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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. Sometimes you want to highlight for a purpose (follow up, to do etc.). Once you are done, you might want to undo the highlight. Would be great if a highlight is a layer that can be removed layer instead of becoming flattened onto the page.

    70 votes

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  2. If one could share a notebook and work on it with somebody else in real time that woukd be huge. Things like online tutoring and group projects would be so much easier.

    79 votes

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  3. I understand the the primary application is the iOS application, but Goodnotes would be even better if the Mac version was as functional as the iOS version. The Mac version has not been updated since November 7, 2016. This application crashes and has many syncing problems associated with the iOS version. The Mac application is $7.99 in the App Store, but I would be willing to pay more if it was functional and offered a better experience with Goodnotes.

    I have talked with Goodnotes support and they are well aware of their syncing issues. I hope they adapt any fixes…

    3 votes

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  4. one type of paper that I like in other apps (and in real life) is dotted grid paper. it's like graph paper but instead of lines, there's just a dot at every intersection. example: http://www.dottedpaper.com/

    70 votes

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  5. We need linked audio recording so that we won't miss anything in the class or in meetings!

    The reason behind the success of NOTABILITY is the audio recording functionality, I use notability just for that!

    Please add it.

    11,322 votes

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  6. Since the app can tell which inputs are from the Apple Pencil and which are from your hands, why not allow navigation with one finger(instead of two) while using the Apple Pencil to write? It'll be much more intuitive and efficient.

    192 votes

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  7. Add the option to hyperlink from the cut tool options. Basically anything I circle I can assign a link to take me to the associated content.

    123 votes

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  8. Insert or record video and post it into the notebook (makes the notebook come to life). Insert sticker to decorate and customize the notebook. Allow users to go online within the app and crop out sections they want

    56 votes

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  10. Looking to buy an iPad Pro but I need to work with a movie script Pdf open on "A" side so I can mark-up the page and be able to write scene notes in another file on "B" side at the same time. The files exist in the same GoodNotes "Sub-Category". Is this possible yet?

    16 votes

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    We’re excited to announce that we have completed this feature. It is now available in the update GoodNotes 5.3 for iPadOS (13.1).

    With the update, we added full support for iPadOS’ multiple windows. It lets you do much more than viewing two documents side by side. To read everything you need to know about opening multiple documents, please visit goodnotes.com/ipad-os.

    How to open a new window:

    You can now open GoodNotes in multiple windows to view two documents side by side, view two pages of the same document in Split View, or pair it with other apps in spaces across your entire system. To open a new window, drag any of the elements listed below to the side of your screen:

    - the app icon from the dock
    - documents from the library
    - folders from the library
    - individual pages from the document thumbnail view
    - tabs from the…

  11. Notability has a feature that allows the user to disable the iOS sleep timer thereby allowing the iPad to stay awake. I would love this feature to be a part of the options menu in GoodNotes. I teach with and from my iPad. However, if I am only using GoodNotes to look at my notes/lesson my iPad goes to sleep and I have wake it up, etc. I know that I can turn off the sleep timer from my iPad's settings menu, but then I have to remember to turn it back on each time I'm finished teaching. This may…

    13 votes

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  12. I want you to see 2 pages on the landscape screen.

    4 votes

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    We’re excited to announce that we have completed this feature. It is now available in the update GoodNotes 5.3 for iPadOS (13.1).

    With the update, we added full support for iPadOS’ multiple windows. It lets you do much more than viewing two documents side by side. To read everything you need to know about opening multiple documents, please visit goodnotes.com/ipad-os.

    How to open a new window:

    You can now open GoodNotes in multiple windows to view two documents side by side, view two pages of the same document in Split View, or pair it with other apps in spaces across your entire system. To open a new window, drag any of the elements listed below to the side of your screen:

    - the app icon from the dock
    - documents from the library
    - folders from the library
    - individual pages from the document thumbnail view
    - tabs from the…

  13. We need a desktop version. It makes it so much harder to do work when you can't flip back and forth. PLEASE!!!

    329 votes

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  14. you can do that on the pc (-> pdf xchange viewer) or on mac (spotlight search): if you enter a keyword it gives you a list of every page your word appears on, which is an incredible feature for learning with e.g. your universties pdfs.

    goodnotes offers you the chance to look for a word within ONE pdf file, but there's no global search engine - which I believe is a feature a lot of people would appreciate!!
    (no other ipad app has this, so be the first ;) )

    468 votes

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  15. Currently, there is no way to add new entries to the "PDF Outlines". In principle, I would want to avoid using bookmarks to add "structure" to my documents: IMO, bookmarks should be temporary placeholders, whereas the outline is a more permanent structure of headings and subheadings.

    46 votes

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  16. i love the app but a mac version would allow me to use my macbook pro when needed and my iPad when more appropriate. please develop!

    1,593 votes

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  17. I wish it could be possible to switch between the classic page turning and a continuous scrolling. When working on math projects, it would be very convenient to have a continuous scroll so that I can always see my last result or steps without having to continuously switch pages. Ideally I'd love to be able to mix continuous rolls with classic page by page notebook.

    239 votes

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  18. It would be great if the outlines/bookmarks in PDFs edited in Goodnotes would be exported together with the PDF file. The outlines are visible inside Goodnotes, but once the notebook is exported the outlines disappear.

    26 votes

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  19. There is a categories option but visual folders would be more nicer to see and far more usable
    Obviously with subfolder support

    107 votes

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  20. Automatic straight line for Mac version as in the iOS version!

    7 votes

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