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  1. Being able to add page colour and size variation to custom template imports

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    1. the biggest limitation with my flashcards at the moment is having to manually draw a box for image occlusion cards. then colour in the box myself with opaque ink. as there is not an auto fill function for shapes where you can adjust the transparency of the colour, or "tape" option i can use to cover parts of the image. it would be great to be able to build easy image occlusion cards by simply selecting the area i want occluded.

    2. more options on card type like true false, fill in the word ect.

    3. archive function. i'm now a year…

    2 votes

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  2. I didn't realize how much storage the fountain pen and brush pen needed to write compared to the ballpoint pen.

    I am suggesting a way to destructively convert fountain pen strokes and brush pen strokes to save storage in exported PDFs and in goodnotes documents.

    This would save /reduce storage space needed for a document and/or the exported PDF.

    Possible UI implementation:
    1. Select handwriting that was written with a fountain pen or a brush pen.
    2. Open the ... button for "More settings"
    3. Choose button titled "Convert handwriting to ballpoint strokes"
    4. Pop-up confirms that conversion cannot be…

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  3. Hi. The word complete is the absolutely most annoying thing in the world. Why would I need anyone to finish the last 2 letters of the word I am writing, plus placing it at the wrong place. Please make a setting to be able to disable it once for all future files I open. And also, just in general, why would you set as default an experimental feature. I am sorry for being so blunt, I have a lot of pressure at school, and I do not need my notes app to be trying things on me like a guinea…

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  4. I would like to see GoodNotes be able to import documents in chronological order. Currently, when I import a document and I want to add multiple pages at once to this same document, but they have a specific order they have to be in, GoodNotes will import them randomly. So, one of two things will need to happen: 1.) I have to import each page in the order needed—one by one. 2.) I will have to import them all at once and then go to the side-window page view and re-organize them there. Both of which are pretty tedious when…

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  5. Every time I (or my friends) scroll through a note, when entering the bottom of the page, it automatically scrolls forward to the center of the next page. Also when softly scrolling in zoom mode near the bottom or top.
    This bug (I hope its not a feature) made me angry multiple times by now. GoodNotes is so unbelievably unusable at the moment, wow!

    Hope this gets fixed soon. Contact me if you need further technical information!

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  6. Allow word wrapped outlines for long titles of various sorts.. Currently, outline titles, document titles, etc., are cut off when they are too long.

    What is the point of having a long title is you can't read it?

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  7. Goodnotes is the best and only app for me in terms of handwritten notes of any kind on my iPad. The only update I have been waiting is TAGS.

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  8. add multiple hex codes at once instead of having to manually add them one by one. There should be a feature where we can upload a hex code pack and get all colors at once!

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  9. It would be nice to be able to adjust the sensitivity of scribble to erase. Sometimes, when trying to erase large blocks of writing, if you don't scribble thoroughly enough Goodnotes won't recognize that you're trying to erase and you have to do it again. Maybe there could be a feature for us to determine how sensitive we want it to pick up on scribble-to-erase, for users who use it really often to erase?

    5 votes

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  10. Specific shapes like sine curves, coordinate systems, arrows, and tables should be added.

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  11. Different rulers, such as a triangle and a circle, would be a useful addition.

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  12. It should be possible to crop custom backgrounds, such as a PDF or an image that has been added as a page.

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  14. Proposal for GoodNotes: Automatic Math Tool Insertion

    Feature: Automatically insert math tools (formulas, diagrams, graphs) based on handwriting or user input.

    Key Functions:
    1. Math Expression Recognition:
    • OCR (Handwriting recognition): Automatically detects math formulas (e.g., ) and converts them into standard math notation.
    • Symbols and Special Characters: Recognizes math symbols (e.g., roots, fractions, Greek letters) and formats them correctly.
    2. Math Tools Insertion:
    • Formula Editor: Allows users to insert and edit complex math formulas.
    • Graphs & Diagrams: Automatically generates graphs (e.g., for ) and inserts them into notes.
    • Geometric Shapes: Quick insertion of geometric shapes…

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  15. Long Press on the „Share Button“ to send documents as a Goodnotes Document via Airdrop. Very useful for school.
    Customize your own quickshare button in Settings.

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  16. why does it take like 3 minutes to load every time i open the app? and worse, you set the loading spinner to automatically be at 90%, so people thinks it's actually going to finish in a reasonable time and don't leave the app. ok actually. i'm deleting your app. this is ridiculous.

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  17. It takes too many steps to convert handwriting.

    1; circle /select handwriting
    2: tap circle, hope the menu comes up
    3: tap the 3 dots button
    4: tap convert
    5: tap text
    6: tap convert again
    7: change font because the default settings don’t apply to converted text

    Should be 2 steps
    1: circle/select handwriting
    2: tap a convert button

    If it makes a mistake, you’d have to edit it anyway. So the pop up is redundant.

    I know this is possible because your code is already ‘converting’ the handwriting in order to be able to spellcheck and search handwritten…

    3 votes

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  18. I suggest for the laser pointer to show up in the notes when you do a voice recording. Not saying for it to stay on the page but would be nice to make notes such as circling something while a professor goes over it without the circle being permanent. Hence the laser pointer function.

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  19. When I go to export a document from Goodnotes 6, the program (IOS) gives me several default persons to email my document to. None of them are the one I want to send the document to. How can I make my own default person(s) to send my exported document to?

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