Double-page viewing.
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?
Nick
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AdminGoodnotes
(Moderator, GoodNotes)
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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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Anonymous
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This is very simple to implement in GoodNotes. Hope devs will consider it
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Anonymous commented
AMEN! Please add this feature.
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Mewari
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Please add double page viewing '
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Keith Andrew Murphy
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Yes, I’m a musician (and educator) too, and it was in doing a Google search to see if there was a way to view 2 pages side-by-side in Goodnotes that I stumbled upon this thread... so I STRONGLY support adding this functionality. As some other musicians mentioned, it’s really a must for us, and this app is so great in many other ways (I’m sure I’m not the only one that has a sheet of music-lined staff paper as their default template, lol)! But the lack of 2-page view is a deal breaker for many usages, unfortunately. Every pianist, conductor, and composer (at minimum) will thank you!
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Ali commented
This is my dream.. hoping they’ll make it true soon!
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Vincent
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Really, GoodNotes?
That suggestion was made in 2013 and you managed to answer in 2019 that you implemented something else that’s not what was asked for?Read the comment, it’s about « book view », seeing left and right pages at the same time. So no, it doesn’t seem to exist. 2013-2021, how long will such a basic feature have to wait? This is so disappointing.
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Carlos Cordero
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Hello, This is not exactly what we are asking for but rather we want to see the document like an open book with pages side by side and when we scroll to the right we want to se the next set of two pages. Is that possible without opening two windows? As a composer and conductor this app is my main app and would love to advocate for it more but the two pages at a time feature is a must for us. Thank you!
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Dea
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yes i would love to have double page viewing so i dont need to make a landscape 2 pages template or 2 windows for the same document
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Sean-Lee
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Please add double-page viewing
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Bao Richard
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please add double page viewing, it will be really helpful for reading pdfs.
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Hsien
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I feel upset that we can’t do this after 7 years. GoodNotes is good but this is really a drawback. :(
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Hsien
commented
The "try this instead" is not helpful. I hope devs can see all the comments.
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Des
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I agree with all comments! I came here through a google search to learn how to do this because it felt like an obvious feature. A definite drawback of GoodNotes...
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Michael Butlitsky commented
How could you misinterpret such a simple usecase?
This 2page view (in the _same_ window) is the only feature blocking me from bying the app :(
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ly z
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Add the ability to view two pages of the same document like an open book.
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Aiden Condron
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Hi,
Yes a two page landscape view in a single pdf document would be extremely useful for theatre directors who need be able to make and see scoring notes on a script on a blank facing page next to the text page. PLEASE add this in an update. It would then really make your app indispensable.
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Anonymous
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I think the original poster meant, view your notebook like an actual paper notebook, so you can have 2 page view, like if you're reading a book. Not two separate documents open side by side.
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Jo Sh
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Yes!
More people use widescreen and it would be a great help, if for example 3-4 subsequent pages could be displayed next to each in a way, that if the user scrolls all 4 displayed pages change accordingly.
The side by side view can't do that, because each window needs to be manipulated individually. -
Bella
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2-page view from one document PLEASE~~~!!!
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Bri
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2 page view is desperately needed on this app not the same as 2 windows. This has started to be make and break for me with this app.