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  1. Allow for inverting colors of a document opened in the app. Nothing fancy like iOS smart invert needed; just invert all colors in document ignoring menu and drawing/highlighter colors. My eyes are sensitive to light, but I need to use an iPad to be able to view my textbooks in large print and take notes; I literally use sunglasses while studying, cause I require the contrast so lowering brightness doesn't help. Smart invert also doesn't work, and regular iOS invert is annoying to turn on and off as I am switching back and forth between apps during long and short…

    6 votes

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  2. An “add comment/note” option over a selected area or text like we have in MS Word where you can select a word and add a comment there. Could be useful for a quick definition or a full form of the selected text which I don’t want to write in my main notes, etc.

    6 votes

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  3. I would like a function to add Tooltips to elemts or text. So for example one can add a definiton or further Information (even an image) to a word.
    Otherwise it would help to enhance the comment function with more possibilities, especially adding images.

    6 votes

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  4. I am left-handed and use GoodNotes on my iPad for taking notes. When you're editing a document and zoomed in so that the entire width of the document can not be displayed and scroll all the way to the edge of the document, GoodNotes forces the edge of the document to the edge of the display and does not allow you to scroll off the page. This makes it difficult for me when writing at the beginning of a line, since I'm left-handed, my hand is often hovering off the edge of my iPad or I need to set something…

    6 votes

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  5. Be able to type directly into the document without having to use a text box. Like a word document for example. But still be able to write or annotate if wanted.

    6 votes

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  6. With the colors that are incorporated with the pen, to be able to group colors together for a any specific class. One set of colors for one class, and another set for the next class.

    6 votes

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  7. To use Goodnotes under MacOS with a Wacom tablet, a hide cursor feature would be absolutely mandatory. Write from styluslabs has such a feature. It is actually rendering handwriting impossible if there is always this crosshair cursor present.

    6 votes

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  8. I love digital notes with Goodnotes. But when you take notes on paper the sheet usually has lines (ruled) or a grid (squared) that are a fixed scale. I always have issues finding the right scale on a digital page as long as I cannot set a value for it. So I ended up taping in the side of the iPad screen a piece of lined sheet so that I zoom the digital sheet for the lines to match the paper lines. That way I have constant scale and I am not always trying to adjust my writing size to…

    6 votes

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  9. Ability to create outlines of documents like books , using AI rather than manually creating every single outline for easy accessibility of the subtopics or chapters within a document.

    Also the ability to copy and paste outlines from one document to another should be there.

    6 votes

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  10. adding post-its at the side column off a document so that we can write extra notes but it does not have to be on the page itself.

    6 votes

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  11. At the moment the sorting option by date or by name is the same for folders and the complete documents. There should be a way where on the main documents page you can sort by date and sort by name in a subfolder.

    6 votes

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  12. The only thing that I don’t like about it ,, is that i cant add videos, website, and voice recording, if u can add those features,, it will be the best study app out there

    6 votes

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  13. This app would be perfect if searching can work in images and scanned PDFs. It can be easily done in iOS system or the original File app (Live Text). So I believe it is totally possible.

    6 votes

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  14. The auto advance in the zoom tool helps writing on the left to right. It’s essential to add auto advance from right to left for more languages.

    6 votes

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  15. hello, you can add: 1) Ruler (for mathematics and graphs). 2) Dictaphone according to the text. 3) Eyedropper and transparency brush. 4) Written by hand in printed text. 5) Drawing tools. 6) Not only straightening lines, but also wavy lines, zigzags. 7) The ability to turn the sheet with your fingers (upside down, sideways, etc.).

    6 votes

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  16. Allow real-time sync with cloud storages like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc so that files occupy less storage on the ipad, while allowing for editing and annotation of the file stored in the cloud. This would save a lot of space for those of us using lower end devices.

    6 votes

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  17. I often re-use arrows and all sorts of frames (lined shapes without filling) that I need to immediately adjust in terms of size but not in terms of thickness.

    Another user case is that I hand-write some text with a pen (not text tool) and then I need to make the whole of it a bit smaller or larger BUT KEEP THE THICKNESS of the lines.

    Let’s say I drew an arrow with a pen 2 mm thick and then I need to make the shape bigger - longer in this case - BUT I STILL WANT IT TO BE…

    6 votes

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  18. When in the Miniature view and on Favorites, let users swipe right and left for next and previous Favorites, this small feature would make finding important stuff way easier.

    6 votes

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  19. Backup to Cloud Services like OneDrive works fine.
    However, I have not found a solution to transfer files easily from PC to GoodNotes on my iPad. E.g. if I want to read and annotate a PDF in GoodNotes.
    It would be very simple to achieve this by a two-way synch with OneDrive so that files that are copied to the OneDrive GoodNotes Folder on any device can be read and edited on the iPad. I don't think I will continue to use GoodNotes without such a feature.

    6 votes

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  20. Currently, I have to use several different apps to take my notes and go through the annoying process of sharing back and forth via Google Drive or some other convoluted method.

    Please include PC compatibility for note-taking (not just viewing) and a cloud sync to avoid issues with transferring notes back and forth. See sites such as Canva that already do this. Honestly, sometimes I just use Canva for taking notes since at least I can control text formatting, grouping and locking, and cloud sync.

    6 votes

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