Double-Page View / Split View / Side-by-side View
As a professional musician, GoodNotes is almost perfect for viewing and marking up sheet music both during rehearsals and performances! In my circle of friends and colleagues, GoodNotes is really becoming our go-to app! We unanimously agree that the only feature that is missing for viewing sheet music is the ability to view two pages at once (like an open book or in Mac's Preview "double-page viewing"). Is it possible that I'm just not seeing this feature?
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We’re excited to announce that we have completed this feature. It is now available in the update GoodNotes 5.3 for iPadOS (13.1).
With the update, we added full support for iPadOS’ multiple windows. It lets you do much more than viewing two documents side by side. To read everything you need to know about opening multiple documents, please visit goodnotes.com/ipad-os.
How to open a new window:
You can now open GoodNotes in multiple windows to view two documents side by side, view two pages of the same document in Split View, or pair it with other apps in spaces across your entire system. To open a new window, drag any of the elements listed below to the side of your screen:
- the app icon from the dock
- documents from the library
- folders from the library
- individual pages from the document thumbnail view
- tabs from the tab-bar
You can also use the buttons in the library action menu or from the tab-bar to open a new window.
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Sumit
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Hi kindly give option of viewing two pages simultaneously
It becomes monotonous and boring.
Also if tou can ass an option two jort down on a page (study note as in flexcil).
This lacunae brings the whole hardwork of yours down relatively. -
Ana
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It would be great if GoodNotes5 had an actual “book view” option like if it were an actual notebook. I understand split-view is an option, but you are not able to do continuous texts/drawings/etc. because only one page is available to view at a time. If this option was added, it would make it much simpler to use the planner template by being able to enhance the fluidity of ideas/writing/drawings.
I’ve attached an example from Apple Books (has a one-page view option as well as the 2-page) that shows a two-page view that I think would be a good addition to this app, and an image from my notebook that I really wish could be more fluid so I could go back and forth to each page and add notes easily. -
Li
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I want two-page view at the same time when read
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Robin
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And it should be allowed to choose "show the first page separately" or not, in order to display scanned document normally.
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Zsofia Vajda commented
I would love it if I could see the previous and the current page at the same time, as in a notebook, only better :)
In split view mode I can open two GoodNotes windows, and that’s wonderful, but I would love if I could work on the same document’s two pages and an extra window. Thank you for listening, I’m looking forward to seeing and using it! -
Nancy
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I like annotating my textbooks and sometimes spreads cross 2 pages. Being able to see them side by side without opening a new window and be able to seamlessly draw across the two pages would be a dream.
Example: Apple’s Books app automatically displays 2 pages when the iPad is turned to landscape. Maybe goodnotes can incorporate a toggle feature for this? -
Anonymous
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Allow 2 pages view (different than split view)
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Anonymous
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Instead of viewing two pages on a different windows, I propose to view and work on 2 pages mode on a single window.
By doing so, users may enjoy their horizontal view mode by working as if working on a real book.
Availability of 2 pages view in single window will allow users to more frequently use this application rather than other alternatives such as Flexcil, PDFexpert.
As a student, my self and users around my self are demanding this function. Because of lack of 2 pages function, it is not hard to see using other aforementioned alternative application.
Please vote on me and let’s make it happen! -
Anonymous
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Instead of viewing two pages on a different windows, I propose to view and work on 2 pages mode on a single window.
By doing so, users may enjoy their horizontal view mode by working as if working on a real book.
Availability of 2 pages view in single window will allow users to more frequently use this application rather than other alternatives such as Flexcil, PDFexpert.
As a student, my self and users around my self are demanding this function. Because of lack of 2 pages function, it is not hard to see using other aforementioned alternative application.
Please vote on me and let’s make it happen! -
Scott San Filippo
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We should be able to view two pages at once like in a real paper notebook. This should be available in portrait and landscape mode - but especially landscape mode. The "workaround" of opening the app twice is unacceptable and does not meet this improvement. Thanks.
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Scott San Filippo
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The multi window workaround - is not acceptable. To be a real notebook, it has to act like a real notebook - we need a view that spans two pages at a time. I need this for my bullet journal template. reviewing the site, people have been asking this for 6 YEARS! Is this just impossible to do?
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Shuai Zhang
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1. Add a two-page display mode
Two-page mode allows you to take notes more like a real book
2. Split the screen in one program instead of two separate programs
Sharing a toolbar is more convenient
3. Page turning animation is not very smooth, always need to move a large range of hand to turn the page, I hope to optimize the movement, one hand slightly stroke can turn the page
4. Draw in straight line in highlighters are easy to use, and I'd like to add a same function to the fountain pen.so, Take notes more smoothly
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Benjamin
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Hi @GoodNotes, the solution you describe is not what is required here.
What is missing is the very straightforward possibility to read a document (especially an imported PDF) in a double-page view, like a book.
This is a very standard feature is every PDF reader, Adobe, Preview, etc.
This is really missing, especially in the desktop app (but also on iPad).
Can you please implement it? It should NOT be hard to do this :) -
Kwon oh seong
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I waana see two pages.(Not window mode)
I want to see more information in my Ipad without touch. -
Anonymous
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especially good for slides created via beamer (latex) -
where things appear in the next slide on top of the current one.
Horizontal scrolling ruins the effect. -
Anonymous
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Show two pages at a time by native method
We need two pages functionality by native method (not by multi split view).
Every user wants it for very long time.
We were very tired of waiting.When will you update?
We want to know clearly about this update schedule. -
Anonymous
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I wish the same! This would give the exact same feeling like a real notebook: having two pages open side by side in landscape. Currently it’s hard for me to write a real bullet journal like in a analog notebook (Leuchtturm or Moleskine). Opening another GoodNotes windows in split screen ain’t a satisfying solution.
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John
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Agreed. The solution you implemented is not what is needed here. We need to be able to turn the page with a single gesture, not advance one side by one page and the other by two pages. That is simply confusing and over-complicating what could otherwise be a very simple and useful feature across all disciplines--not just for musicians.
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Sheila
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Showing two pages in one screen.
I want to see two pages at once just like real note is. So, please make options of it and make it possible to change each notes.
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Dfrtkkiu
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Sometimes I want to get an overview of my notes by checking the correlations between them
Make it more like a pdf reader so I can read two or more pages at one time