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  1. We need a spline function, it is really hard and long proctor draw a functions, plus with the new update the connection dots are much bigger and can’t even get a good connection between curves, it drives me crazy because I draw a lot of functions

    2 votes

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  2. There are so many things that became inconvenient after this update. Here are just a few examples.

    1. The line spacing I saved as a default isn't applied when typing in a new text box.
    2. The toolbox sticks right next to the text box and blocks the background.
    3. Changing fonts or line spacing got much complicated.(especially line spacing, which now takes several steps.)
    4. After typing in a text box, it automatically deselects and switches to the lasso tool.

    These are only some of the issues. The previous UI was more efficient and comfortable to work with. Please fix the bugs and…

    36 votes

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  3. Please go back to the most previous UI. This new UI though more simplified, is more tedious to work with. I like the implementation of when you copy a photo, it directly sizes it from a corner instead of proportionally sizing everything. However, once you click off that image, you have to go back to the pen which wastes time during fast lectures.
    The new text box interaction is also tedious since you have to hold down and click ‘start editing’ instead of just clicking a button to text on the whole page. And if you do just a small…

    26 votes

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  4. I'm a STORYBOARD ARTIST and I REALLY LOVE GOODNOTE'S Pencil tool!
    But for a decent Workflow I need to make THUMBNAIL DRAWINGS in BLUE or RED first and then LATER INK THEM in BLACK on top.

    Therefore I would EITHER need a SELCTIVE COLOR ERASER, and/or a
    SELCTIVE COLOR LASSO..

    I then could ALTER the BUE SKETCH below , by either changing it to a different color, that'a not as visible ( a light GREY for example) OR erase /delete it ALLTOGETHER, with my BLACK Drawing intact!!

    That would be a GAME-CHANGER for my workflow and would imitate a more…

    1 vote

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  5. How COOL would it be it you could take stokes that you had already made, and colorize them? so you wrote in white, but you want to make the stuff your pen stoke touches to be a blue color.

    I know right now the alternative is to select and then change color but for many situations this is a better user experience

    Think about it as a color fill tool.

    1 vote

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  6. Add a feature that allows teachers to send single pages to individual students — for example, to share missed lesson notes directly in the classroom notebook, in the exact place where the original worksheet was worked on.

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  7. Please simplify the current "select -> screenshot -> share -> copy" function of the selection tool to simplify copy and paste parts of PDFs. Notability has this and it's MILES better than GoodNotes implementation which takes forever to copy a section of a PDF when I'm copying problems from my lecture slides to my notes.

    This will make my, and so many students, note-taking so much easier.

    1 vote

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  8. It would be nice to be able to use multiple devices at the same time on the same GoodNotes page. I study medicine and it would help me a lot.

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  9. I think the lasso tool doesn't work properly on desktop and isn't natural to use.
    To select text is it fine, but if you want to move a shape or text you have to clic on it to select and then move it. There should be a way for it to recognize the object and move on the first clic. Also, on mac you are able to duplicate something by pressing option and dragging it somewhere else. Text options should allow us to put indexes and exponants, this would be great for math formulas and we need more options for…

    1 vote

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  10. [KR]

    안녕하세요. Goodnotes 7.0.6 업데이트 이후 Shape(모양) 도구 사용 시 수평(0°) 스냅 밑줄이 생성되지 않습니다.
    • 문제 요약: Shape 도구로 직선을 그려도 이전처럼 정확히 0°로 스냅된 밑줄이 나오지 않음.
    • 재현 단계:
    1. 문서 열기 → 2) Shape 도구 선택 → 3) 텍스트 아래에 직선을 긋기 → 4) 결과: 수평 스냅이 적용되지 않음
    • 기대 동작: Shape 도구의 Line이 0°로 스냅되어 밑줄로 사용 가능
    • 실제 동작: 스냅이 적용되지 않아 미세한 기울기가 발생, 밑줄 대량 작업 시 정렬 품질/속도 저하
    • 영향도: 수업 진도 시 하루 수백~수천 개의 밑줄을 긋습니다. 현재는 Ruler(자) 도구만이 정확한 수평을 보장해, 자 배치/이동으로 인한 추가…

    2 votes

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  11. The option to change the default setting on Goodnotes on Mac DISSAPPEARED. Doing my state exams rn and I need that option back.

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  12. I had this posted some time ago, and then someone mistakenly merged it into an unrelated feature, so I have to recreate it.

    The idea is simply to join pages of a PDF in vertical scroll such that the seam is either invisible or a thin line, and importantly to allow writing to bridge the page seam. Obviously the writing would break in terms of pdf pages, but so long as the break is invisible in vertical scroll, it would allow me to both use the white space between pages, but also to draw reference lines from the bottoms of…

    2 votes

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  13. I really miss the old version where I could type text and handwrite in the same note. Now I have to choose between typing or writing note, which honestly makes note taking so much harder.

    I know there’s the “text” option in the handwriting mode, but it’s just not the same… it doesn’t sync as neatly, and I waste so much time adjusting font size, boldness, spacing, etc. It totally breaks my focus and I end up missing a lot of info during class.

    Please, please bring back the ability to type and write in the same note again. It…

    23 votes

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  14. allow for custom outline order, current outline is in order outline is added (not in page order), allow to for choice of how to order outline titles (alphabetical, page #, date added, etc). also after closing app, view options for seeing/not seeing for example pdf outlines resets-- make choice semi-permanent or until you manually change and select or unselect an option again.

    37 votes

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  15. Since the new goodnotes (7) update, I always go back to latest tool I was using before the eraser, especially to the lasso tool, I do not want it, I want to be able to go back to pencil mode after the eraser again.

    11 votes

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  16. Please bring back the typing tool in handwritten documents as a separate button in the toolbar.
    Also, please fix the overlapping of the typing “toolbar” with the title when typing.

    10 votes

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  17. Goodnotes has become more cumbersome and slower with the latest update. I now need two clicks to switch between pens and the laser pointer. When I have images, there is now always a white border at the top of the projection, and I first have to switch to read-only mode to display the image in full screen.
    The fold-out toolbox also takes up space on the screen.
    Adding to favorites also requires one more click.
    The updates have only increased the amount of work involved and represent a deterioration. On the other hand, I don't need AI or sound recordings.…

    11 votes

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  18. Shape tool has become worse than goodnotes 6. Earlier we could draw any shape by drawing and holding the shape but now it converts every weird shape into a perfect shape line like square, rectangle or star
    Just make it as flexible as goodnotes 6 shape tool

    10 votes

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  19. The infinite canvas currently does not export as a searchable pdf file. When we export the file, it works like a picture which gets pixelated when we zoom
    So it would help a lot if we could search handwriting and text within the infinite canvas

    3 votes

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  20. The old text at the top was better now its hard to change font size and things like that

    9 votes

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