Allow searching *all* documents, not just the currently open document.
I love that I can search my handwritten notes! The rub is that sometimes something I'm searching for, spans multiple notebooks. It would be wonderful to be able to search all of the netbooks for the currently selected category!

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Doug G commented
Even just searching for all the occurrences for a text phrase within .pdf's in a current "category" or "Master Category" which I use roughly as equivalent to evidence folders and unfortunately have to e referenced by their name even if just 2 pages (so joining is not a great option as I lose that context). This is a great app, The "universal search" is an in-app purchase I would willingly pay extra for (especially since Apple took the capability to search across PDF tabs out of Preview...)
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AA commented
Universal search function is a critical item to have. I search i.e. for "action" in all documents for finding the outstanding issues.
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Anonymous commented
I think you can forget the likelihood of this app being developed any further. Looking through the requests that are marked 'Started' they are all at least 1 Year old and some are over 2 Years old.
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Wes commented
I cannot wait for this functionality! Because I categorize my notes, but have shared topics across them, I need to find all the places I mentioned that topic. Because of this, I haven't been able to capitalize on the search feature of GoodNotes yet, although it was my #1 reason for buying and using the app.
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Anonymous commented
Agree with everything everyone has said about multi search and ideally through spotlight. Please make this great app an amazing app
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Tyler commented
I agree that this would be an excellent feature. I am a medical student with a lot of notes and can hardly ever remember what notebook my notes are in
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Rachel Ngo commented
Hi Goodnotes, please let us know when is the next update of Goodnotes? I agree with everyone that the universal search would make me not switch to another provider. I use Goodnotes on a daily basis to clock in client meetings notes and not able to universal search is causing a pain.
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Anonymous commented
Any progress on this?...
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Lenny commented
When to expect the new version with build in universal search?
Started since 1 year.. is this feature still under active development?To open every document to search in is really one of the most annoying things holding me back from using this app all day long.
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John commented
Guys, we really need universal search
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Anonymous commented
Is there any way to search by date? I've lost a document, but I know the date that it was created.
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Anonymous commented
1 year and still no Universal Search.
Jeeze. Cmon guys. Get with it. !
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Anonymous commented
Good day! I am wondering if the universal search feature is available on goodnotes yet?
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Paul commented
It has been in development for more than a year. Can you please tell us when it will be done?
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Anonymous commented
Please update when this extremely useful feature will be available
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Anonymous commented
Any update on this capability?
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Ken commented
A global search feature for when you have over 100 notebooks would be highly desired.
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Lenny commented
Nearly a year without any update on when we can expect this realy basic and much requested feature? Cmon guys let us know when we can expect it at least. Some kind of System-Level integration would be great too. Searching Goodnotes documents via spotlight would be a dream come true!
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Tony commented
It’s good to see that a search facility has been started. When will it be delivered..
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Enrico Lunghi commented
I agree. Also it would be great to be able to search file names. Let's say one searches for all pdfs that contain a certain string in the file name.