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  1. Nesting Outline Tabs

    Often times I download PDFs online and I would like to create nested outline tabs so that it's not so cluttered. For example, instead of having Chapter 1, Chapter 1.1, Chapter 1.2, Chapter 1.3, etc. have the ability to nest all sub chapters under Chapter 1. This is great for big textbooks or when I want to organize my notes. It's definitely already a feature Goodnotes 5 supports considering several PDF's have nested outline tabs, but for whatever reason, I cannot make my own nested tabs.

    This can easily be done by click and dragging tabs to nest them under…

    26 votes
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  2. Create Nested Outlines for better navigation

    Please allow us to create nested outlines with Collapsable headings and sub headings for better navigation inside the book. Its is very much needed for larger books.

    You allow to create outline but only a simple outline, this makes navigation through the pdf a lot tougher. It would be much better if you allow to create nested outlines so that we can differentiate between major topics and subheadings. Thank you very much.

    46 votes
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  3. outline, chapters

    For handwritten notes have an outline and sub-outlines. For example i have math topic chapters/outlines and i want sub- outlines so i can outline h date i do things.

    69 votes
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  4. customisable document outline

    I have long documents to annotate, so it would be nice if I can easily customise an outline - I suggest:
    1. being able to create multiple layers and collapsable outline (pretty much self explanatory it is very important for users with long pdf. I NEED STRUCTURE!!)
    2. swipe left/right on the side to bring out a sideview outline panel (best if semi-transparent background and on the side instead of a new window in the centre so I can reference the outline big picture while still reading the page)
    3. being able to delete or edit the outline of imported…

    38 votes
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  5. Quicker Outline Creation

    I love using the existing outline in PDFs, but it's tough work to create one if it isn't already implemented. A great feature would be the possiblity to choose the option "set as outline title" for marked text to quickly greate an outline for a document.

    27 votes
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  6. Outline

    Need an outline when the file is converted to, e.g., a pdf

    6 votes
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  7. Outline headings

    Different suggestion from the much needed sub-outlines (see the 600+ voted on suggestion by Daniel Wyatt “Sub-Outlines in Outline”) which would bring in a collapsible feature in Outline.

    This is about being able to assign, to different elements of the outline, headings which would be integrated into the Outline system. Right now the document may have different internal headings, but if I add these to the GoodNotes Outline, they are difficult to keep in their actual order.

    The suggestion is as follows :
    Include the most common and convenient method to add…

    9 votes
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  8. Edit outline title

    At the moment it seems to be impossible to edit an outline title, please add this feature

    27 votes
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  9. Delete PDF-outline

    It would be nice if you could delete parts of the pdf outline or the complete outline of an imported document. Currently, you are only able to edit your own outline.

    8 votes
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  10. outline structure

    Structure for outlines
    Though adding pages to outline is a great feature, Goodnotes will be more convenient if we can have some simple structure for outlines such as a Chapter-section-subsection structure, which makes both pdf reading and handwritten notes much better organized within one notebook instead of creating multiple folders.

    102 votes
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  11. Outline break

    The outline break is a small feature that would be really appealing to the eyes! More Details in images

    17 votes
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  12. Outline improvement

    1. Currently, the whole outline cannot be seen if it is too long. The whole title. should be seen in the outline tab.

    2. Collapsible subtopics should also be added.

    3. There should be a quicker way to input an outline like a shortcut.

    4. There should be an option to see comments in the outline tab.

    3 votes
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  13. Outline Side View

    So far so good!
    I’d like to see a new layout implemented. I’m sure most users use Outlines to organize their notebooks so it’d make perfect sense to have a fast way to access the outline of the notebook without having to press on the four Rectangle button and then click on Outline (when being in thumbnails or favorites).
    So my recommendation is to have a button to directly show the notebook outline, since I’m working a lot with lectures slides and I have one notebook for each course. The placement of the button could be near the…

    43 votes
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  14. Sub-Outline Pages

    When I inputted my class Syllabus and other long multiple-page documents to my notebooks they cluttered my notebook. It would be great if we could have a feature that condenses those un-necessary elements to one outline level and separate subsequent pages in the large documents from the rest of the notebook view.

    Maybe utilize the vertical and horizontal scrolling? Have normal pages scroll using the user designated scroll direction (eg vertical) and the sub-outline pages scroll the other scroll direction (eg horizontal).

    You could only add two directions then I suppose

    31 votes
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  15. "Add This Page to Outline" key shortcut; Outline subgroups

    Adding this shortuct and the ability to create subgroups within the outline would be extremely helpful!

    10 votes
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  16. Auto backup with custom outline intact

    Right now, the auto backups to google drive strip the PDFs of their outline. But we need the outline in order to navigate large files.

    The outline is one of the strengths of GoodNotes. Please allow auto backups with outline intact.

    7 votes
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  17. Automated outline of handwritten

    Just insert an auto-outline function — as given in Microsoft Word — so you can declare a style (e.g. Blue color, 3.5 mm pencil) as a title or subtitle and the written will be added to the outline of the document automatically.
    That would be awesome, I love the feature in imported pdf files.
    Thanks!

    13 votes
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  18. PDF Outline

    Even if the corresponding page is deleted, the PDF outline remains as it is.And it making the outline difficult to see. I want you to be able to add or delete new PDF outlines as well as custom outlines.

    2 votes
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  19. Fix missing PDF outline

    PDF outline/Table of contents which worked perfectly in Goodnotes 3 is missing in Goodnotes 4. They simply disappear. I searched online and saw the same problem had appear since few months back. Please fix it as soon as possible

    20 votes
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  20. Outline/ Stroke for Text

    I really wish they would add to their text options a stroke/outline. This would be especially helpful for headings. You can duplicate writing, change the colour and size but trying to line it up never gives a perfect outline.

    5 votes
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