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  1. Additional Space for Notes Next to PDFs

    I’m a philosophy student in Germany, and I use GoodNotes to read and annotate PDFs, scrolling vertically through the pages. One feature I’ve always wished for is the ability to add extra space to the left and/or right side of the page.

    This would be a real game-changer for me. Currently, I often have to squeeze small notes into the margins of my documents, which feels cluttered. Having expandable note-taking areas next to the PDF would make annotating much more comfortable.

    4 votes

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  2. I think a feature that allows us to change the language of notebooks would be helpful because I started mine in the wrong language and now can’t change it

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  3. Let the shadow function of Apple Pencil Pro work.

    4 votes

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  4. Make it possible for user to teach GoodNotes to recognize the Epsilon Ampersand symbol in their handwriting. (Currently identifies as a scribble, and immediately deletes it.)

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  5. Change between dark and light mode manually, so the iPad can be in dark mode and the app in light mode.

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  6. Damit kann man schnell Objekte mit Farbe ausfüllen.

    2 votes

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  7. And option to insert shapes in 2d and 3d as well example cube cone cylider and allow to edit each freely

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  8. Hallo,
    ich bin Lehrkraft und nutze ihre App in der Schule an einem digitalem Board. Auf dem iPad kann ich die Toolbar nach unten setzen, das würde ich mir auch für MacOS wünschen. Leider habe ich die Option nicht gefunden.

    Im besten fall wäre es so, dass ich nur die Werkzeugleiste verschieben kann ohne die offenen Dokumente

    4 votes

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  9. the flashcard function could use improvement. I am unable to bold or even underline my text on the flashcard. I can't even use my pencil to highlight/add notes. There is no way to go from card to card editing without going to the outline each time. The main concern is not being able to bold text in the card since it now all blends in and is not as helpful

    3 votes

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  10. Allow user to be able to drag and organise different notes/folders etc into any order that they want, instead of being limited to organising them by ‘date’ ‘name’ or ‘type’. I believe that this would allow me to organise my Goodnotes app that extra step further to make it perfect.

    5 votes

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  11. Up until recently I was about to select my hand writing and shrink it down as small as possible. This feature was really helpful to add in small notes around my work. I have just gone to do this and realised that now you can’t shrink it beyond it’s original size, you can only make it bigger. Please can you bring back this feature, it was soooo useful!

    1 vote

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  12. Many times we find ourselves asking: “Where did I write down that information?” or “Which notebooks contain notes on this topic?”
    A semantic index that analyzes the content of all notebooks would allow users to search across their entire library based on meaning and context—not just keywords or titles. This feature would be extremely helpful to locate related ideas, even when they are spread out across different notebooks and sessions.

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  13. In a typical study routine, we watch lectures, take notes, attend classes, and often find that pieces of information from one source complement another. A diagram feature allowing us to create links between related topics would help us locate information more effectively—without needing to duplicate or copy notes between notebooks.

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  14. When attending lectures, we often have both slides and personal notes. With AI integration, GoodNotes could automatically index titles to help us access topics more quickly. In the case of slides, this would be relatively simple, but for handwritten notes, it could detect titles based on pen stroke thickness, since we naturally tend to write headings with thicker lines.

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  15. Option to erase only pencil and leave the pen.

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  16. Please add scribble to erase and lasso to move as options to the pencil. For some reason the pencil seems to write more clearly than the fountain pen even with stroke stabilization, it’s just missing the scribble and lasso. Thanks.

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  18. Give us ability to close the tap to “change file” above, As a person with big I always change file by accident

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  19. I have a suggestion regarding the image crop tool that would significantly enhance its usability for creative tasks. Currently, the freehand crop is limited to very shakey hand drawn selections. It would be incredibly beneficial to have the ability to crop images using basic scalable shapes like circles, squares, triangles, hearts, and stars within the freehand mode.
    Additionally, the option to draw straight lines in freehand mode that then function as crop boundaries would be a game-changer for precisely cutting out imagery. While I understand a "magic lasso" auto-crop might be complex, even the addition of the basic scalable shapes…

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  20. I want that when I insert images containing text, GoodNotes should be able to scan the text so that I can copy it and search the content more easily.

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