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  1. I would like to be able to create my own preset of pens/highlighters in different sizes and colors. On the tool bar there could be a pencil case tool that allows you to add different pen and highlighter presets so you easily have all your favorite pens and colors in one place. This would be very helpful when taking notes in class, saves time switching color to color.

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  2. Why can't I slide pages while using study sets? When I'm in reading or editing mode (rather than in learning or practicing mode), it's unable to swipe left to add new pages and to swipe right to check the previous one. That's never happened before and it's really frustrating. Hope to be solved asap.

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  3. Please bring back the edit handwriting mode that allows me to reflow handwriting! It was extremely useful and convenient to have.

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  4. 横書き用のテキストボックスしか無いので、縦書きで入力したい時に困ります。

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  5. When we create a link to another page within our documents we currently have to specify by page number. For documents with many pages it's not helpful having to remember which page has what information.

    All the pages can be renamed, so it would make sense if those names were displayed in addition to the page number.

    That would allow a quick way of identifying and linking to a specific page.

    The thumbnails that do show are often far too small to allow you to see the page's content.

    2 votes

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  6. Hello Goodnotes Development Team,
    This update has caused several inconveniences in use:

    1. The pen and eraser are now grouped under the same category, which makes it difficult to intuitively know whether I’m using the pen or the eraser. I often start writing only to realize nothing appears because it’s in eraser mode. This requires extra attention and disrupts the workflow. I hope the pen and eraser can be separated into different categories again.

    2. It’s great that the shape tool now includes circles and squares, but the original straight line function has become much less usable. For example, when I try…

    3 votes

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  7. On iPad, when using Stage Manager (Show Mode), minimizing an app window does not behave as expected. Instead of collapsing or disappearing, the minimized window remains visible as a shrunken panel stuck at the edge of the screen. This creates visual clutter and interferes with multitasking, since the window continues to occupy space even though the user intended to minimize it.

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  8. Goodnotes keeps defaulting to magic tool while using the apple keyboard on ipad

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  9. The font on the flash card should be able to be edited, and/or you should be able to scroll through the text on the flash card if the entire text is not readable on the card.

    2 votes

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  10. hoping for having a notebook of infinite canvases, so it’s easier to jump between canvases and that the organization is less disseminated compared to just folders, similar to onenote

    3 votes

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  11. Share a note to other users without having to backup everything on the app. I think we already paid a lot of money to this app. We should be able to share notes without icloud like Google sheets, docs or Canva. And we can share on those apps for free. Goodnotes should have their own cloud at least for the note sharing option!

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  12. It would be really helpful if you could type like on word with regular line break and just leave space for drawing/graphics. That would be perfect

    2 votes

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  13. When choosing the tool , the new drop down bar stays there until you click it again to hide it. Can it be made to auto-hide after a couple seconds of not being interacted with?

    i.e. click the pen tool and the drop down for pen, eraser, pencil, highlighter shows up and takes up more space.

    3 votes

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  14. While attending class, I usually record the lecture and then study again at home by listening to the recording. However, after updating to version 7.0, the following inconveniences have arisen.

    First, the recording bar takes up too much space on the screen. Before the update, it was fixed on the top bar, so it didn’t interfere with the slides. But now that it has changed into a bar form, it can’t be minimized, and it just floats around the screen, which is very inconvenient.

    Second, every time I press the play button, a pop-up window appears on the left side,…

    3 votes

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  15. The last update brought up the new window which comes up when importing a new pdf document or picture. In that windows you can select if you want to open the document in a new file or put it into an existing notebook. It would be great if you can add a setting possibility to preselect one of these options. I'm never using the possibility to import as a new document but with the new update I'm forced to make a few more clicks now which is annoying.

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  16. Feature Request: Add File Replace Option When Importing Files with the Same Name
    When importing a file with the same name, GoodNotes currently brings it in as a new document and renames it as “filename 2.”
    However, sometimes instead of importing it as a new document, it would be better to overwrite/replace the existing file.

    When the file being imported has the same name as an existing file, it would be great if a prompt appeared asking whether the user wants to:

    Overwrite the existing file,

    Import as a new file, or

    Cancel the import.

    Adding this overwrite option would…

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  17. 안녕하세요. 저는 수업에 활용하기 위해 굿노트를 사용합니다.
    다른 어플이 아니라 굿노트를 선택한 이유는
    화면 미러링을 통해 텔레비전에 아이패드 화면을 띄울 때
    프레젠테이션 모드에서 진행자 페이지 미러링을 선택하면
    학생들에게 다른 인터페이스는 보이지 않기 때문입니다.
    특히 스플릿뷰를 통해서 굿노트 옆에 다른 어플을 켜서 활용해도
    학생들에게는 보이지 않는 점이 가장 편했습니다.
    굿노트 왼쪽에 다른 어플을 두면 새로 켠 어플과 굿노트 화면이 모두 뜨고
    굿노트 오른쪽에 다른 어플을 두면 굿노트 화면만 떠서
    다양한 방식으로 활용할 수 있는 점이 좋았어요.
    그런데 아이패드 업데이트 후에 굿노트를 사용하다가 다른 어플을 스플릿뷰로 켜면
    무조건 굿노트와 다른 어플 화면 모두가 미러링된 화면에 노출이 됩니다.
    예전처럼 사용할 수 있게 개선을…

    1 vote

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  18. I have docs in different languages (with different alphabets) and I would like to be able to have a different font for each one, to avoid changing it every time I change a document

    2 votes

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  19. Whenever I am writing, and I scroll to above pages and then come back down what I see is the app has God knows how merged the annotation of two pages into one that is the content of two pages suddenly overlaps in one page and there is no way to fix this, you cannot undo this since it is glitch and even when restarted, it is still the same fix this ASAP or refund my subscription. I use this app for academic purpose, and this bug has destroyed my notes

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  20. Hi can we bring back the double tap to switch highlighter color? It’s not working on neither of my iPads and I have tried in both with different pencils (pro and 2nd gen). Has it been removed? Or is it a bug?

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