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  1. Would be nice for students to have the ability to draw organic chemistry molecules on a template

    It would save us a lot of time and would look much much better

    Please add it 🙏🏻

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  2. Add the ability to share a document with both parties able to add handwritten notes at the same time.

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  3. I highlight a lot of text and therefore have to constantly switch between different colours. Is there a way to have another shortcut on the Apple pencil for switching pen colours (similar to switching between an eraser and a pen)?

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    The Apple Pencil 2 supports a double-tap gesture that you can configure in the iPad Settings under Apple Pencil. It allows you to switch back and forth between different tools. GoodNotes follows the system settings for this gesture.

  4. Wichtig wäre für mich die Möglichkeit, dass sich das iPad nicht ausschaltet. GoodNotes sollte eine Einstellungsmöglichkeiten besitzen, die das automatische Ausschalten des iPads verhindert.

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  5. We cannot use the app on my daughters device even though it is mentioned that it is usable within Apple family

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    Sorry to hear about that. If Family Sharing is not working properly, please contact Apple’s Support. GoodNotes is available via Family Sharing but it can’t be an issue of the app itself. Instead, it is likely related to your account or the App Store – something we, unfortunately, can not help you with. Apple’s support should be able to help you with it quickly.

  6. PLEASE build an option to deactivate „Drawing perfect lines, curves, and shapes“. It is not welcome in any situation!

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  7. Apple released new Mac Books with new Chips called "M1". Programms have to be optimized, bevor they can be used with the new Mac Books. I have a new MacBook now and want to use GoodNotes, so it would be perfect, if you will upgrade the GoodNotes App for Mac.

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  8. it would be great to have an interface, that you can circle around handwritten text in Goodnotes and send this as a new task to your task manager.

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    GoodNotes already supports the necessary technology for this but it depends on your task managers if they support the format.
    You can try dragging an dropping your handwriting in the task manager or sharing it directly via the share sheet after converting your handwriting.
    Check out this article to learn how to do it: https://medium.goodnotes.com/6-examples-of-how-to-use-the-ipads-drag-and-drop-features-to-boost-your-productivity-ec32a50b5052

  9. At the moment in order to go back to editing my document I need to choose it once again or opening another one and then close it.
    It makes working on GoodNotes a bit messy.

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    Thanks for the suggestion. We will see how we can improve the user experience in the future. For now, please open the search tab where you can find the “Recently opened documents” section.

  10. Have notes sync in real time. Maybe allow multiple users to edit. For example making a presentation in which you have a full view of it on one screen and can make live edits with the Apple Pencil. Kinda like google docs

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  11. When importing or taking pictures, i am missing an option to crop them.

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  13. When we finish writing a sheet and we want to go to the next one, if we don't have it created, it gives us the option to add a sheet. It would be much better if it automatically added a sheet with the used template, without having to go to the menu to choose template.

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  14. And then be able to remove the gridlines afterwards. This would be super helpful on homework that we have to write on. Or, add light gridlines/squares to the zoom feature.

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    It sounds like you will only need to remove the grind lines to submit it. In this case, please consider writing on paper with grid or lines first and then just use “change paper template” in … menu when you’re done. Alternatively, you can also disable “Include Page Background” in the export options.

  15. Hi, could you introduce a Cornell model without the writing line? Online the cornell setting lines. I would be nice if i need to print some page for study or share with my professor at university, and i can't print all the grey ruled lines for help writing.
    It would be fantastic and help full for other people like me that loves cornell.
    Greatings

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  16. Please allow me to customize the pages I want to export instead of doing one at a time or the whole document! It's a pain.

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  17. It would be nice, if it was possible to enable the presentation mode, while you are sharing your screen in a Microsoft Teams conference.

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  18. Right now only one-by-one selection is possible in the thumbnails. Would be great if pages could be selected in batches, like photos in built-in Photos app.

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    GoodNotes allows you to select multiple pages from a PDF after tapping the “select” button in the upper right of the thumbnail view. You can also use two fingers two swipe over the thumbnails to select a range of pages.

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    If you’re writing with a hand position that comes from the top so it accidentally touches the navigation bar, we recommend moving bar position to the bottom. You can do that in GoodNotes > Menu > Settings > Document editing.

  20. Since the last update the screen keyboard doesn‘t work correctly. I just see a part of it. In other apps the keyboard works correctly.

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    This is most likely a bug with the system that is triggered by GoodNotes somehow. Please try quitting the app in the background and try restarting your device. If it still happens, please let us know the exact steps to reproduce the problem and send them to support@goodnotes.com.

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