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  1. I want the highlighter function to have option to work like eraser—use once and then automatically ‘snap back’ to writing tool. I often am writing, then want to highlight one thing, and immediately go back to writing, and when I do that a lot, clicking back on writing tool becomes a pain.

    3 votes

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  2. What is the reason of this situation?
    I don’t know what it is, how to remove it and how to prevent it
    Ao please tell me how to do

    1 vote

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  3. Option to keep adding new pages to a file when we get current page half written, like instead of being always swiping up or manually adding a new page when we need it is a waste of time, with a simple option you could auto add new pages as getting to the bottom of the current page

    2 votes

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  4. 開發者您好:

    我是貴產品的愛用者。感謝貴公司創造這樣好的產品,嚷我可以在生活上以及工作上,有效率又可以輕鬆地生活。
    有一點使用上的建議,也許不容易做到,但是,還是以一個使用者角度與需求,向貴公司提出建議。
    我是在居住在台灣的使用者,但是,中文的使用環境上,是繁體中文的。但是,生活或工作上,都會有很多機會是使用簡體中文,如果在軟體中內建簡體字轉換繁體字的功能,這會讓我在使用得到更好的體驗。word的軟體上有這樣的功能,我知道在PDF的檔案上,也許需要很大的工程,但是,我還是提出我以上的建議與需求。希望有一天可以達到這樣的效果,
    感謝您的聆聽

    陳翰璋
    敬上

    5 votes

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  5. I know there are tabs, but id like a way to open another document without having to leave my current note and go searching in the folders/search field directly. I feel it could save time.

    3 votes

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  6. Force touch / long press on Homescreen (Goodnotes app) for Quick actions where users can create new notes , or quickly get to folders.

    3 votes

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  7. Hi, Can you please put the option to remove auto-smoothening of my handwriting? Because when I write quickly it makes my handwriting more me

    4 votes

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  8. Most of us can agree that a page of notes with no lines looks neater and as a result, makes notes more appealing and engaging. However, handwriting on a blank page can often lead to slanted writing which has the opposite effect. Therefore a very useful feature (I believe) would be to have a feature where if you zoom/close up on your notes page, gridlines show up, and then when you zoom out, the page returns to having a blank (no lines) background.

    5 votes

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  9. 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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  10. There's similar ideas to be able to write over an existing annotation so you can selectively erase.

    This suggestion is different

    I want to be able to flatten an annotation so it's not enormous! I like to do a detailed drawing, and then I'm done! I don't need my exported PDF to be massive, and I'm not going to come back and edit.

    By not flattening, the notebook gets quite sluggish!

    Use case:
    I use GoodNotes as a laboratory notebook

    7 votes

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  11. macOS version desperately needs to be included in the share menu so apps can send data to Goodnotes e.g send webpage content and share PDF to be imported into GN5.

    15 votes

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  12. It would be nice to be able to search for his notes. What has been highlighted or what has been drawn, or written by hand, because global research does not allow it. And / Or have a list of annotations that we made and in which we could do research

    6 votes

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  13. I believe that you all should do an X-ray feature like kindle does that allows you to view only the highlighted portions of your document. This will allow a more condensed view of the things that you deemed most important in the document. This would be so helpful with students as it would allow them a much quicker way to create summary sheets of lectures by distilling only the things that they highlighted ie. what they found most important.

    2 votes

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  14. Lock out other apps when in study mode, maybe also an integrated pomadoro timer (25mins studying, 5 minute break, repeat 4 times, then 20 min break)

    12 votes

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  15. Allow use to take a screenshot across two pages. The lasso tool only allows you to select across a single page.
    If there is something on the bottom of one page and something along the top of the next page that you want to select, you are out of luck.

    1 vote

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  16. Sometimes I want to add to a page and using the pen setting matching the existing writings. (For example, to use the same pen thickness, color, style).

    I wonder if a new tool can be added to recognize pen settings from selection.

    Thanks!

    15 votes

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  17. I found a nice pen in the procreate which is much more comfortable during writing words in Chinese and English.

    4 votes

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  18. For example, tapping the pen icon will open the pen menu. Tapping that icon again does not close the menu, but it should.

    3 votes

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  19. I would like to add a function that allows vertical and horizontal movement when moving the contents with a noose tool.

    1 vote

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  20. Imagine you are taking different classes and have multiple tabs open for each class. It would be better if we are able to navigate to the tabs for a specific subject.

    27 votes

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