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  1. If there was one thing I could change or add to it would be the library view, I don't particularily like the virtual bookshelf that so many apps use. I'd much prefer a simple expandable folder/file list, ideally sortable on file name and revision date.

    104 votes

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  2. 103 votes

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  3. We should be able to go to links (hot!) in our browsers. The attachments: in the first one, I've copied the link to the source document. If link us live, I can go to my source document to click on links there (this would be the minimum). In the second attachment us the entire pdf with all its highlighted links....which currently go nowhere. We should be able to click on all of these and go to those links.

    103 votes

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  4. GoodNotes provides the best handwriting experience, but the lack of rich text formatting (bold/italics, font sizes, font colors, bullets, numbered lists - you can only do one option per entire text box) makes apps like Notability a better option at the moment (despite the fact that the handwriting really sucks). There's no app that has handwriting at the level that GoodNotes has and also had proper text capabilities

    102 votes

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  5. Can w add a shortcuts for "Page Width" (just like what we have in Microsoft Word) to zoom the page so that the width of the page match the width of the screen?

    This is very useful when you want switch the iPad Mini to landscape view (to have bigger text size or get bigger keyboard to type faster).

    This is also useful when you want to switch back to a page width zoom level after you zoom it for some purpose.

    100 votes

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  6. Please have a way to edit a document in full-screen mode; i.e. hiding all toolbars but still able to edit a document.

    E.g. double tap with two fingers to hide/show toolbars without leaving edit mode

    This is legitimately the only thing holding me back from using Goodnotes 5 all the time

    99 votes

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  7. I use this app mainly for calc. I am a college student working on my masters in electrical engineering. I would love to see charts, graphs and diagram formats to add to my page, much like how it works on pages and word. also I'd love to see dotted lines, "fill in" shading, different pen affects etc. I love the app, I can;t wait to see what else you guys add to it. Big fan

    99 votes

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  8. OneNote has Glitter inks and a rainbow pen - as they exist, would it be possible to add them to GoodNotes?

    97 votes

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  9. Add encryption of data. Allow notebooks to be encrypted.

    97 votes

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  10. Please add romanian language as well, text recognition was the primary reason I have bought the app and I was very disappointed not to find Ro there. Thank you!

    96 votes

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  11. I text a lot and I also like to keep the color tone of my notes but the app doesn’t have the feature to add the color to presets for the text function. It also could be more convenient if there’s the color picker tool so I can keep the tone of my notes whenever I text or write. Lastly, I notice that the hex code of the color is ALWAYS #FFEEFF. As I said before, GoodNotes doesn’t have feature of setting text color to presets so I intent to remember the hex code instead but it’s still FFEEFF... I…

    96 votes

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  12. Chrome has a feature where you can group tabs together. Can we get something like this in goodnotes so that we can group different note tabs together? I have many notes open at once, and it would be nice if I could group their tabs together so its more organized.

    95 votes

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  13. Add more pen options please! I don't like how my handwriting looks in this app but I love everything else this app has to offer. Notes Plus offers pen types that resembles my handwriting but is limited in areas where this app excels. Adding more pen options would eliminate the competition altogether for me.

    94 votes

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  14. I truly appreciate the new features introduced with the recent update—they’ve been very helpful. I do, however, have a small request that I believe would make the workflow even smoother.

    Currently, whenever I switch from writing to drawing shapes or lines, I need to manually adjust the stroke width each time to match my pen. This process takes a little extra time and interrupts the natural flow of writing and drawing.

    It would be wonderful if there were an option to quickly set the shape or line stroke width to match the current pen width—or to have a few ready-made…

    93 votes

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  15. Add support for Microsoft documents / open office documents / Mac iWork's documents

    93 votes

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  16. Hi, these are my suggestions that I hope you will develop it in this app:

    1- add Cartesian coordinate system because draw it every time is uncomfortable.
    2- I hope that moving from one page to another will be from up to down not from left to right because that gives you sensibility of the connections between the pages or let this as an option in the app.
    3- Support right-to-left languages such as Arabic, please. We are suffering from this.
    4- When we choose to write why don't you put a color box on the top of the page…

    91 votes

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  17. We all use different tools more frequently, and the new squeeze-to-display-palette with the Apple Pencil Pro is fantastic, but it isn't reflecting the new customized order we make in the top toolbar. And of course it should, it seems to me.

    90 votes

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  18. Add a built-in web browser to clip images or content directly into the app. Great for research and note taking.

    89 votes

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  19. Audio Transcripts—the power to turn any audio recording directly into text within your note! Capture every detail and never worry about gaps in your knowledge. Copy, paste, and search within time-stamped text, so you always have the info you need! Now available with Notability Plus

    Notability has just released this feature to the market and I think it's very important to have this function for students or lectures.

    88 votes

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  20. I noticed that the recent update allows highlighter and other objects to be manually selected and then “send to back”. I like that this feature allows for highlighter to be positioned behind text, but it would be useful if there was an option to have that automatically done or to have the highlighter tool set to automatically send highlighter to back layer once a line is drawn using it. Adding a toggle on the highlighter menu so users can select to automatically have highlighter “send to back” would be amazing.

    87 votes

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