end up adding notes in pdfs just as you would in the paper version - constrained to small margin areas or writing over the text, instead of being able to write…

    3 votes

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