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  1. 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…

    19 votes

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  2. Please add sticky notes. This would be extreme useful when marking up pdf’s of needing to emphasize something in my own hand written notes. Also when are these updates being done? It seems like some of these things have been requested for 2 years and still not done. Unfortunately if things can not be added, I will find another app that does have these features.

    19 votes

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  3. Let the user choose if he wants a rounded or flat highlighter. It would make highlighting easy and allow other uses for highlighters that require a flat edge.

    19 votes

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  4. It would be great if something like a 2 page scrollling view could be added so that when we scroll through PDF version of our notes, especially exported slides, a better overview of the set of notes could be seen. This is in comparision to what we have now, where we scroll through the document page by page. Going through each set of notes might take quite some time when there are many pages in a document.

    19 votes

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  5. 19 votes

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  6. an option to export pages in "print mode" where you can change the page's colour to white and ink colour to black when working with dark templates for pages.

    19 votes

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  7. Sometimes I have a hard time reading typed out text and understand my own handwriting better but it’s just so tedious writing everything out by hand. Since typing is more efficient, it would be nice to convert text to handwriting. We could start by writing the whole alphabet in capitals and lowercase and when we want to convert text to handwriting, it could replace the text characters with letters we’ve drawn out.

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  8. An option to export Flashcards (2, 3, 4, ... flashcards on one page) as a PDF, so I can study on paper as well.

    Different sizes and option to customize my own size for flashcards

    19 votes

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  9. It would be great if you can use the apple pencil in studying mode to take notes for more complex answers or drawings.
    You could also use this feature to learn the structure of scientific models by leaving some information out at the front of the flashcard, fill them in and then compare with the solution after flipping the card. It would also be possible to put tasks like "Draw the xy-model" on the front page and the corrrect model on the back of the flashcard.
    To implement this solution a bigger display of the card would be helpful.

    19 votes

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  10. I would like the 'favorites' feature from Notability implemented along with the additional screen space that GoodNotes has when going into no-writing mode and taping the screen to make the bar go away.

    Basically I want an ACTUALLY full-screen paper notetaking experience with a small, customizable, movable shortcuts bar that can fit up to 5-10 preselected pen/size/colors. Aka, a streamlined (Note Taking Mode).
    Thanks!

    19 votes

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  11. I was blown away when I learned about a feature in the app Inkflow. The name of the feature that I'm referring to is Inkport. Check out this video to see why I think this feature would be incredibly useful in GoodNotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAd23h9RQeU

    This feature would be amazing for note-taking and getting assignments done.
    Imagine that students are given a handout in class with questions that they need to answer. However, the problem is that it's impossible to write the answers next to the question because there is very little space given in the handout. This obligates students to either…

    19 votes

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  12. Add text recognition for images and files we paste in our GoodNotes document.

    19 votes

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  13. I’m learning a tonal language and would love to be able to create separate recordings for my notes. One Note has audio recording ability, but it’s ONE single clip. I’d like to be able to write a word or phrase and put a sound clip associated with it.

    A wolf sounds like :
    A coyote sounds like:

    Just make this feature already = I see request for recording that is 9 years old ....you’re so close to a perfect product

    19 votes

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  14. When I use the rotate button for a photo, it is difficult, if not impossible to avoid resizing the photo as well. I often overlay maps to show size comparisons with unfamiliar places to ones I am familiar with. I would also love the ability select marks and drawings and rotate them, again, without resizing. I could then trace items on a map like a lake, and rotate and move them other areas on the map to compare sizes

    19 votes

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  15. Have an option to have more colour presets instead of only 3

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  16. Allow text to be added directly to the paper rather than using text boxes. This will create a more seamless structure of handwriting and text like Notability. A text box that shifts around the screen has its uses, but as a primary text input method, it is a disappointing experience. Where lined paper is used, the lines should also adapt to the font size and text positioning in a similar way to notability. When pictures are added to the document, the text should wrap around it. Allow text styling, alignment and bullet features that are present in most text editors.…

    19 votes

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  17. It would be hugely beneficial to search documents within specific folders instead of searching all of my documents as a whole. Also, it would be helpful to be able to search for exact phrases instead of having the search broken up into single words within the phrase. Notability has both of these functions and makes searching for information a lot more efficient!

    19 votes

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  18. (for example tables, better graphics, be able to do graphics from table, lines, EASY CIRCLES and other geometrical figures)

    19 votes

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  19. Please add more function on adjusting a space between paragraph line. When using pdf file, I can’t adjust the line spacing to make it fits to the line given in the file.

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  20. Either a second toolbar like the existing one (but much smaller, less tools, and movable on the entire display) or a movable „tool-point“ which opens some customized tools.

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