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  1. 1.First of all, we cannot edit when we are not connected to the internet. This is really bad. We should be able to use the application while offline.
    Also, the writing experience with the stylus pen in the android version is not smooth.

    2.You should make a trash bin.

    3.In order to use pen options more effectively, you should make a floating favorite bar and you should not set a number limit on this feature and we should be able to position this bar horizontally or vertically.

    4.There is a 100 mb file size limit when importing notes. This is…

    28 votes

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  2. Dear Goodnotes,

    Allow the text to carry over to the next page continuously like in a word document. Where the number lists continue as well. Furthermore, if any new additions where made to a page, the parts that would have previously fit but don't fit anymore can be carried over to the next page automatically. Currently neither the numbers are able to continue, nor am I able to add to a previously page without have notes disappearing.

    I know that Goodnotes is designed for a page to be contained and formatted to a single document, but full page 'typing mode'…

    28 votes

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  3. I hope to support the conversion of handwritten texts in Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic).This is very helpful for our students studying small languages, thank you!

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  4. The ability to increase or decrease PDF margins when annotating will be an useful feature.

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  5. I want to simply scan parts of a document as a picture, to insert into the middle of my written note instead of as a new page.

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  6. It would be nice if it were possible to use flashcard mode for vocab training. Therefore it would have to be possible to flip the "question" and "answer" page. Manually (all of them) or randomly (single ones). More over, the Q and A page titles should be renamable like "English" / "Spanish". There are loads of vocab training apps out there but I like the Idea of handwriting. What do you think about it?

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  7. Some of the pdf’s I import have very small margins that do not allow me to write notes on. It would be fantastic if there was a feature that acted as sticky notes like in Apple’s feature in the Books app or how Google docs allow you to add comments.

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  8. When I import a PDF to an existing notebook I have been using for handwritten notes, the PDF size is much larger and makes it so I have to keep zooming in and out as I read through my notes. Please make it so that there is an option so scale my imported PDF to standard GoodNotes 5 paper size to match the rest of my notebook!

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  9. Today, when you want to use the fountain pen in Green at a size of 1,5mm for some elements PLUS the ball pen in black at a size of 0,3mm, you have to always switch the 3 characteristics ALL THE TIME :

    1. Tap Pen > switch Fountain / Ball
    2. Tap Colour > switch the colour
    3. Tap Size > switch the size >> In real paper life, you drop the first pen and take the other one... it should the same here

    Solution Needed :
    1. You let us define / save the 3 elements at the same time & allow…

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  10. Since there already is a feature to convert handwritten text.
    It would be very usefully if you could convert the text from pictures of handwritten notes or documents like textbooks to editable text.

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  11. Now we only can save 3 pen colors and 3 pen thickness, but I would love to have more, something like 5, there is place tu put them, and we can have a setting of how many are showed, so who wants to have 3 can have 3 and who needs 5 can have them

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  12. The new font feature is amazing. But what would be an even better addition would be the ability to star (favorite) fonts so they always appear at the top of the list. It would also be nice if we were able to sort the favorites freely. There are so many fonts I don’t use but come installed on iPad anyway, would save us so much scrolling time!

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  13. Would be great if the opacity of pen or highlighter could be controlled for the desired outcome. Currently using a black paper template and anything you highlight disappears because the opacity of the highlighter isn’t high enough!

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  14. I am using goodnotes 5 in an iPad pro 11 inch in a split screen mode, with the lecture slides on the other half of the scree, doing so will optimize the tool bar and i cannot be using the preset three pen colors without directly. I either have to reduce my slides to less than half of the screen which not ideal, or clicking on the pen options to select a different color, which does take sometime. Is there an option where i can edit the items in the toolbar, to select what is used frequently (pen, highlighter, eraser)…

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  15. One the zoom window there should be the ability to select the pen colour, eraser and undo without having to select these from the top of the screen

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  16. This is feedback and not a new idea: I seem to notice some lag while writing with the Apple Pencil on GoodNotes 5 (on an iPad Pro 11”). The lag is much lesser on GoodNotes 4 and the stock Notes app.
    Amazing job on the new version, the app looks and feels great otherwise!

    28 votes

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    1. The handwriting recognition works but is limited to sharing. I wish it had an option to convert it to text inside notes.

    2. Mathematical symbols or equations recognition would also be great! :)

    28 votes

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  17. The printed page has no margin for binding.
    Please add margins. Best, mirror margins for front/back print

    Printing, two GoodNotes pages fit well in one A-size or A4-size sheet.
    Please include the option of margins for this, with front/back option
    (4 GoodNotes pages in a front/back physical sheet)

    28 votes

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  18. it would be SOOOOO nice if you could perpetually sync your goodnotes with your cloud service of choice. no constant upload. whenever you close out of the note you're on it automatically syncs with your cloud service.

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  19. allow goodnotes to be integrate with Zapier or IFTTT

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