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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. GoodNotes is an amazing app and I really appreciate all it can do. Recently, I started making flashcards with it. This is when I encountered a problem while I was trying to study those flashcards. I learned that I couldn't zoom in on the flashcards when in study mode. This is a major issue with the flashcards feature because my small iPhone screen does not show the details of the pictures that I attached, which makes it impossible for me to study these flashcards properly. Please try to fix this ASAP because zooming in on the images to see the…

    14 votes

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  2. I like to have my notes very densely packed, so I typically use the finest thickness pen and zoom in nearly all the way.

    However, when zoomed in, the lasso tool thickness (the blue dotted lines) becomes extremely thick and selecting small items is difficult.

    Suggestion: When zoomed in, make the lasso line width thinner.

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  3. A small bar that can be positioned around the edge of the screen. I use the Goodnotes app to take notes during Uni lectures and I find myself using the brush pen for titles and key info, and ball pen for the notes. When you have the app on half screen so that the powerpoint takes up one side you lose the access to the quick "one tap" colour selection.

    The ideal quick bar would be able to move to either sides of the document you are taking notes on. You would be able to had a set style and…

    14 votes

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  4. Ich würde gerne Videos oder Links von Videos einfügen und anklicken können.

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  5. I write exercises for my music students. When synchronising, I would like to have an option, that students can ‘ read only’ instead of ‘read and write’ . Just like many iCloud services work.
    And how do I change the name of a folder? Can’t figure it out.
    Great App! Thank you!

    14 votes

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  6. 14 votes

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  7. As is a feature in OneNote, GoodNotes should add the ability to recognize math equations and to be able to solve it like PhotoMath or Microsoft in OneNote

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  8. Being able to overlay a grid that we can toggle on and off and also move around the page would be helpful for writing straight on pdf documents.

    At the moment, all we can do is add a new page with the grid template. But for writing in PDFs (a digital assignment where you handwrite answers to questions, for example), there’s no way to overlay a grid to aid in writing straight.

    Procreate has a similar grid feature where you can toggle the grid on or off and you can draw on top of it.

    14 votes

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  9. This would given a more "drawn" feel to shapes.

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  10. I would love to see a quick toggle (like the double tap on Apple Pencil) to easily change to and from read-only mode. Maybe a gesture like the two-finger double tap for ‘undo’. This would be very helpful for being able to click hyperlinks and quickly navigating a document with many pages.

    14 votes

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  11. Some tools like NotesPlus and Noteshelf seem to improve my handwriting so it is Smoother and more while other tools like GoodNotes don’t do this.

    My writing seems to be more angular and ragged in GoodNotes.

    I wonder if the authors of Good Notes have reviewed these other packages to get a sense of a different writing experience ?

    Is this an area GoodNotes might address?

    14 votes

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  12. This was also listed under "Automatic Action Item" back in 08/19 - but I think it should be considered.

    I have many notebooks (one for each customer). I want the ability to mark written text as an "Action Item" in any notebook (Use the "lariat" tool?) and they automatically get added to an "Action Items" notebook so they are all in one place.

    Each item is listed under a separate bullet and can be deleted once completed.

    Having the option once lassoed to create a calendar reminder / update would be nice, but probably far-reaching at this point.

    14 votes

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  13. I would like to export the highlights I make on a PDF as a plain text file. Like Kindle does with highlights on a book.

    14 votes

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  14. When you are in the file explorer, there is no way of opening the tabs currently open other than finding one file currently open and opening it or opening a random file and closing the new tab.

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  15. Please add full screen presentation mode.
    Not only during these times of remote meetings, having the possibility to use Goodnotes on the iPad directly is greatly needed.
    Thanks!

    14 votes

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  16. Hide sidebar on Goodnotes for Mac to not permanently show favorites

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  17. I’d like to have a functionality similar to OneNote where I can invert notebook background color and my gray scale stroke colors. I like to write notes in dark mode on a dark background, so it doesn’t hurt my eyes. But when viewing or exporting, I’d like it to have a white background and black strokes.

    14 votes

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  18. I can choose which files or folders that I want to backup to iCloud instead of backing up all the files in GoodNotes.
    Due to my limit storage of iCloud, with this backup option, it would be so helpful!!!!

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  19. Currently if I delete a document in GoodNotes5 it stays in the Auto-Backup Folder. I would love to have an option to be switched on if I want documents automatically deleted in the Cloud backup (e.g. Dropbox) as well

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  20. Just insert an auto-outline function — as given in Microsoft Word — so you can declare a style (e.g. Blue color, 3.5 mm pencil) as a title or subtitle and the written will be added to the outline of the document automatically.
    That would be awesome, I love the feature in imported pdf files.
    Thanks!

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