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  1. Add the ability to program a gesture to rotate pen colors. I use multiple colors for my notes and this feature would save me SO MUCH time.

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  2. according to textbox:
    1. different border styles for textboxes (dotted, dashed, ...)
    2. textbox-shadows also on other sides, not just bottom (for example: just on the left side, ...)
    3. multiple favorites including line height for usage in different paper styles

    according to full-page-text-typing
    1. option to change the font and color of H1, etc. (for example: I want a blue headline and black text for my notes, so i can manually change this to the font and color I like and dont need to recolor after writing notes)
    2. multiple textboxes in different templates (for example: in the 2-columns-paper…

    3 votes

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  3. There is an option to save our favorite font and size of a text, I think it would be lovely to have multiple favorites so that there would be more text boxes already edited as a quick access.

    3 votes

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  4. I would like to be able to move the divider between the colors and tools to the left to allow a greater selection of colors to be available. I remember this was a thing before in Goodnotes, where the ruler and laser pointer were behind the divider and I could access a greater number of colors and/or line thickness.

    As a user who rarely uses anything past the lasso tool and sometimes the image insert but uses several colors in my notes it would very useful!

    3 votes

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  5. Cycle through 3 (or more) tools/brush with double tap Apple Pencil.

    If you double tap, it will cycle through the last three tools (or more depending on setting choice)
    So for example:
    1. Start from from 'PEN' write something.
    2. Double tap Apple pencil and it will go to 'HIGHLIGHTER', and highlight a word.
    2. Double tap Apple pencil and it will go to 'SHAPE TOOL' and under line some text and draw a box.
    3. Double tap Apple pencil and it's back to 'PEN' and write something.

    This will prevent needing to move the pen up to the tool…

    3 votes

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  6. 3 votes

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  7. When I want to listen to a specific part on my document, instead of skipping through the recording by myself until I find it. I could just click on the text I’ve written while I recorded that part, and Goodnotes would automatically skip to the part and start playing the recording.
    I hope that makes sense, it’s just like notability. I know a lot of people who would switch to Goodnotes if that feature is available.

    3 votes

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  8. Allow handwriting or text to be rotated, shrunk or expanded with two fingers when selected with the lasso tool.

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  9. As I do not need the reminder to learn old study sets of the past semester, I would really look forward to establishing the possibility to deactivate study sets with regards to smart learning. Otherwise I always have to delete my studysets to get no notification any more.

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  10. Add a button in the Bar at the top, similar to the pen layout. There is tons of empty space and the only button gives a short explanation on how to use it. There could easily be a button to convert to text, math, copy, paste, etc. Instead you have to click through the menu that pops up by holding with your finger, requiring you to drop the pen etc. This would improve workflow and is an easy implementation. Seems like forgoten feature.

    3 votes

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  11. I would love if there was an option, when importing a PDF, to import it with a standardized and beautiful style, with text formatting, spacing, etc., sort of like Omnivore or Kindle. It would make reading PDFs on GoodNotes so much nicer of an experience. You could go even further and have options to increase text, change the color background, etc., like you can on the Kindle app.

    3 votes

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  12. when using certain say...3 colors on a document, when you re open that document the pen colors should be loaded back to that specific document. then closing it and opening a new one with three new colors, those should load with let used colors on the document

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  13. Goodnotes need to be little innovative to help manage time for its users. The readers must have the option to add timer per page. Once activated, the user should have the ability to hide or show the timer with one tap on top right corner of toolbar. This will ensure effective management of time to complete the required work.

    The doc timer tool can enhance effectiveness and therefore help boost confidence in their daily schedule.

    Once timer crosses scheduled limit,
    The user has to bear temporary consequences (any option as selected from following choices in setting)

    Easy Punishment : Page…

    3 votes

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  14. Now that the customizable taskbar update has been released, it would be useful to have the ability to resize/adjust the length of the taskbar sections left and right in order to make room for more or less tools and colors. That way instead of having a user scroll through a bunch of colors, they can just adjust the section bar to the left to reveal more of their color palette.
    [Similarly to how Window PC taskbars have the “bars” that adjust icons left and right.]

    It would also be great to have an option to lock the adjustments as well.

    3 votes

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  15. iOS users can import fonts through iFont can the windows version get this feature too?

    3 votes

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  16. I am using the notecards feature to study a different language. There are (4) features that would help me greatly. 1 - having multi-language support. 2 - being able to search my notecards (couldn't figure this out on Mac but needed to correct a word that I'd misspelled). 3 - In setting up my notecards, it would have been great to have a side by side option where I could look at my old notes while creating new (I eventually just opened two windows). 4 - Reverse test. It's great to know the words from one language to the other…

    3 votes

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  17. It helps to know if you see the number of the Flash Card when in Practice Mode.

    And maybe add a feature, where one can categorise the flash cards when in practice mode. Sure, Uncertain, Don't know. This would help when reviewing a lot of flashcards so that if one only want to study the flash cards in chapter 3 that one can not memorise that well and not spend time on the ones one already knows.

    3 votes

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  18. As someone who relies on color coding for studying and uses GoodNotes on multiple devices, it‘s incredibly annoying to manage the colors for the pencil and highlighters on each and every device, as these things aren‘t synched with the cloud.

    A solution would be synching the tools or maybe accounts where you can create a custom set ups of tools and colors to use

    3 votes

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  19. After using a particular font, I like to have a selection and re-use some of my fonts. However, after clicking on the recently used font, nothing happens. I have to search for the font again. Then whey put such a feature of recently used fonts when it is not functioning.

    3 votes

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  20. Make the search feature to highlights the words that we’re searching so that it is easy to find some words in a pdf/book, it is a normal function in other apps but it is not included in goodnotes.

    Also make the search feature faster.

    3 votes

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