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  1. Make it possible to zoom an image while cropping so that it can be cropped easier. Especially needed when the dimension of the rectangle I want to crop is very small.

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  2. When reading a research paper, in-text references often link to the "References" section at the end of the paper, where the full reference is listed. It would be helpful to preview the linked part of the PDF to see the referenced paper without losing my current spot in the document. The attachment shows how this is implemented in the PDF reader of my computer.

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  3. First chose the sentence or word range or something you want to hide to remember.
    Second , changes the mode normal to hide mode, then the range you chose first would be disappear , and if you want to check the answer of the range , the double tap the range.
    It will be more usable for all users.

    7 votes

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  4. Export
    - a chapter of a notebook (= a few pages which belong togehter) as pdf or
    - all notebooks in one pdf

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  5. I use goodnotes to documents conditions in the field- taking lots of phots using the camera tool. I would like to be able to export those photos as JPG or TIFF or some photo format for using in other apps, like word for writting reports. The only way I have been able to export an actual photo is to share the individual photo. This is not efficient when I have hundreds of photos to upload. There should be a method to export the individual photos in a notebook all at once. Exporting the notebook as a pdf does not work…

    7 votes

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  6. Due to the existence of arxiv, many people, take me as an example, will download preprint versions of an article and after quite sometime, when the published version appeared, one should also include that into the database. Now we have one preprint with your notes or comments on it, and another published one with higher reliability, it seems necessary to pin these two(or more) together to make life easier. Or if there are better solutions, welcome to comment!

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  7. Suppose I have a 400 page textbook. I made an annotation somewhere in the PDF. No idea where, but I need to view/modify it. I need a way to view only the annotated pages from my notebook.

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  8. Right now, the auto backups to google drive strip the PDFs of their outline. But we need the outline in order to navigate large files.

    The outline is one of the strengths of GoodNotes. Please allow auto backups with outline intact.

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  9. I usually use GoodNote to take note from lecture and 80% of the time, the palm rejection did a good job. However, once in a while, the palm rejection will fail and it accepts the input from my resting fingers, which cause the unwanted zoom-in/zoom-out or movement of the page. This situation is very annoying because I have to adjust back to the original size and position of the page and keep writing. Sometimes this happen when I am still taking the note, and it really stop me from focusing the content on the lecture. I personally don't like my…

    7 votes

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  10. When you scroll on Goodnotes, the paper seems to take too long to stop moving after swiping and you must wait until it stops before you can swipe again. Getting rid of some of this extra moving time would make the app feel a lot more fluid.

    There is also quite a bit more Apple Pencil latency when using it in Goodnotes vs a native app such as Apple notes. Not sure why this is but working on this aspect would boost the entire feel of the app and make it feel more integrated and polished.

    7 votes

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  11. I'd like to be able to magnify the Page Grid View, i.e., increase the size of the Pages that I see in the Grid View. Yes, I would see less, but I'd be able to read the multiple pages at once.

    It helps me greatly to "see" multiple pages of what I wrote at once wrt to gaining a sense if the story arch I'm going for is there. I dont need to be able to read small words, but I would like to see large print, sketches, and other large objects on a page.

    7 votes

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  12. I like writing on a black paper but then prefer to learn with a white one (also for exporting for my classmates and print). It would be awesome If we could for example set that everything written in white switches to black along with the paper. Bonus If we could set the other colours too.

    7 votes

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  13. In the app, highlighters are perfect, they lay behind the text, making it pop, and still doesn’t bother when reading it over again. When I want to convert my notes to share it with others, or printing it, PDF looks the best, sharpest. But after converting it, the highlight lays on top of the note making it less nice, and less readable. Is there any chance that we can still enjoy the notes as nice and sharp, even after converted to a PDF?

    7 votes

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  14. Just like the topic say so users can customize their file icons so it would be more fun :)

    7 votes

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  15. It would be great if the thickness of the pen can be automatically adjusted with respect to the zoom-in ratio, so that the pen thickness displayed on the screen stays the same.

    7 votes

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  16. I wish I can minimize the title bar, so I can I have a larger space to work with

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  17. Good Note is really good and I use it very well, but I have an opinion for a better note. For example, when I am studying English and try to write the meaning of an English word, I sometimes have to write the meaning very small in the English study materials because I don't have space to write the meaning in the English study materials. In case of this, it would be nice to have a function that allows you to see the meaning of the English word that I entered in advance by pressing the word. And if you…

    7 votes

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  18. Would like to be able to know when shared doc was last edited and by who!

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  19. Allow us to make a custom watermark. For example i make legendary notes on my ipad and i send them to my classmates, but i want to add a watermark in app so they cant use it elsewhere. Right now i use some third party software where i have to put my pdf in and it gives me a pdf with watermark. With the built in watermark feature it will be very easy.

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  20. Notability has the feature of partial erase that erase by pixel rather than in blocks as GoodNotes has. This is important to people who draw their notes and make cartoons or diagrams.

    In GoodNotes, the eraser sizes are limited to three, and the smallest is way too large while the largest is too small.

    In GoodNotes, if I am erasing partially, the stroke is erased block by block and this prevents accurate erasure. It should work as accurately as the pens do.

    7 votes

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