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  1. Select Flashcards

    The ability to mass select flashcards in a pile, either to delete them or to duplicate certain ones. Sometimes I get shared flashcards from classmates but want to delete a number of them at once, which isn’t possible, so I have to delete one by one which is not only tedious but also reduces productivity.

    6 votes
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  2. PDF export (editable) bug fix - missing hyperlinks

    So, basically, I got .goodnotes file (digital planner imported from pdf) and when I make export file as pdf editable with annotations and background - it creates pdf file (yeey) but most part of hyperlinks are missing, or some layer of text is missing.
    For example - hyperlink to January, February will work, but April will not. Also I did re-check exported pdf into foxit reader - and it also shows that there is no particular hyperlinks but my main file do has. So it means, there is this annoying bug.

    Also, on iPad 9th gen Goodnotes 5 (last updated…

    6 votes
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  3. I suggest AUDIO deleting and trimming option shall be added

    Sometimes I record an audio accidentally or say something that is not useful or maybe record class audio and forget to stop recording while mid class breaks in such cases not having a deleting option and a trimming option ends up adding to my storage unnecessarily.

    6 votes
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  4. better text alignment options

    I think these two text alignment buttons in apple notes- as shown in the attached image -give more freedom and more alignment degrees than the 3 buttons options in goodnotes which are less functioning( i.e. just extreme right , center , extreme left )

    6 votes
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  5. Sync colors across platforms

    Can we have syncing option for Pen and highlighter color? Most of the colors are on iPad, but the colors are not transferred to the Mac. It helps to keep things color coded still while on the laptop.

    6 votes
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  6. Add fill bucket, to easily fill out big areas fast.

    Add bucket fill, like it is in most painting apps. It would make note-taking a lot easier if you want to draw a picture for something.

    6 votes
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  7. Annotate Flashcards

    I will love to be able to annotate and highlight key points on my flashcards after creating them using the text function. I was using study sets for a presentation and thought that will be a great feature.

    6 votes
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  8. Re-add 3 pen thickness selections on the toolbar

    This used to not be a problem until a week ago but since the update for more pen colors on the toolbar, the pen thickness is now behind two tap s, one to open the menu and the second to select the thickness. This has affected my usual work flow and it’s more tedious than I thought it would be initially.

    Also the addition of more colors on the toolbar is not ideal for me since I just like to work with three colors to keep everything simple and clean (the UI also feels more cluttered to me for some…

    6 votes
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  9. Create Study flashcards from notebooks

    The ability to create fast flashcards by using the lasso tool on notebooks.

    Currently, to study and get asked with the study mode we have to adapt our notes to flashcards mode.

    This is really annoying: we have to do all the notes of our notebooks in a Flashcard template, or we have to write again our notes in the flashcards in the Study set.

    Is really tedious and redundant to create notes and afterward to write again your notes in flashcards(my current situation)

    I believe we should add the next feature:

    • The availity in a notebook to create Questions/answers…
    6 votes
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  10. Fast Access to different types of thickness of the pen

    A few days ago, a new update changed the menu bar for selecting between the three thickness options. Now it’s an additional, surprisingly very annoying, step away. Now you have to open a tiny window, in order to open the three types of thickness of your pen and to be able to select one of them.
    Please go back to how it was earlier or at least let your customers chose.
    It was so much more convenient.

    6 votes
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  11. Please add the 3 different sizes of the pencil back in the button bar!

    Since the last update the 3 sizes of the pencil are under one button. This takes extra time when taking my notes in class. Please incorporate the 3 different sizes back in the button bar!

    6 votes
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  12. Text in sticky notes should lassoe together with it, when written over a handwritten text.

    Sticky notes make more sense when they can be used 'over' an existing hand/typed text. When the sticky note is moved to another location, the text written over it also moves and the text beneath stays at its original place. It then serves it's purpose well.

    6 votes
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  13. shared document permission

    Add a permission feature to shared linked documents such as view only or comment only (like google docs sharing)

    6 votes
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  14. Flash Cards "Zoom in" Function! (or use up whole screen!)

    I love the new flash cards update! Spaced Repition is perfect. It would be even better, if Flash Cards would use up the whole screen while in Study mode!

    1. Please add a "Zoom in" Function for Flash Cards in Study mode!

    To understand and learn better, it would be so helpul! Sometimes you can't read something, cause it's too small or you wanna simply touch the content or zoom into an illustration!

    1. Also it would be helpful to be able to write or draw something on the Flash cards while in study mode. That would make work flow so much…
    6 votes
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  15. Pdf like book view so that i can flip page like an actual book

    Book like view should be option Formula pdf view

    6 votes
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  16. PDF Merge

    Merging pdf, either between existing goodnotes files or those in my files, is something I do fairly regularly. I have to usually turn to online sources that are sometimes a little sketchy looking rather than paying high fees to do something that should be simple. I would love to see this ability added to goodnotes!

    6 votes
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  17. duplicate

    Remove the "Command + D" when within a document. The reason for this request is "command +F" is a function I use often. Because of the proximity of D and F on the keyboard, I often mistakenly duplicate an entire book, sometimes containing thousands of pages and notes and imported pictures. Another fix would simply adding a prompt "are you sure you want to duplicate all 1xxx pages?" then have to click yes. It locks up my computer when it duplicates. Thank you!

    6 votes
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  18. Pop-up Notes

    It'd be amazing to have Pop-up Notes. Say you're working on a paper with a dense list of questions that you'd like to answer in the same notebook. It'd be good to be able to create a Popup note (UI wise could just be a circular note icon that expands) in an area that you choose, so when you click on it a popup comes up that lets you write within that new popup.

    This would also be cool for marking or writing extra notes that you don't want directly onto a document.

    6 votes
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  19. Voice Memos Named and Put in a Specific Location

    Love the new voice memos feature, I wish that they were easier to use though. I would appreciate it if the names could be edited after recording, and if they could be linked to and played by a voice memo sticker on the page.

    6 votes
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  20. Lineal Option für GoodNotes 5

    Es wäre sehr sinnvoll, wenn GoodNotes 5 eine Funktionalität hätte, um ein Lineal oder ein Geodreieck welches man in der Größe und Länge verändern kann zu nutzen, für Mathematik in der Schule wäre es sicherlich sehr nützlich.

    6 votes
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