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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. There is an issue with the usage of the Apple Pencil Pro.

    First, when using the pen with the hover feature is enabled, the writing experience feels significantly different compared to when it is disabled. Specifically, enabling the hover feature causes severe strokes or unintended extensions in the written text.

    Second, please fix the pencil experience. There is an issue with drawing curved shapes, where part of the shape turns into a dotted line. Additionally, the pencil tool appears too faint, leading to reduced visibility.

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  2. Can you add an option to not include the background when using the lasso tool to take a screenshot? I often will use this feature to put diagrams I've made into typed notes (printed on white paper); however, I usually use GoodNotes with yellow dotted paper. Instead of changing the background template, taking a screen shot, and then changing it back, it would be much easier to have this option available when taking a screenshot. Something similar is provided when exporting (i.e., by selecting "don't export background").

    2 votes

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  3. when external templates are bought , why can't we acces them from the database? i bought the dotted grid to test the process and it end like any pdf you would ad in a folder... not really useful, had to copy and paste instead of adding directly from the "plus" icon.
    anyway, i love that app and use it so much

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  4. Similar to what is mentioned here: https://feedback.goodnotes.com/forums/191274-customer-suggestions-for-goodnotes/suggestions/41779732-cornell-page-setting-without-line

    I'd like a Cornell note taking template without lines and that is more space efficient. The dimension for the Title seems a bit too large and unecessary for instance.
    Most importantly, we should have the opportunity to change the paper template such that we can choose dotted or blank paper. This feature is no longer available on Goodnotes (but appears to have been previously).

    2 votes

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  5. Please change the flash card mode so we can have both writing mode (that is the mode that doesn’t require the text button in drawing mode) and at the same time paint over what is written.

    It should be the same as the normal notebooks but in the flash card mode.

    Also, it should have templates too, so you can change your flash cards background to for example squared or dotted paper.

    The uploaded file shows the features a flash card should have, the same ones as the notebook.

    2 votes

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  6. I wish we could show an arrow when using laser pointer (like in Explain Everything) instead of just a dot.

    7 votes

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  7. In a pdf, it's hard to markup boxes for writing without guidelines. Being able to pull out guidelines like in Photoshop would make it a breeze to write straight and bring out as many guidelines which would never ever print, and they would not interfere because they are dotted and very light. Especially both vertical and horizontal guidelines would be great, because on PDFs, you can't easily change the paper for the whole document.

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  8. It would be helpful to edit the line width of a lined paper, or make some dotted lines and others dashed. Could also incorporate checkboxes and other areas on the paper that are customizable to each user. This would be helpful to have a basic template that can be editale for each user to their liking (ie: I like my lined paper to be wide ruled but also reach the full length of the paper from left to right)

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  9. We need a spline function, it is really hard and long proctor draw a functions, plus with the new update the connection dots are much bigger and can’t even get a good connection between curves, it drives me crazy because I draw a lot of functions

    2 votes

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  10. Hi. I use a dot grid background for all my planner pages. I love having that bullet journal feel.
    However, pasting onto dot grid paper is a nightmare. If you use stickers, are moving content around, or copying and pasting, when you long press on dot grid paper, the only option you get is "Highlight, Strikeout, Define, Copy". Ahhhh. It's maddening! I always have to hunt for a space on the page that doesn't have the dot grid, and long press to paste there. For some reason, the apple copy and paste doesn't function well in Goodnotes. Three finger press…

    1 vote

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  11. So Im Using GoodNotes for some time now and imo there is some Features missing:

    • Color Picking tool (tap on the color to copy it and use it on a pen or marker till its being changed)
    • Mathsymbol Converter or Mathsymbolpaster
    • Advanced Drawing mode:
      • Dotted Lines/Objects Mode
      • Drawing Symmetric Courves without adding them together
      • Aligning Lines
      • rotating Drawings without changing their Size
      • Layering [Would also be nice for studying with the folders to make some sort of "Tap on the field to show solution" outside of the learning cards]
    • Optimized Textfields:
      • single field
      • Squared area

    And if its possible to…

    2 votes

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  12. At base, Go to Last requires far less clicks compared to Go to Page. For example,

    With Go to Last:
    1) Click overflow menu
    2) Click Go to Last

    Without Go to Last:
    1) Click overflow menu
    2) Click Go to Page to highlight page numbers (“remember” what the last page number is because the number changes to the current page when clicked)
    3) Type first digit (from this point forward one is interfacing with the keyboard)
    4) Type second digit...and so on
    5) Type Enter

    So you can see there are not only more clicks, but there is an…

    34 votes

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    • the duplicate function and the ability to move things through pages… you can move things through pages only with the lasso tool. So ,for example, when you duplicate something you can’t immediately move it in another page because isn’t selected with the lasso tool.
    • Typed text (function between handwriting and audio): Create a to-do list, a toggle list) (as with Notability).
    • Free text field: create squared/lined/dotted text field backgrounds (as with Notability)
    • Automatic dark mode, which, for example, automatically adjusts the font to the dark / light background (as with Notability)
    1 vote

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  13. Hi, I love Goodnotes but one feature I think it would really benefit from that I have seen in other apps is the ability to change the style after writing. Particularly, I mean being able to change the stroke settings (e.g. change solid line to dashed/dotted and vice versa) or the pen type (from either fountain or brush to ball - I don't think it would work the other way around though). So perhaps the menu where we can currently change the colour of the line, could be changed so that you have the option to change these other…

    2 votes

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  14. 9 votes

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  15. I like the dot grid because it’s more subtle than the squared grid, but unfortunately the dot grid is huge now and it sucks! I’d like to submit an idea to have the dot spacings be adjustable. This would be nice to have for the graphed and lined paper as well!

    2 votes

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  16. I am a great fan of this app, however since the new update (version 7.0.4), I've noticed that the pen and highlighter snap to straight lines/shapes feature has been substantially less accurate/sensitive which makes drawing graphs and models incredibly difficult as it will merge many of my 'corners' into a single line. I draw tables with the highlighter tool but dislike how separate strokes will be darker where overlapped, so being able to draw a graph in a single stroke requires the sensitivity and accuracy from before the update. Currently, it doesn't matter how many 'corners' I draw with the…

    6 votes

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  17. I’d love to be able to use the Red dot (fading ink) tool at the same time as the hidden tape feature (interacting with the tape while the Red dot is activated), this will help me with active recalling info from the hidden tape easier as I can type my answer anywhere and reveal the tape without having to switch my red dot setting. It is a mild inconvenience but I’ll love for it to be changed

    1 vote

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  18. according to textbox:
    1. different border styles for textboxes (dotted, dashed, ...)
    2. textbox-shadows also on other sides, not just bottom (for example: just on the left side, ...)
    3. multiple favorites including line height for usage in different paper styles

    according to full-page-text-typing
    1. option to change the font and color of H1, etc. (for example: I want a blue headline and black text for my notes, so i can manually change this to the font and color I like and dont need to recolor after writing notes)
    2. multiple textboxes in different templates (for example: in…

    3 votes

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  19. Dear GoodNotes 5 Developers,

    I hope this email finds you well. I am reaching out as a long-term user and fan of GoodNotes 5 to share some suggestions for potential app improvements. I have been using GoodNotes for over a year now, and I believe implementing the following features would greatly enhance the overall user experience:

    Addition of Dotted or Dash Stroke Styles: It would be fantastic to have the option of using dotted or dashed strokes while writing or drawing. These stroke styles can be beneficial for creating charts, diagrams, or for emphasizing certain elements within our notes. I…

    3 votes

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