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  1. I can’t adjust size of text by using trackpad

    3 votes

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  2. There have been topics on having divider tabs. I would like to expand on this and also request the option of sub-divider tabs. For example...

    For something like a planner journal, there would be 12 main divider sections (one per month). Within each month there could be two separate dividers for weekly and daily pages plus any additional dividers for miscellaneous content relative to that month only.

    For student notes, the main dividers could be the classes and the sub-dividers could be for various assignments for each class.

    If a divider is a MAIN divider, it is accessible from any…

    15 votes

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  3. There is enough space left in the toolbar to have 4 (maybe even 5) preset pen-colors and -thicknesses displayed in the toolbar permanently.

    I use for my notes during lectures 4 different colors and I would save quite a lot of time if my 4th color could be displayed permanently as well.

    22 votes

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  4. This would allow to use other cloud services that are integrated into the Files app, in particular secure, end-to-end encrypted services.

    6 votes

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  5. Current state of the art in remote proctoring of exams is for students to be monitored via a webcam by a real person. As the exam is uploaded there is still room to cheat or to have someone else impersonate you. Handwritten exams have to be scanned at the end for upload. This service is not really available right now due to the lockdown and Universities are scrambling to find solutions that any way secure.
    If you write out your exam via goodnotes and you can record the forward facing cam and attach the two as a file this might…

    3 votes

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  6. In other apps when you scroll at speed, and then contact the trackpad with your fingers, the scrolling stops immediately. However, in GoodNotes, scrolling does not stop even when fingers contact the trackpad.

    Having a scrolling behavior that stops exactly when you want it to makes it much easier to quickly see a page as you scroll so that you know whether you’re on the right page yet, and also allows you to quickly scroll a single page down with a flick of the fingers, and then stop it immediately. It may not seem like much in writing, but it…

    2 votes

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  7. I have been using Notability for my class notes for over a year and am just now starting to use Goodnotes 5 specifically for bullet journaling. There are a few features I love in Notability that I think would be great in Goodnotes:
    * Clickable bullet lists when typing in Text
    * Alignment guides to show when elements are aligned to each other at right, left, & center

    And one other suggestion (not from Notability that I know of)... an optional line or dot grid that can be projected onto a page to help with alignment. Great if it can…

    24 votes

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  8. For the presentation mode, add invisibility for the following tools: the lasso dotted lines, the eraser area, notes and ink. For example, objects may be selected and moved without the audience seeing the dotted lines of the lasso tool. Or a fill in the blank page can be shown without the audience seeing the answers.

    3 votes

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  9. A Viewer for any Browser (Windows) to see the handwritten notes on the PC.

    30 votes

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  10. Add a keyboard shortcut to go to the top of a document or bottom of a document on the Mac. It is difficult to move around in large documents without them. Thanks!

    6 votes

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  11. Have the option to have multiple default text font options like Notability does. Having to change each time to make a different font or font size is very tedious so having the option to have some preset font options in font style and size will make Goodnotes unbeatable!

    3 votes

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  12. select pages in the thumbnails to move them all together to a new place

    3 votes

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  13. 3 votes

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  14. I’d like to be able to save a snapshot as version history, so I’ll be able to version my document 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and so on.

    5 votes

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  15. Suppose I highlight and annotate text in a pdf. I want a summary of all my highlights (not my handwritten annotations), how can I do that. Once I can do that, and maybe the optionality for adding my handwritten annotations can be added as well, then this 'page' becomes my 'cover sheet' for the pdf. At a later date, I only need to refer to this sheet and if I need more clarity I can go to the underlying pdf which in any case is attached to the 'cover sheet'. This is a feature that is available in the 'free'…

    5 votes

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  16. Add png functionality so it is possible to import screenshots without copying them to the clipboards

    6 votes

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  17. Search function to find wordparts
    Example:
    Note:
    1234 5678
    12345678

    Searching for 5678 should find both lines. This would be great because i get many pdf files named like productsheetproductname. to search for such a imported pdf i have to search for productsheetxyz with xyz the productname of the sheet im needing.

    7 votes

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  18. IOS Sharing direct to Goodnotes irregardless of what the source application is. Currently Evernote and OneNote appear to be able to receive just about any share from any application on MacOs and IOS. Screenshot attached of a sample of what they are able to do. I also have a screen shot of how I can send an application to either Evernote or OneNote. Being able to share an output directly from an app into Goodnotes removes a 1 or 2 step necessity that would require a user to transform the output into pdf and then go into Goodnotes and import…

    1 vote

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