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  1. For example, I want to see how a sorting algorithm works but it’s hard to see the steps by making a bunch of graphs. So being able to make a small animation will help visualize how something works without having to create a bunch of pages

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  2. Using elements is fantastic, however, I would like to be able to crop from the lasso tool. Right now, if I place a calendar block and need to change the size, I have to select element, which then auto-selects the lasso tool. To crop an element, I then have to select the image, which brings up the image selector on the page, then click off of that, and then select crop. It adds so many extra steps. Why not just have the crop option from the lasso tool? It would save so many steps!

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  3. I'd really like a way to set up Outlines for our notebooks so that each section has its own subsection. The subsection would be linked altogether (e.g., Chapter 1 is one, Chapter 2 is another, etc.)

    That way, we could more easily drag and drop to reorder things in our notebook instead of having to tediously do each slide one-by-one!

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  4. Badly in need of emoji section to stickers option

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  5. to have more than 3 colors (maybe 4) on the bar for highlight

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  6. When saving my text default I’d like “centered” to save as well instead of always going back to left justification

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  7. Allow me to select text, eg my page heading like (meeting to discuss projected financial) and then click on a button which shoots the page heading to an automatically generated table of contents in the front of the Notebook. Table of contents will be built using all the specified headings, and should also display date of that entry for easy reference. This would be a great help to business people. A next step that can be contemplated is to have GoodNotes access my calendar and paste a link to the entry in the notes of my meeting planner, so that…

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  8. It would be great to create about 10-50 flash cards at once.

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  9. Lasso tool can also change stroke/tool of the already written note. We should be able to change it from Fountain Pen to Brushed one. And, lasso tool can be used in fine shape form like we can in Notability

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  10. Lasso tool can also change stroke/tool of the already written note. We should be able to change it from Fountain Pen to Brushed one. And, lasso tool can be used in fine shape form like we can in Notability

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  11. We can currently choose between dark, yellow and white paper. So i would suggest adding complete black paper as a new alternative, to minimize the strain in the eyes when studying long hours but also to have more aesthetically more pleasing plain black paper as a choice.

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  12. We need the option of sending back a diagram or bring text to the front, because when drafting and stuff, its a bit disappointing having to erase or re-do stuff in order for it to fit hierarchy when working

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  13. Apple did not introduce a horizontal split view in portrait mode in iPadOS 15 and will probably not care to do so in the coming years.
    Introduce a top-bottom horizontal split view in portrait mode, so that you can show a full-width part of a text book / lecture / exercise sheet at the top and your notes on the bottom on the 12.9 inch iPad.
    Right now you need to switch between tabs. Every. Single. Time.
    This is an essential feature for every student and a must-have for GoodNotes!

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  14. When i am annotating lecture PDF, I read through one chapter and then want to skip to to the start to make notes into my mac. Being able to skip forward and backward to the closest bookmark would mean a word to me.
    And I am not alone, am I?

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  15. Recognize a double-tap to change to drawing mode. Could also do triple-tap to change to erase. Or let user assign the action.

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  16. Right now the toolbar is placed at the top or at the bottom. But while working and taking notes, it requires to change the tool from highlighter to pen or vice-versa many a time. And on IPAD PRO 12.9 Inch the reach is not easy to change the tool. So if the toolbar is placed vertically on both the side then it can reduce the efforts of user. Thank you for hearing out! Stay safe :)

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  17. I think it would be great if we were able to have movable sticky notes that would also move the text inside of it without affect any highlighting already resent on the page. Or being able to deselect highlighting when using the lasso tool so that I could move just my makeshift sticky notes.

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  18. For example, when I highlight “carboxyl” I can click on the highlight, and BANG—a picture of carboxyl (that I drew in the annotation) pops up. Not only that, but in a pdf, when I highlight a text I can create my own comments in the small annotation box.

    This resembles closely to the google docs Suggestion tool, except Goodnotes!

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  19. Lovely app! Would be even better if it detected hand written å ä ö when transforming to typed text.

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  20. go to the page in which undo/redo changes are made
    when undo/redo

    sometimes, hard to track where (what page) undo/redo changes are made... don’t want to mistakenly undo actions made at different pages

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