Sub-Outline in Outlines
When I import some PDFs their outlines are imported too. I love this feature. I have noticed that when this happens, the outlines have sub-outlines to make navigating the outlines easier.
However, I can not create this in my own GoodNotes outlines. It only works when I import a PDF that already has this structure built into it.
I would like to have a feature in GoodNotes where I can create sub-outlines in my notebooks.

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Prem Kumar commented
I think Goodnotes should do away with categories like PDF outlines and Custom outlines. An outline is an outline irrespective of whether it came with the pdf or I created it. The outline that came with the pdf should be editable. And I should be able to create hierarchy in my own custom outlines.
Outline is one of the crucial feature in my opinion that sets Goodnotes apart from Notability. Please improve/complete this feature.
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Daniel commented
Yes, a Chapter-Subchapter structure in the outline of our notebooks would be extremely useful.
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Dee commented
100% YES! And the functionality of the feature can be improved by allowing users to rearrange the outlines and delete them if necessary. I’m using the outline feature now because I have a notebook with a lot of pages and I needed to make navigation easier, but somehow the order got messed up and I have no way of fixing it..... it ALMOST defeats the purpose of making the outline in the first place 😣
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Nick Dykes commented
I love this idea!
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Anonymous commented
100% agree!!
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Anonymous commented
By adding this feature, it will enhance my experience so much!! I started creating one subject notebooks so I have my class in one notebook and to have the outline have subpages and are collapsible will be a gamechanger! It will not only keep everything organized and neat, but the navigation will also be easily managed instead of continuously scrolling to find the specific page/topic on the outline.
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Anonymous commented
100% support this suggestion too here. I think this could really be a game changer, especially for class notes.
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Prem Kumar commented
This is crucial for me. I need to be able to FULLY edit the outline of a pdf like pdfexpert does. Right now, to do the same (create sub outlines, for example), i need to export a pdf, use adobe acrobat pro to edit the outline, compress the pdf because Goodnotes exports horribly large pdfs, import the pdf back to Goodnotes and delete the original file... :-|
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Joselyn Fear commented
And make the Outline tree collapsible so that you can navigate and sort pages quickly into sections/subsections.
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Scythel Seth commented
To organize notes, pages and sections.
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Georgije Stanisic commented
Add subsections to each outline for better organization. For example, in a textbook there can be one outline for each chapter, and then when you click on the outline a drop down menu of each section in the chapter comes up. This would be great for organization. Something like this.
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Anonymous commented
Me too
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Anonymous commented
I support this suggestion.
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Moritz Truninger commented
There are already various posts wishing for a way to make the outline structure more hierarchical, but under various names, so I am trying to summarize the wish here.
To navigate more efficiently within a notebook, it would be super convenient to have outlines on various levels as (Chapter-section-subsection structure):
Chapter 1
- 1.1 section
- 1.2 section
--- 1.2.1 subsectionChapter 2
- 2.1 section
--- 2.1.1 subsection
- 2.2 sectionand so on...
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Moritz Truninger commented
This would make GoodNotes so much better!
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zhangqingxin commented
If there is an error in the automatically imported outline, it cannot be deleted. I hope that the automatically imported error outline can be deleted, and I can create a secondary outline myself. The automatically imported outline can be more intelligent, because my imported outline is often wrong.
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Molly L commented
This is the best suggestion so far
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Nicholas Burns commented
For example:
Chapter 1: Number Systems & Conversion
— 1.1: Digital Systems & Switching Circuits
— 1.2: Number Systems & Conversion
— 1.3: Binary Arithmetic -
Dennis Denk commented
@Robert: That's not true. In one note I have the possibility to indent pages and thus I can represent a structure.
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Moritz Truninger commented
Adding sub-outlines respectively levels to GoodNotes would increase the overview a lot and hence make navigation within a notebook so much easier!