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  1. Provide somewhere obvious to report bugs. I've searched for 10 minutes and cannot find how to report a problem.

    2 votes

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  2. I usually keep two notebooks open on my iPad in tabs. I write in thin black on one notebook, and the other notebook I write on an index card template in a thick marker like pen setting. Moving between tabs, it would be nice if a notebook would remember the last pen setting used inside it. I need to switch back and forth quickly, and having to change pen type, color and thickness every single time gets old fast. Thanks for your great product!

    519 votes

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  3. Hi guys,

    Not sure if anyone else has encountered this issue, but recently I have started using iPadOS 16 on my iPad Pro which comes with a bunch of new features including dedicated external display support. However, with an external monitor connected, GoodNotes forces me into presentation mode meaning I cannot use my external monitor for anything other than displaying my notes.

    This is a real issue when I’m studying as I cannot read my lecture notes or watch my lecture online on the external display. This leads me to having to use regular notes for iPad to bypass this…

    4 votes

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  4. I mostly annotate pdfs, i use 3 highlighter colours in 2 sizes and 2 colours in pen. Now I have to every time change colour of highlighter and change pen, then again highlighter & colour. I have to touch screen twice or thrice to change it. I want to have an option to favourite 3-5 custom combinations, it would increase my speed & efficiency. And also an option to guickly access them would be great. Thank you.

    1 vote

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  5. I can’t draw a straight line and I use goodnotes mostly for studying and I have to use highlighter a lot and I find it uncomfortable to undo over and over again to undo not-straight line highlight (or even curve line). If I want it to be freestyle I’d set it to freestyle right? So, PLEASE make the option be as it should.

    2 votes

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  6. Insert the actual Position as Web-Link and as 2 little Maps, Klick on it opens AppleMaps or GoogleMaps. The inserted Pic is scaleable like other pictures.

    3 votes

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  7. 8 votes

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  8. I use good notes while studying various reports and documents. When I import a pdf or other file I usually want a blank page following each page of the imported document so I have the option of marking up the pdf or taking free form notes. Inserting an option into the import workflow to “add a blank page after each imported page” would decrease the overhead of manually adding; a relatively minor productivity increase, but one that would scratch a small annoying itch.

    Thanks for considering!

    1 vote

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  9. It's a symptom that's been around for a long time, but it hasn't been fixed yet. Sometimes, there is a symptom that the stroke of a letter is marked as if it were cut out. Please revise it.

    1 vote

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  10. I would love the ability to change the opacity of imported images or stickers!

    18 votes

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  11. A lot of resource books are cheaper in digital format and are a lot easier to manage on an iPad; vs pounds of books.

    Problem is these publishers all have different hosting sites and the note taking software is garbage at best.

    I want to write between the lines and treat it like a real book.

    I would pay more for the hood note features

    I would love good not to become start providing digital books that enable all the good note editing features.

    My automotive and engineer school is drooling over this software.

    1 vote

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  12. When 'Mirror Presenter Page' or 'Mirror Full Page' is active, it would be useful to be able to progressively reveal elements.

    I imagine this would be grouped with the laser pointer tool and when selected would dim or reduce the opacity of all elements on the page in the device view but hide them on the external display. The tool would then function like the inverse of the eraser (stroke, standard or precision, different pen sizes) to reveal the elements. Selecting another tool would reveal all elements again (no saved state) and selecting another page while the reveal tool is…

    4 votes

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  13. Like to be able to change the colours for goodnotes and having only 3 options for the colours with one usually being black is quite restrictive and changing it every time can be tedious. Would be very nice if we could have more pen colour options on the toolbar. Thanks for considering my idea!

    13 votes

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  14. I had the precision eraser for a few days and I really liked it and used it a lot. It would be great if u could bring it back

    43 votes

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  15. And let it be on top, bottom, left or right. As in Notability, Noteful, ZoomNotes, Flexcil, Drawboard Pdf, and almost every note taking app.

    2 votes

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  16. The new feature that allows users to select and drag a screenshot with a tap of their finger can make it annoying when you zoom in on an image to make notes. If the image takes up the entire screen it’s too easy to end up dragging the image. Then none of the notes are aligned. Please add the ability to either toggle that feature, or to anchor a screenshot so it cannot be moved.

    1 vote

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  17. Page Error: I can write on the page but, it shows an error

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  18. What it says on the tin. Erase, lasso, OCR all should work on any imported file. For instance, taking a photo of handwritten notes and being able to edit them exactly like if they had been written in Goodnotes.

    I imagine there are technical barriers to this when recognizing what to edit from, say, an image, but it seems like a function that already should be available for text documents.

    1 vote

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  19. Comments are useful for adding details to handwritten notes when you don’t want to take up too much space on the page.

    It would make sense that they would be included in the lasso tool selection with the notes they are located over. As is, it appears it’s impossible even to copy and paste a comment manually to move it from one page to the other, potentially removing critical detail from a note.

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  20. Add the option to increase/reduce stabilization of hand-drawn strokes and as this would help make a lot of people's handwriting less jittery and MUCH MUCH neater.
    For reference, Procreate has a great stabilization feature and I absolutely love using that to write down important titles.

    .. If not customizable stabilization, then a stabilization of around 30% to 35% on the Procreate standard would be absolutely wonderful :D

    13 votes

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