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  1. 4 votes

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  2. Not sure if anyone has suggested this. I am using Goodnotes on both my Mac and iPad. It takes quite a while for the notes to sync between the 2 devices. And sometimes it does not even sync. It would be good if Goodnotes can use Mac as a local cloud server, and notes can be synced seamlessly.

    4 votes

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  3. It would be great to not have to change font and typing size for every text box and instead have a preset option like the pens and colors.

    4 votes

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  4. Am we get a check box that is blank at first [] and on next press is [] showing in progress and then normal [X] on second press showing done

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  5. add the option that changes the color of notes, as sometimes I write something in a specific color but then I need to change it and rewrite the whole thing again so having an option that would change the color of the paragraph that I wrote and not waste my time would be extremely helpful.

    4 votes

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  6. Correct my bad hand-writing as I write (much like my bad lines and circles are corrected in-place into straight lines and Giotto's perfect circles).

    This feature could be switchable, so I can toggle it ON when I lecture and toggle it OFF when I write my personal annotations.

    4 votes

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  7. With the double tap, we select the previous tool, but it would be very nice if we could select just the previous one.
    For example: If I am underlining with two colors (blue and red) I can go from one to the other with the double tap.

    4 votes

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  8. Next to the pen, a specific feature for Apple Pencil to write to text instead of getting frustrated at the keyboard when you want to write

    4 votes

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  9. It would be great to have a little image of the current canvas on the side of the page, indicating which part of the canvas is currently shown.

    This would greatly improve overview and usability.

    4 votes

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  10. Ability to link to locations (pages, objects, text, etc.) within Goodnotes. I want to add tabs (like section dividers in physical notebooks) and link them to the start of a section, let's say an index. Then, on an index page, link to the specific page of a topic (and so on). It looks like everyone is building their templates in Keynotes, then PDF, then import. This is fussy, but works. The problem with this workaround is that you have to define all your pages when you build your template. You typically don't know how many topics each section will have…

    4 votes

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  11. Similar to the old school paper notebooks, I am having difficulty writing at the bottom of any page, as my hand is out of level from the notebook (iPad goodnotes) and I do not like leaving my pages half blank just because its a digital notebook.

    It will be very helpful to write with the same comfort level on the whole page if the bottom of the page can be pulled to the middle (at least while in Zoom) with non-writable blank space to put my palm on.

    4 votes

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  12. It is very useful while annotating or going through big pdf while revising so that we will know till which part we have revised.

    4 votes

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  13. It would be good to be able to search in the flashcard document to make sure you don't have a duplicate flashcard.

    If you have flashcard documents for different topics of one subject you cannot duplicate these into one bigger document to learn the whole subject in one sitting. At the moment you need to type every card again if you want the same card in a new document

    4 votes

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  14. The writing zoom window desperately needs usability improvements:

    • The LASSO tool should be available inside the zoom window.

    • All zoom window SETTINGS need to be PER PAPER TEMPLATE or at the very least per document.

    • The AUTO ADVANCE SETTING needs an easily accessible button at the top of the zoom window.

    • The LEFT MARGIN button should be altered in functionality: It should activate/ unlock with a tap (icon highlighting blue to indicate). While activated the dashed margin line should be freely draggable into the desired position and deactivate/lock itself afterwards automatically. A right margin would be nice too.

    • The CARRIAGE…

    4 votes

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  15. There are quite a few preferences, that should be set and/or remembered „per document“ and “not app-wide” because they depend mainly upon the content and style of each notebook. Including:

    • scroll direction

    • auto advance of zoom window

    • last used size of zoom window

    • last used margins of zoom window

    • pen colour presets (we now have a 3rd tab for recently used colours, this should be a “document colour preset” or “recently used in THIS document” instead)

    • last used text style and text box style (and user style presets if we ever get them)

    • filter settings for paper template selection (format…

    4 votes

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  16. I would love to be able to change the order of my flashcards (in ministure mode).
    Also, I would like to star/bookmark certain cards the way I do with regular documents. A separate study option for bookmarked cards would be super useful.

    4 votes

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  17. Como está chegando ao GoodNotes 5 o modo Digitação seria excelente que adicionassem mais funções de texto!! Especialmente o parágrafo justificado, de maneira a manter o texto perfeito na folha, sem quebras de linha, etc… Por favor, vejam isso o mais rápido possível!! Obrigado! Uso o GoodNotes tanto no Mac, para digitar, quanto no iPad para escrever!

    4 votes

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  18. Please allow me to change the order of the sets in the study set.
    Thank you

    4 votes

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  19. There should be some middle ground for the answer. I mean currently there are only 2 options, “i know” “i dont know” it will be great if you add two more like “i knew it partially “ and “i knew it but took effort to get there”. And one more suggestion if it contains nested subfolders. It will be great.

    4 votes

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  20. Please make a chromeOS version and/or and android compatible, since ChromeOS can emulate android app through Googel Play Store.
    Most of students in Brazil use chrome devices

    4 votes

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