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  1. Hi GoodNotes-Team,
    Ii would be helpful if standard settings for camera-import could be defined!
    Greetings
    Tobi

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  2. Please change the current erase options system (Erase highlighter/tape only), into this sort of mechanism;

    Eraser Style

    (Precision/Standard/Stroke...)

    Pen-erasible [toggle_switch]
    Highlight-erasible ["]
    Tape-erasible ["]

    I had experienced situations so much in which I wanted to erase only pen traces, and perhaps along with other types of traces.
    In one instance, I was using tapes to make my own fill-in-the-blank questions. However, I couldn't dare to write any letter with a pen because you can't just erase them without removing the tapes along, and it is really frustrating.
    At other times, I had to struggle erasing pen marks overlapped with highlights,…

    3 votes

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  3. Let us expand the usefulness of the comment feature, I would like to write a mind map for each page and then hide it like the comments, the comment and sticky notes that you have provided for us could be more useful if we can write and draw on that using the Ipad pencil. Like making mind maps. The “linking page” feature is almost the same as what i need, but still a hidden mind map would be the most helpful.

    3 votes

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  4. To navigate large textbooks/ pdfs, please add a feature where you can type in the page number and have the app move to that page immediately.

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    • Add the folder or document to the home page as a shortcut.

    • Widgets to have a shortcut to folders and documents.

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  5. I tried using the study set and seems like a great tool for studying but the animations are quite bugging me.

    It would be great if there was an option to choose activate/deactivating the animation. Or selecting the animation speed would be fine too.

    The animation looks cool, smooth and all but it's just unnecessary for studying.
    It just lenghtens the time to cover the material and just hinders the experience.
    Think it would also benefit users with laggy older generation devices.

    3 votes

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  6. When adding a link to a page, the dialog box has the field called "Page" and it shows thumbnail for all pages to select from. It would be so nice to have "Page Outlines" option in there.

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  7. Hi Goodnotes-Team,
    as an architect, I often use Goodnotes on the building site to take measurements on the spot. I have to take a relatively large number of photos for this. It would be extremely useful to be able to take several photos at the same time and not have to start the process again after each photo.
    Best regards Tobi

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  8. I would like another eraser setting in which you can erase by layer. E.g if you have handwriting overlapping or have written in a filled shape, it would be useful to have the option to erase only the top layer, instead of deleting everything beneath.

    3 votes

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  9. Assuming I have the video content already on my device allow me to embed a video frame in the GoodNotes page in the middle of the other page content. If it’s super complicated to do the same with external video sources then limit it to device content only for now. This would be a big improvement.

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  10. In other apps, you can upload an image (of a whiteboard with text on it, for example), and convert the text to ink on your screen. It allows editing the text (instead of just placing the original image in your notebook). This can help me a lot!!!

    3 votes

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  11. When importing a document to Goodnotes, besides “import to current” and “import to a new document”, also add the ability to “import to existing document” and browse to the document and page where you want to insert. This would be more convenient than having to open the document/page you want before importing. That interrupts my work flow. Thank you.

    3 votes

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  12. I wish for an interactive page numbering tool, that let's you place a field for autogenerated page numbers in your document or just a section of it.

    Here is my idea (translated by google):
    I love taking notes at university with Goodnotes. However, I find it cumbersome to add page numbers by hand to large documents. I use my own template for Goodnotes, which has a free field for page numbers at the bottom. I would like a function in Goodnotes that allows me to automatically generate page numbers and place them where I want.
    My idea includes a kind…

    3 votes

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  13. I heard about Goodnotes from Samuel Suresh, and one of the things that impressed me was the ability to quickly create digital designs that combine handwriting and solid backgrounds that would be much more difficult by hand. Here is an example video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mHPO69egAcA. Thing is, Goodnotes has abysmal shape support. Every application I’ve ever used that has shape support you can change the fill and usually stroke color. Not Goodnotes.

    To the GoodNotes Team: Is improved shape support on the future roadmap? Take Freeform: You can quickly add zillions of shapes which are fully customizable. You don’t need to…

    3 votes

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  14. Please add strip like notability to better organise notes in file and folders

    3 votes

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  15. With the new squeeze function on Apple Pencil Pro, and how it brings up the new menu (Palette), it would be super cool to have this menu show up if you hold an older Apple Pencil down for a couple seconds. (Element note has this feature as well) but it would be super awesome to have for faster tool switching for people that aren’t on the newest iPads.

    TLDR bring the new squeeze menu to the rest of the pencils by holding down on the screen without moving your pen.

    3 votes

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  16. please add handwriting recognition to android and windows

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  17. It would be nice to turn on a feature to replace your handwrite inline with custom font you choose and replace it.
    thanks

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  18. Dear Developers and Desginers,

    I would love to be able to insert text in between lines already drawn. Otherwise I have to manually move text and try to insert the rest, IF there is space on the page.

    I understand that enabling this feature might mess up pages. Well, I would suggest to try to use AI to solve this problem.

    Or you might enable the feature while warning the user that the pages might get messed up. To do this you have to treat different pages as if they were one infinite page, I know... So, I suggest that…

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  19. 3 votes

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