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  1. inputted text/emojis should easily be able to be rotated and sized

    2 votes

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  2. Hello,

    I want to export a leveled PDF whilst preserving the outline I created using GoodNotes.
    I am aware that when exporting an editable PDF the outline is preserved, but this is not ideal because an editable pdf has a considerable size and the text isn't searchable, which makes it a bad choice to share the PDF online or with others.

    Best regards,

    15 votes

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  3. When using the lasso to select drawn items, there's an option to change the color and "resize" the selection. It would be convenient to also have an option to change the line thickness, as well.

    44 votes

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  4. Drawing a straight line works really well. It would be great if a beautiful wavy line could also be drawn neatly in a similar way. Teachers use this a lot to underline small errors for example.

    20 votes

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  5. I would like to have the option to have an unlimited page size, just like Apple notes. So no page-breaks in between, just one long page, which is expanding by it self.

    8 votes

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  6. adding at least one more button for ( highlight, thickness, pen color) would be very helpful other than changing it every min

    1 vote

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  7. 希望可以設定多階乘大綱

    4 votes

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  8. Add a button allowing the users to turn off the shortcut of drag to duplicate the text box function. As most of the time I want to drag the text box elsewhere, but it keeps duplicating. It can be resolved by tapping on the text box instead of holding it if you are typing with the keyboard on the screen. But if you are connected to a hardware keyboard, trackpad or mouse, it will long hold automatically instead of tapping when trying to move the text box.

    It would be more convenient to keep my hands on the keyboard to…

    4 votes

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  9. Im Moment kann ein Post-IT/ gelber Zettel im Dokument zwar angezeigt und „beschriftet“ werden, aber dieser Text lässt sich nicht zusammen verschieben, sollte man sich doch entschieden haben diese Notiz auf der Seite anders zu platzieren.

    1 vote

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  10. device: MacBook Pro M1 2020
    Frequent crashes happen when I am typing words in a text box , which is really inconvenient and annoying. I will be really appreciated if you can fix it as possible

    2 votes

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  11. I'm not sure where does Goodnotes automatically save when I turn off auto back up to cloud storage. Goodnotes doesn't have status to show is it now saving to the device. i.e. loading or syncing symbols that have rotating arrow and say file saved when finish saving.

    More over, Goodnotes usually hangs (or crashes?). It hangs and auto show my iPad's home screen.

    I suggest 2 ideas to improve how to save.
    1) Add saving staus bar and symbol to show is the file saving to somewhere like MS office. For example "Saving to your local storage." or "Saving to…

    2 votes

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  12. I liked the sticky note, but there should be system of pop up like sticky note because in most of the pdf documents , there is no space to write anything. If pop up like sticky note will available there then it will more convenient to take short note.

    13 votes

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  13. The flashcard feature is great but there are a few features that I would like to see:

    1.) Ability to switch the Q&A sections

    After a few weeks of using this feature, there are times when I would like to flip the Q and A section of the flashcards.

    2.) Convert any page into a flashcard

    I've created a PDF file (around 60 pages) to be turned into flashcards and was hoping to be able to import it and just convert it from there. This was not possible and I had to make a template for each page, set it…

    40 votes

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  14. I do a lot of math and when creating equations I like to make exponents, subs or even small corrections a different line width for them to stand out. It would be very helpful to be able to to use the pencil tap shortcut on Apple Pencil to change the line width and even the color instead of having to constantly reach up to the selection menu to switch back and forth. I have attached a screenshot of a very long problem that I have solved using method as an example of what I’m referring to and how useful it…

    2 votes

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  15. The mouse wheel scrolling work within the IU, the menu, the thumbnail view, etc. Yet it DOES NOT work on the notebook contents. It even works on the iPad but it DOES NOT work on the Mac version.

    2 votes

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  16. I think the app is great, but a feature that is missing is the ability to recognize txt on imported images and hand written PDFs.
    It would be great is you just added that feature like in ZoomNotes.

    Another thing that I find necessary is a feature to cover text on images (for example when importing screenshots to make Flashcards and you want to cover the text on the image). This would be really useful after having OCR on images.

    Another issue that I have is when drawing shapes. Although the option to color fill is enabled, this “fill” is…

    23 votes

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  17. I'd love the ability to hyperlink text or icons within a note to certain sections of a pdf for quick reference.

    For instance, if I am writing a note about a project, I would like the ability to add hyperlinked text or icons, where when pressed, I am taken directly to a specific section of a pdf.

    Of the hundreds of pdfs I have saved in my iphone/ipad, there's ever only about a single page within the pdf that's relevant. If I were able to introduce those pages within Goodreads by hyperlinking text, I'd be able to put into context…

    20 votes

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  18. Everyone I know loves the stylus used for the laser pointer writing feature but its not actually a stylus you can use to write notes!! That pen style is so nice and I would love to write my notes with it!

    5 votes

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  19. The situation is

    1. some user who use secondary language need to switch back to EN before they can use keyboard shortcut
    2. some use prefer to use Cmd+1, Cmd+2, Cmd+3 ,...

    so it wound be better to let user customize the keyboard shortcut their own way

    (including shortcut for each 1st - 3rd color of highlight and pen)

    9 votes

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  20. I love that you can backup to google drive but think it would be even better if we could backup specific folders in goodnotes to specific folders in google drive. i.e. a lecture notes folder on goodnotes only syncs to a google drive folder for that class.

    8 votes

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