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  1. After updating goodn0te tools bar in Sep2025 I found one issue which is after changing back from the lasso tools to writing tools, it's always the eraser. Nomatter what writing tools i used before lasso ( such as pen highlight etc), it is always become erasor

    2 votes

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  2. When importing a file, the filename gets cut.

    Example:
    Tried importing a file with a filename of "9. [PATHO] Disorders in WBC, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, Thymus", but it was cut to just "9".

    It's frustrating having to rename the files esp. when importing multiple files.

    1 vote

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  3. Before the latest update there was the option to access an overview of all pages I marked as favourite pages after clicking on the „four rectangle“ buttom at the top left hand corner.

    There the first tab displayed the overview of all pages and THE SECOND TAB displayed the option to quickly access all my marked favourite pages.

    Now the second tab is the document outline (which was the third one before) and the third now is an overview of audio files. I almost never need audio files but I need the quick access of ALL my favourites sometimes just…

    2 votes

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  4. I think it would be an excellent feature to have a seamless integration of numbers or excel with Goodnotes. Basically the idea would be to connect a spreadsheet with your notes in order to be able to insert Numbers' or Excel's tables and plots that can be dynamically updated every time you modify the spreadsheet.

    4 votes

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  5. I am facing an issue with an old OST file that I can no longer access because my Outlook profile or Exchange account is no longer available. I have tried opening the OST file directly, but Outlook does not allow it. Can anyone guide me on how to recover data from an OST file and convert it into PST format so that I can access my emails, contacts, and other mailbox items in Outlook again? I am open to both manual methods and third-party tools —just need a reliable and safe solution.

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  6. We should be able to select (i.e., highlight) text from an imported PDF across multiple pages. Not being able to is very limiting.

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  7. First of all, the ability to link documents, pdf’s, videos, and worksheets into documents, without them actually being in the document, so for example, you can have your math notes on the left, and your textbook on the right so you dont have to open a seperate window to look at your textbook, you can just upload it from your files, also being able to link videos in for science if there’s a video that has good ideas, also being able to make the files editable, so if i add in a worksheet i can just do that while looking…

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  8. Integrating a synchronization button within the three dots menu of a notebook would help synchronize it when working on it from a laptop or iPad, as there is a synchronization delay between the two devices. This would allow the user to avoid going back to the main menu to synchronize the notebook and then return to their work.

    5 votes

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  9. Please bring back the setting, that you can customize you text field and save the customization. In earlier versions it was able to fine tune the line spacing, now it is too imprecise. It is very bad

    As well we need the function to create tables. It would make so many thing so much easier. Please invent it

    2 votes

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  10. If there was a way to select autofit being on or off, that would be great! I often write really small and like to zoom in a lot. Unfortunately, when I do, the side edges of the doc are autofitted to my iPad screen, making it harder to write.

    1 vote

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  11. It often creates unwanted pages when flipping through study PDFs or filled notebooks — not blank ones — by duplicating the first or last page unnecessarily.

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  12. Following the recent update which added the text document, I think that users should be able to have the option of writing, drawing and highlighting on the page. For me my study method is typing out my lecture notes in OneNote and then exporting to Goodnotes to highlight and annotate. However, if I was able to do this with the text document feature, it would make things so much easier. Not just for me but other users also.

    11 votes

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  13. As a apple pencil pro user. The squeeze feature for openning the circle toolbar is self sufficient for changing tools so a settintgs that remove the horizontal toolbar when using apple pencil pro would be a great and easy way to get more space for notebook and usage of the squeeze feature on the pencil. Hope the idea seems great !

    2 votes

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  14. I don’t like the tool bar of the new version, I can’t make straight lines and there are limited shapes

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  15. it would be very useful in order to quiz myself and write the hidden answers over the tape and then be able to erase them without having to reapply the tape!

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  16. Just a simple toggle to add/remove a border from an image. A collage of screen caps and images looks very disorganized without defined edges. This is the single most important request, please implement as soon as possible thank you.

    45 votes

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  17. Before the update you used to have the option of draw and hold for the highlighter. No you can’t switch it on or off. And the „mandatory draw and hold“ that you provided the highlighter with now is bad. It doesn’t correct the actual wobbles and curves itself but just the last part that comes after the wobbles or nothing at all and it just makes the wobbles more appealing and aesthetically. But its nerve wracking if you mark things fast during lectures and have to fight with not straight lines that sometimes cover the lines below or under. I…

    2 votes

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  18. Please bring back the undo and redo buttons in the macOS version of Goodnotes. It is dearly missed by this teacher that uses Goodnotes for instruction.

    3 votes

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  19. I think adding some shortcuts for the highlight tool on pc would be good. For ex, command + H for the highlight and command + S for strikeout, etc.

    1 vote

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  20. Currently, after using lasso tools, tapping with Apple Pencil will switch back to the eraser forcibly. It is so inconvenient that doesn’t revert to the tools I was using before, like pen or highlighters. Before the updates, it was used as usual. So please.

    11 votes

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