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  1. I would love to have the zoom window tool on the mac version of the application. I use the ipad version and the zoom window tool really helps me take notes but sometimes I need to use the mac for certain note taking situations in the classroom. This would greatly improve my ability to take notes in any circumstance. Thanks.

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  2. Being able to overlay a grid that we can toggle on and off and also move around the page would be helpful for writing straight on pdf documents.

    At the moment, all we can do is add a new page with the grid template. But for writing in PDFs (a digital assignment where you handwrite answers to questions, for example), there’s no way to overlay a grid to aid in writing straight.

    Procreate has a similar grid feature where you can toggle the grid on or off and you can draw on top of it.

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  3. When you use a colour from the colour wheel you can save it as default. However, if you completely shut the app down these saved defaults are gone and it becomes so difficult to find the exact colour again. Can you make it so that either the new saved default colours remain even after shutting the app down or make a tool so that you can ‘grab’ any colour from the document and use it as a pen or highlighter colour.

    8 votes

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  4. Please make pen sizes bigger than 2.0! Please make them go to at least 4.0.

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  5. It’s very frustrating that as I work with my self made planner that there is no way to add additional links to other pages within goodnotes. Some people may even like to be able to link to websites.
    I think it’s far too long overdue so I hope you start adding this feature soon. It would be nice to add a link tool to an added image , click on it and link it to another page.

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  6. I love the presentation mode options when I share my iPad via airplay. Unfortunately, airplay in unreliable during zoom calls and I need to share my iPad via cable. But then, the presentation mode options are not available anymore, with all the downsides: people can see me zooming, my toolbar, the slides appear from the right, so I can't add have nice transitions for bullet points, etc.

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  7. As most of users are from science stream...please give option for symbols that are used in biology,physics,chemistry and mathematics. Kindly give a feature of voice recording at any point during note taking. Kindly give feature of insertion of sheets , tables made in other apps. Kindly give a feature of voice to text so lengthy typing time is saved. Thank u. Looking forward for your support in next version team goodnotes

    8 votes

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  8. Include a landscape version of the A6/A5 paper templates for use in flashcard/jotter style note taking. At the moment there isn't even plain landscape A6/A5

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  9. 日本語の文書の場合、縦書きの文書もある。この場合、左から右にスワイプしてページをスクロールするのが自然である。スクロールの方向を追加してほしい。

    8 votes

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  10. Could GoodNotes only store recent accessed files for quick access and store unused files automatically on iCloud? It will be really useful for devices running out of storage.
    iCloud Drive on the iPadOS files app could do that.

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  11. Fix bug with resizing text boxes

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  12. Notes in Goodnotes consume too much storage (as compared to other note-taking apps). Maybe you can use a better compression technique for storing notes.

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  13. The new update (Version 5.4.22) made some tweaks to the beginning/ending points for the ink of fountain pen. It is now much less pressure-sensitive and comes out just like the ball pen. Please bring back the previous version as it writes more like fountain pen. Or at least give us more options for having pen tips or not.

    8 votes

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  14. To address the battery drain issue maybe you could implement a feature in which the software transforms strokes into vectors just every 10 seconds or so instead of doing it instantly. Or maybe an option in which one can deactivate vectoring on pdf files, where in my opinion it is not really necessary. This problem is huge! 15-20 % drain in 1 hour of use is unacceptable. Despite preferring GoodNotes, this is the reason I really am considering Switching to Notability.

    8 votes

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  15. In the "Documents" app, if you open multiple pdf files and touch the currently open tab, the "Close other tabs" menu appears. So, you can easily organize unnecessary tabs except for the pdf file you are currently viewing.
    However, the "Goodnotes 5" app shows serious inconvenience and inefficiency in opening a new window, removing unnecessary windows, and then finding and opening the required pdf file again.

    8 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your feedback. In the meantime, please try disabling the ability to automatically open documents as new tabs in GoodNotes > Menu > Settings > Document Editing. You can still open documents as new tabs by tapping on the drop down arrow next to their name in the library view. The best way to open a previously opened document is from the search tab in the “Previously Opened Documents” section.

  16. 8 votes

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  17. As an educator trying to use GoodNotes' annotate features with a PDF of slides, I found it difficult because if the scroll setting is vertical, there is just no way to advance to the next page of the PDF without some awkward scrolling. The arrow keys do not work unter vertical scrolling, it would only work with horizontal. (Many keyboards don't have page up/down.)

    I hope this can be added or fixed, along with a plain old "select" icon so that we are not accidentally drawing all over the document if we just want to read it.

    I also have…

    8 votes

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  18. Yellow engineering paper template

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  19. First of all: I‘m not a big fan of calculating my handwritten lines into „straight“ lines. I‘m using iPad and ApplePencil and it still doesn‘t work properly (as shown in the picture) - they are just not straight!

    That doesn‘t help during my Math lessons.

    I‘m not saying that the current solution should be erased - just add the function „drag/drop forms“ (please add coordinate systems for my math lessons!).

    Like OneNote did (see picture).

    Please don‘t make the same mistake and wait years to add this function. As a math teacher (and vor my pupils): THIS WOULD BE HUGE!

    8 votes

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  20. 8 votes

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