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  1. Have a button that you can click to return to all open pages when searching folders and say you don’t want to open another folder/document.

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  3. It would be great to pick which tools appear in the toolbar. Currently I have to go to photos to get to the camera, but would be fantastic to set which tools appear on the toolbar & remove tools I don’t use.

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  4. I routinely scan student papers so that I can grade them on my iPad. The other day I accidentally had some papers upside down when they went into the scanner.

    No problem! Goodnotes has the ability for me to select pages in mass and rotate them around.

    However, when grading those papers and attempting to convert handwritten comments to text, I noticed that the conversion gets oriented upside down from my current viewpoint because it interprets that the page was rotated all the way around and so it’s attempting to make sure that the conversion is viewable correctly from the…

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  5. Imagine writing something with your pen and then just use a shape with a 5 line staff to draw our music idea (also with our pen). And then continue handwriting our notes.
    This is a game changer for musicians!!!

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  6. Mostly i make notes with a taken foto as whole page, there is a menu option for that. But the foto is only in goodnotes. It would be very nice when there is a copy in the standart foto library as well. Then I don´t have to take the foto again with the standart foto app to have a foto without any notes.
    Maybe there is an option to choose between storing in the standart library as well or not...
    That feature would help and save a lot of time...

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  7. Sticky Notes
    - Sticky notes should impose text size when resized
    - Text should be stuck on the sticky note and not laying on top of it
    - Allow sticky notes to go outside of a page
    - add a tethering point which can tether a specific point on the notebook, and a spot on the sticky note which will allow for it to be moved while also maintaining its connection to the text

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  8. I am dislexic a PDF read aloud would help so much. (like how adobi arcrobatic) this would help as well as when I am trying to take a brack but would like to keep reading but my eyes may not be able to take any more reading anymore. (part of the reson I love how I can highlight the needed parts of any test book pages I needed with this note taking app.)

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  9. I’m working on a university project and need reliable statistics on child abduction cases in Minnesota. I'm particularly interested in recent trends, different types of abductions, and demographic data. If anyone knows of credible sources—like government reports, studies, or databases—that provide detailed info on this topic, I’d really appreciate your recommendations. It’s been tough finding accurate data! Thanks in advance for any assistance!

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  10. I would like to suggest adding an option to unlock files within a specific folder instead of unlocking all locked documents across the app after unlocking just one. This would enhance security by limiting access to only relevant documents while also providing more control and convenience for users. Thank you for considering this improvement!

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  11. All of the time I want to create a circle and because it's not perfect enough it gets completed to an oval. I would suggest a menu when you click on the shapes tool (like the one when you click the lasso tool) where you are able to enable/disable shapes that get created.

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  12. Take multiple choice test based on the information in the notebook

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  13. I do believe that Goodnotes does some of the best (if not the best) work at editing PDF powerpoint slides. One feature that I love about another competitor app however, is the ability to edit on the side the PDF slide aka slide notes. This would be a great way to add additional information (definitions, questions, images,stickers) and avoiding layering on an already cluttered slide. I think this would pair well with Goodnotes 'presentation' mode which I use quite often and pull up my own notes to present lecture slides.

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  14. Since the recent updates, my imac will not go to sleep even when I do not have goodnotes open on it - it is kept awake by using goodnotes on my iPad. Please change this as it's costing electricity!

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  15. Hi, everyone! I have the following question: I'm planning to translate some PDF documents into French using Translate.com, but I'm doubtful about their translation quality. Does anyone have any experience with this service? Especially interested in technical texts - they require precision and accuracy. How are things with formatting after translation? I will be grateful for advice!

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  16. Add a notes or sticker view in the plan view so thant we can locate rapidly

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  17. Why would you take away color control after text duplication. It was there until your silly icon upgrade. Did you ever think we were using that feature for drop shadows on text? Now I have to go to the lasso and reselect the text before I can change it's color. An extra two steps. Please put it back!

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  18. There could be an option to have text boxes saved in custom locations based on the template. I attached an example if some folks don't know what Cornell notes are, but like having text boxes ready to use in each section of a Cornell Note so there's no reason to click-to-create and resize a new text box on every single page or text boxes already cropped to size in the days/months boxes on a calendar.

    Also please add this even if it this rec doesn't get a ton of votes Goodnotes people because it would SIGNIFICANTLY reduce my studying time.

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  19. 希望推出可以收藏文本框不同格式的按钮,这样我们可以一键切换文本框不同的格式组合(包括不同字体、颜色、大小、行间距的组合),不需要再每次点击切换字体/颜色/大小/行间距,因为这样实在是太麻烦了。谢谢!!!希望大家都来投票!!!

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  20. 希望推出可以收藏文本框不同格式的按钮,这样我们可以一键切换文本框不同的格式组合(包括不同字体、颜色、大小、行间距的组合),不需要再每次点击切换字体/颜色/大小/行间距,因为这样实在是太麻烦了。谢谢!!!希望大家都来投票!!!

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