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  1. Having an option to disable the smart learn mode for a given study set feels essential. As of now, a study set that I used Smart Learn mode on one time keeps notifying me in the menu forever, while I don’t need to learn it anymore.

    This also risks keeping me from finding the sets that I need to study now, in the midst of all past study sets.

    I don’t want to delete them, I just wish I could disable the smart learn mode/notifications for specific sets.

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  2. Currently there are two ways to highlight text from an imported PDF: using the highlight tool and highlighting freely the document with the aid of a pencil, or manually selecting the text and clicking on the highlight option.
    The latter method is more flexible for tasks such as studying on a textbook, as the highlight adjusts in size with the underlying text. Unfortunately, it is a very time consuming approach as it requires to first select the text, wait for a menu popup and then select highlight.
    It would be convenient to have an alternate behavior for the highlight tool,…

    10 votes

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  3. Pls: The New Folder Icons are WAY too big, cartoonish, and colours look GARISH!!

    Please make more colour options available, to make them look at least less CHAOTIC! ( Colour wheel / Colour picker)
    Changing the size of the Folders when in Gallery mode, would be VERY HELPFUL, indeed.. Or Better: Change the folder SYMBOLS in general..
    ( Presets or possibiltity of self-made symbols would be cool) But definetely let us decrease the size.. ( Maybe with a simple slider, +/- sign at the bottom or simply by PINCHING our fingers)

    10 votes

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  4. I think renaming a recording file can help us find the audio corresponding to a certain part of a document faster and more accurately, and the retrieval point of the recording file can greatly avoid the loss of important audio files due to accidental touching.

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  5. I have a suggestion that I think would make it even more useful for reading and taking notes. When I read a PDF document, I often come across references or links that take me to other pages within the document. This is especially useful when the text contains a reference number or symbol that I need to look up to fully understand the content.

    However, one thing that can be frustrating is when I follow a link to a new page and then want to return to the page I was reading before. In order to do this, I have…

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  6. The UI does not have to always be visible. When i am taking notes i just want a FULLSCREEN (see that idea too) paper and maybe a widget on one of the edges for changing the color or the thickness of my pen. I don't need to have the save and delete and bookmark and tabs and title and everything on top of the paper. Just tools and colors. For more there should be a pop-up menu or something.

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  7. The comments should be searchable in GoodNotes!!
    Comments is a very useful way to take notes, thus I write many of my thoughts in comments. However, I find I can’t search for my comment in GoodNotes, which cost me a lot of time to search my notes. I hope the the contents inside the comments can be searched.

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  8. Make it possible to adjust the time when the pointer disappears when using the laser pointer function

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  9. Having to tap each field of a flash card to start writing on it in study sets edit mode is so inconvenient that it is faster to write the cards as a normal flash card file and then convert it into study sets. Please provide an option allowing users to instantly write new flashcards without tapping. Love the app!

    10 votes

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  10. Please add support for automatic backup to pCloud as well as importing easily from pCloud.

    They have a public API that should make this a relatively easy task.

    Thanks

    10 votes

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  11. Please can we have the three line thickness options back on the toolbar? It’s an extra click now to access a drop down which is less convenient.

    I think you’ve replaced it with an extra line colour option but I preferred it before.

    😊

    10 votes

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  12. Be able to add set amount of blank white margin to an imported file. Currently, my round about would be open it through the MarginAdjuster app (Made by some japanese) the after editing it in the app, open with Goodnotes. It would be better if the process would be seamless and more people would be able to access this kind of feature.

    10 votes

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  13. Creates invisible slides so that you can make some slides or pages "invisible". You would not see these when you normally go through the pages, only if you click on them they will show up. This way, students could hide pages that the professor noted as >not relevant to the exam<. The amount of pages would be smaller without the need to delete them.

    10 votes

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    • having the stats on how well you doing for Study mode flashcards
    • able to view all flashcards in small tabs like for the other notebooks, but add that feature to flashcard because having to edit the first flashcard you made, but you have 100+ total flashcards is soooo time consuming!
    10 votes

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  14. I would like to have grid and lined paper for my Flashcards

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  15. When i used pencil with hover, i feel written word doesnt look like same as i want to write. Please optimization for hover ipencil.

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  16. It would be super nice to have extra space to write sentences and phrases on the side or under imported PowerPoint instead of only being able to write on the slide. Writing on the slide helps highlight terms etc, but doesn't help any extra information a teacher/professor may say out loud, that's not a part of the slide.

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  17. A toggle setting for handwriting to be automatically aligned (moved to be written in a straight line) and letter height adjustment so they appear more even.

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  18. While I enjoy the rotate and resize tool, I feel that inverting images should be implemented! It's useful for drawing (take chemical figures) or plain symmetry for digital note-taking.

    10 votes

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  19. Ability to handwrite a math equation and then circle it using the lasso tool and then convert it to a high-resolution math equation written using the system font.

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