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  1. On goodnotes 4 tabs would close when you restart the app. But on goodnotes 5 the tabs remain open and it is very annoying to have to close the tabs one by one. Please add an option to close all currently open tabs.

    Also I agree with another feature someone else mentioned to have pinnable tabs like google chrome.

    53 votes

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  2. I am still using the Goodnotes 4 app because the pen thickness options are much better. In 5, the ball pen is either too thin, the smallest option, or too thick, the middle option and higher. None of the present options feel natural. In Goodnotes 4, I use the 3rd weight (2nd thickest) and there is no direct equivalent in 5. The variations between thicknesses in 5 is too great.

    15 votes

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  3. Have functionality to save current text style e.g. font, colour, size bold etc so that you can quickly switch between them or apply to existing text.

    33 votes

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  4. Could you fix the copy and paste issue?
    When I use the rubber band tool
    to convert handwriting into text and
    try to copy to another app there
    are un-wanted line breaks. It's impossible
    to get rid of them too.
    I would love to be able to
    copy right into my other word editor that
    my employer requires I send the final draft
    in.

    4 votes

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  5. It would be nice if I could not only draw perfect circles and other shapes but also draw perfect semicircles and quadrants. That would make a lot of things sooo much easier!

    4 votes

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  6. Cannot use Pixel in GN5.

    4 votes

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  7. I would like the option in GoodNotes 5 to be able to give a title to a bookmark. This was available in the previous version, and I think it would be a good to reinstate this.

    9 votes

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  8. There is a noticeable lag while using the Apple Pencil as well as the rubber feature of this application. Goodnotes 5 is one of the innovative apps to bring some cool new features and customizable options, but this lag annoys me the most. The video is also posted where I show how the rubber tool lags.

    31 votes

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  9. Can we give GoodNotes access to our location so we can have our notes location stamped in the Document Info section? That way we can also search for our notes based on location. Notes at home vs at the library.

    4 votes

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  10. Just one thing I would like to have which is the option of speak (read the text).

    22 votes

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  11. I Loved the zoom Window in GoodNotes 4 because all the buttons were nereby. 3 Colours, Rubber, Undo, Redo even some Options. I need them back. Please.
    GoodNotes 5 is Great. The new handwriting to text is the best i have ever seen.

    48 votes

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  12. Hi, since I am left handed, I‘d like to move the current page a bit to the right so i am able to rest my hand on the page. Currently the page snaps to the left hand Side. The only work around is to use the app in landscape mode.
    I‘d like to be able to free position the page on the background.

    10 votes

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  13. Add a palm rest option to GoodNotes 5 like there was in GoodNotes 4. It makes it a lot easier to make notes on my iPad, especially when getting towards the bottom of the screen where there is no option to move the paper higher so I can rest my hand on the screen. It's very hard to write with my hand held in the air trying to balance on the edge of the iPad. Hope what I've described makes sense.

    21 votes

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  14. Guys - the ability to snooze/set a reminder for a note would be amazing. When i'm using notes to generate ideas etc i often want to come back to them but you get busy and forget. A prompt would be invaluable (similar to 'nudges' in gmail) thanks

    8 votes

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  15. It would be useful to be able to edit a document while being in fullscreen mode.
    Having some kind of guesture or small button to toggle the fullscreen mode in that case would be great. As of now there always is a menu bar displayed on the top.

    43 votes

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  16. It is very irritating when you touch a Note Tab, either deliberately or by accident, then that not opens at the cover page, not at the last page being edited. You have to select the thumbnails and scroll to the last page. Have an option in settings that states when selecting a note tab continue at the last page being edited or cover page.

    8 votes

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  17. Please revert Zoom Window to how it was on GoodNotes4! And no, I am not simply referring to the shortcuts.

    On the previous version, we could write whilst “zoomed-in” and zoom onto other parts of the page while writing in that mode! Not so anymore!

    Whenever I try to write (while zoomed in) and look at other parts of the magnified page, it snaps back to focus on the part of page I am writing.

    Why is this an issue? I want to write notes while looking at other notes. I suppose I could zoom out 100% - but then…

    3 votes

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  18. Please have a way to edit a document in full-screen mode; i.e. hiding all toolbars but still able to edit a document.

    E.g. double tap with two fingers to hide/show toolbars without leaving edit mode

    This is legitimately the only thing holding me back from using Goodnotes 5 all the time

    99 votes

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  19. Add ascending/descending nu name of date.
    After IPad was lost, I had to restore a Apple backup to a new iPad. Now the original date the notes were taken has been replaced by the date the restore took place.

    My notes all have a name that starts with YYYYMMDD. So sorting on name shouldn’t be a problem. However.... GoodNotes (4) doesn’t offer the option to switch between ascending/decending list view. I have hundreds of notes and the most recent ones are now at the bottom of the list. That’s a pain in the @ss...

    12 votes

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  20. Put undo button back!!!

    Add option to drop straight down — not just left, right, and return

    I constantly wish there was an option to move zoom box down

    14 votes

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