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  1. Have more than 1 type of bookmark and organized in the current good notes 5 bookmark page

    18 votes

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  2. Add a toolbar when the keyboard mode is activated, in that form, we will have shortcuts for type of fonts, size , curved, italic , center, color , taps, like a mini toolbar like Word

    18 votes

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  3. Currently, hyperlinks in pdf files seem to be activated only in view mode.
    When using styluses, this kind of limitation is not necessary.

    18 votes

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  4. Some documents are better viewed managed in vertical scrolling other in horizontal. For example, a document I am reading is better in horizontal, with fixed page dimensions, a note that I am jotting down is better in vertical to allow passing through pages. GoodNotes should retain the selection made per document while applying the same selected mode for the open documents. Ditto would be for the pencil and highlight colours.

    18 votes

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  5. Have the ability to write on a second sheet that is superimposed on the page as a layer.
    This would make it possible to add elements on the layer, for example text on an image, and to be able to manipulate them easily.

    18 votes

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  6. It will be great in shortscuts (the new App in iOS12) will be supported in GoodNotes. For exapmple to create a new note Baseball on a predefined tamplate with a Siri command.

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  7. Make an option where it is possible to write formulas/equations etc. like in the app MyScript Calculator, a handwritten calculator

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  8. When choosing a preset, it would be useful if presets remembered what thickness you liked for that pen and if you had shape recognition enabled.
    Use case: I'm studying on a PDF book; to underline and take notes I'm using:
    - A yellow marker with shape recognition enabled to draw a perfect line on the text
    - A red thick pen with shape recognition enabled to further underline
    - A black thin pen and a red thin pen without shape recognition to write notes.

    With the current implementation, I have to choose the color, then choose the thickness, then enable…

    18 votes

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  9. There is a maximum magnification with the zoom window - please remove the limitation to simply allow to write as small as the user wants

    Remove the fixed proportion of the zoom window because it fixes the line height when performing carriage return

    Alternatively use auto advance functionality in regular zoom mode (not the window). Then you don't need the zoom window any more

    18 votes

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  10. Add Copy to an imported image's Context Menu, so can paste duplicate on another page etc.

    18 votes

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  11. Goodnotes 6 should be able to add a feature wherein a request for authentication code is sent first before deletion of account. Sometimes people “misclick” the delete button account which made other devices log out of the account. It is a hassle for everyone 😫

    17 votes

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  12. you should add some studying tools such as
    tape to cover the answers while studing.Also,The recorded voices shouldn't take a space in the device. Additionally, the laser pointer should have multiple styles.

    17 votes

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  13. I would like it to be possible in the typing mode to write in Latex language so that I can format the text better and include my equations without having to convert them with the special tool (which in my case often fails

    17 votes

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  14. A4 formats always gets this white sides when scanned.

    17 votes

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  15. It would be amazing to have this feature as it's the only thing keeping me from using GoodNotes and not Notability. I'd switch to GoodNotes in a heartbeat if GIFs were supported. Please make it a thing! 🙏

    17 votes

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  16. While recording audio, GoodNotes should periodically autosave and start a new recording, e.g. once per hour. This would break the recording into hourlong chunks. This functionality is available in Notability, for example.

    Use case: if the user forgets to turn off recording, it’s easier to delete unnecessary recordings later by looking at the timestamp.

    17 votes

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  17. I think like PowerPoint, it'd be good to be able to collapse the purple toolbar (that sits above the pen tools). It honestly takes up a lot of vertical space and is unnecessary for the entirety of a notetaking session.

    We normally don't need to access the notebook name, tabs, recording, share, etc. immediately and therefore it is a waste of space for it to be visible sometimes.

    It should be easily collapsed, and some essential tools like back and forward could be moved to the writing tools row that should be the one to only show.

    On an 11"…

    17 votes

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  18. It'd be good to have an option for this
    In Notability, in a vertical scrolling document, when you write at the bottom of a page, it seamlessly lets you draw through to the next page. On GoodNotes 5, you are forced to remain constrained to the current page. Maybe have a page lock option or something to remedy this issue since it'd be useful for people who like unlimited scrolling documents.

    17 votes

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  19. The addition to recording on GoodNotes is fantastic, I have used it so much recently. However, the audio files are linked to the entire notebook with just the date and length. I want to attach it to just one page, or one section, and the ability to name and export the audio files is necessary.

    Having to dig through all the audio files to find the one I'm looking for is very inefficient and defeats the purpose of recording while taking meeting notes.

    17 votes

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  20. indent feature
    - allow bulleted items to have multiple different horizontal start locations
    - "tab" key on keyboard asks like indent button
    - select / highlight bulleted items, click tab key or indent button --> goodnotes indents selected lines (instead of deleting them)
    - click tab key or indent button, type "- " to create a new bulleted item --> goodnotes begins a new list item indented one level inwards

    improved line spacing option
    - line spacing could automatically align with the lines on the default papers (like the graph paper)
    - input value instead of slider

    specific "list" feature…

    17 votes

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