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  1. Automatic page centering is visually pleasing, yes. However, page centering (meaning you are unable to zoom anywhere you want to (for example, having 70% space and 30% page on your screen)) is very impractical. It means you have to move your arm and wrist around to the very left of your device and then to the very right when writing full pages. This is not only very tedious and strenuous on muscles, but it is also genuinely very annoying to deal with.

    Make page centering or realignment an option, there's a reason why most, if not all, drawing programs don't…

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  2. In folder A there is a document on the brain
    In folder B I can also access and see the same document on the brain
    This way I don't have to move it from the original folder (A) but I can add it to other folders that are relevant to the topic.

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  3. Hello,

    I have a Samsung Tab S6 Lite 2022 and I'm currently using Samsung Notes for my school notes, but I miss a reliable way to measure and draw lines of specific angles and lengths, as well as a tool to draw circkes of a specific radius. I've seen some other students use GoodNotes on iPads and they seem to have a ruler (I'm not sure for the "circle with radius" thing but I think they also have that).

    Also, Samsung Notes does really bad at supporting portrait orientation, which I saw from the iPad users should be usable even…

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  4. Goodnotes has been a great tool to help me mark up and organize pdfs and other files for school, The only thing that I have noticed it missing is a simple grab tool. As in when you're zoomed in on a pdf file, a tool that would allow me to click and drag to change position within the page.

    Similar to the Adobe suite, when you hold space you can click and drag to a different position within the page. Adding this would make make it perfect!

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  5. Need a grid layer to snap to for precise positioning. Can be made visible or invisible.

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  6. Dear Goodnotes Team,

    I’ve been experiencing persistent issues with palm rejection while using a 3rd party stylus on Goodnotes, and I wanted to bring this to your attention.

    While writing with my palm resting on the screen, unintended actions frequently occur — the floating menu (cut, copy, paste, etc.) often pops up, and in some cases, it even selects underlying text or content where my palm touches. This leads to the stroke I was making getting disrupted or vanishing altogether.

    This not only causes missing portions in my writing but also severely hampers the flow and accuracy of note-taking, which…

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    1. Smth
    2. Smth
    3. Smth

    It’s fine until here

    But if you try typing something like this:

    1. Smth
    2. Smth

    Smth is smth because smth
    3, Smth

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    .
    .
    It auto enumerates “3.” to “1.”
    Making it like this:

    1. Smth
    2. Smth

    Smth is smth because smth
    1. Smth

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    For you to get rid of this you have to copy a space and paste it after the “3.” which is a waste of time

    We need an option to disable auto enumerated lists.

    This also happens if you copy paste a list too, which makes it worse

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  7. Hi Goodnotes team,

    I love using Goodnotes for creating my presentation slides — it's intuitive and works really well for my workflow. However, I still have to export my slides as a PDF and import them into PowerPoint in order to present them properly. This step feels unnecessary and could be avoided if Goodnotes had a few key presentation-friendly features:

    A presenter mode where I can see my personal notes while the audience only sees the slides
    Simple animations or progressive reveal of elements during the presentation
    Remote control support, e.g., using a smartphone as a presenter or clicker
    Adding…

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  8. I would like to suggest a feature that would improve visibility and clarity during writing sessions, especially when using screen-sharing or presenting.

    While in Pen Mode, it would be extremely helpful to have an optional highlighted circle or pointer around the pen tip as I write. This would act like a visual guide, making it easier for others to follow the writing in real time, and for the writer to keep track of the precise pen location, especially on larger screens or when using a stylus.

    This feature would be similar to a cursor highlight or visual pointer found in…

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  9. I wish a copy-and-paste feature of notebook to another folder, as a single action.

    When I need to make copies of a file and put them in multiple folders, I have to repeat the operations: 1. Copy the file, which creates a copy under the name of 'Copy of foobar', 2. Move it to a folder, 3. Change the name of the moved file to delete the prefixed 'Copy of'.
    This is a very awkward way of making multiple copies. I would like to operate like the Move operation: Long tap on the notebook -> Seclect Copy-To -> Select the…

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  10. Hello GoodNotes Team,

    Thank you for the great app! I really enjoy using the audio recording feature while writing notes, especially because it syncs perfectly with my handwriting.

    I would love to have an option to export the note with both the audio and the synchronized handwriting, either as an interactive file or a video. This would allow me to share my lecture notes with friends in the exact way I experienced them — with the timing of each written point aligned to the recording.

    Currently, sharing a PDF or exporting as images loses that functionality, and it’s a big…

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  11. The standard blue color of GoodNotes is fine, but it would be great to be able to customize the color of the toolbar and tabs to your favorite color.

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  12. Despite having a page under the url suffix /pricing, there are no prices on this page to associate with the descriptions of the plans. please update with pricing for subscription and permanent lifetime access models.

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  13. Für den Mathe Unterricht wäre eine Parabel Schablone für das zeichnen essenziell notwendig und wichtig.

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  14. dont force the presentation mode on connection to external screen, or at least allow to turn it off. It’s a common use case to use iPad for writing while watching a video on external screen, which is blocked by your presentation

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  15. (eng)
    Hello, I'm a user of GoodNotes 6 and I have a few suggestions and issues I'd like to share:

    Highlighter Layering
    When I write something and then use the highlighter on top, the highlighter covers the text, making it look very blurry. I would really appreciate it if the highlighter could automatically go behind the text by default.

    Search Function
    GoodNotes allows searching handwritten text within a note, which is great. However, it doesn't support searching content within uploaded images. It would be much more powerful if the search function could also recognize and include text within images.

    Split…

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  16. 물론입니다. 앞뒤 인사말 없이 기능 요청 본문만 아래에 정리해드릴게요:

    I’d like to request the addition of a “Show in Folder” or “Reveal Location” function for files within GoodNotes.

    Currently, when working with many documents organized into folders, it’s often hard to remember or confirm where a file is located—especially when accessing it from the Recents or Search tab.

    Suggested improvements:
    1. Display the full folder path of any opened file (like in Windows or macOS).
    2. Enable a “Go to Folder” action to quickly jump to the parent folder of the document.

    This would greatly improve navigation and file…

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  17. 물론입니다! “스크린샷”이라는 단어를 강조하여 제목 앞에 배치한 버전은 다음과 같습니다:

    Subject: Screenshot Feature Request – Easier Access, Auto Copy, and Better Sharing Compatibility

    Dear GoodNotes Team,

    Thank you for developing such a versatile and user-friendly note-taking app.
    I’d like to suggest improvements related to how screenshots are captured and shared from within GoodNotes.

    I often need to take screenshots that include both my handwriting and the file’s background, especially when sharing notes with external tools like ChatGPT. However, having to use the lasso tool each time to take a screenshot is quite inconvenient and time-consuming.

    Here are a few…

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  18. I would love to see Goodnotes running natively on visionOS. Right now, I'm using the macOS version with an XP-Pen tablet by mirroring macOS within visionOS, but a native app with support for the Apple Pencil or similar tablets would be ideal!

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  19. Hi Goodnotes team,

    The app is really amazing. Everything is almost perfect in the app.
    Only one feature is missing in this is that there should be a predefined set of shapes that could be dragged and dropped on the canvas. This would be really helpful. Thanks.

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