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Mind map tools, arrows, outlined text boxes

I am a neurophysiologist and am constantly designing experiments. There are many moving parts and it helps to be able to draw flow charts and mind maps for each experimental design. I know many people have requested arrows, and I just want to ask that in addition to arrows we get dynamic colored text boxes (squares would be fine if they could remain editable in brain-map mode) so that I don't have to lasso things to move them and change how they connect. And PLEASE LOTS of color options and thicknesses with these!!

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  • Sylvia Reid commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Arrange paragraphs or sections on the paper so that they make more sense. Consider deleting or replacing https://www.tellpopeyes.biz/ sentences that you wrote down if they don't add any value. Move bullet points around so that they are perfectly aligned. To do that, choose GoodNotes' lasso tool.

  • H. commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    As a business information analyst I draw many flowcharts. It would be fantastic to have draw.io like features in Goodnotes.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    YESSSS PLEASE! the ability to draw arrows and dotted arrows, the majority of my studying is Via Anki, GoodNotes, and MindNode, this feature would definitely simplify things for me as I would be able to stop using mind Node for creating mind maps, and have everything in one place. I believe this can be done with 3 added features. 1. a simple arrow feature (with dotted line option), 2. the ability to connect 1 shape to another (linking ideas on the map), and 3. adding some sort of shortcut to automatically put sections in a shape.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes, different ready shapes are really very needed. common shapes, arrows,lines like found in Microsoft word or, powerpoint are of absolute necessity. I felt the need for ruler and shapes many many times

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    In One Note you can keep on writing to the right. It’s really cool. I hope to see the same feature in GN.

  • Valentin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Disagree. Keep Goodnotes simple. It is a handwriting app for taking notes and sketches. If you like Mindmaps, draw it manually or use a MindMap App. For arrows, symbols or stamps, you can create your own library of PNGˋs and strore them in „Fotos“ or any cloud service.
    Again, please do no overload Goodnotes with dedicated features. It should stay a digital note-taking-app, just replacing the paper.

  • Emily Hegarty commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I think some of the mind mapping tools will export your mind map as a PDF and then you could add it to your notebook.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Never. Use a "mindmap" App instead.
    Besides and with my full respect: Mindmapping is overrated.

  • Chip commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Also it'd be awfully nice if we'd be able to make vector-shapes ourselves, e.g. in Affinity Designer :-)

  • PierreLeRoi commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Fully agree with Jessie, using diagrams (engineering, modeling for ex.) within handwritten text require predefined shapes. For example, See how powerpoint implements this in its Insert/Shapes drop down menu under shapes.

  • Martie commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    If you want mind maps, use a mind mapping tool like iThoughts. Please don't expect Goodnotes to do everything. It's beauty is in its minimalism.