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  1. We really need the ability to create hyperlinks in the document. There is a HUGE market for bullet journals but the methods available for making hyperlinked documents aren’t available to everyone (e.g. Indesign, Keynote, etc). You’re missing a huge trick here!

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  2. Having to import raster images is a pain - and for some reason even lower res images can make a page become laggy.

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  3. Many users are asking for technical drawing aids (rulers, protractors, triangle rulers, etc.)
    A very quick workaround [not a final solution, but a helpful start] would be to include a sticker collection containing some drawing tools on transparent backgrounds.
    I am aware that now one can create sticker packs by oneself, but not all users might come up with the idea / would know how to do it.

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  4. I'd like to use those gestures when editing images, elements and shapes.
    Those gestures are such a fundamental part of iOS/iPadOS that it feels strange when I constantly try to use them but they don’t work in GoodNotes.
    Especially since other gestures like a three-finger pinch to copy are supported.

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  5. There is a thick black line between the pages to differentiate between them, make them thin and I want to be able to draw on them. Have a look at the attached images

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    1. please arrange users' favourite pens in a separate line, so that people can move this line to different sides like ios memo. Meanwhile users can add and modify their preferred color and thickness of pens in this favourite lines so that users can choose them quickly, instead there are just three pens, which is not convenient now.
    2. Please attention to the smooth and respond rate when we use i pencil, which is worse than notability! The delay when we use i pencil on goodnotes is very obvious!
    3. please add record function like notability! Thanks for your time and please make…
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  6. It would be great to be able to migrate from Notability to GoodNotes by importing Notability notes in native Notability format (not pdf) so that the imported notes are going to be editable.

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  7. I adore GoodNotes and am happy to pay for each new version. But just please, don’t force users into a terrible subscription service that is against App Store rules. Keep doing what you’re doing, I’ll keep paying when it’s time for an upgrade. I really love this app, I really do.

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  8. Please add two-factor authentication whenever I want to open my document for maximum security.
    I am a medical student and I do not want my classmates to steal my notes and surpass me.
    Moreover, receiving an email or a text message when the document is opened would be extremely useful.
    Thank you for reading and voting for the idea. Never give up your privacy!

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  9. when typing some things in our notes, the font looks like our writing by apple pencil.

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  10. When we left-handed people (and i guess it’s the same problem for right-handed people at the right side of the page) write on goodnotes , we cannot rest the left hand on the screen of the ipad while writing when beginning a sentence, because the paper cannot be moved around. So our hand is always partly on the edge of the ipad partly on the table.

    So if it was possible to pull and push the paper around on the ipad as we want, we could calmly rest our left hand on the screen when writing. To understand what i…

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  11. Add an option to increase the speed of draw and hold with the pen. In subjects like math and engineering, there are a lot of graphs and lines to draw. Switching to shape tool every time can be tedious while the pen also feels slow when dealing with such subjects. Apple notes has nailed the hold time in my opinion and seeing an option to change the speed would be appreciated.

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  12. It would be cool if there is a solution pen that is only displayed when you switch to a solution mode, because for example you have a whole list full of sentences that you have to learn the answer to, and so you can just query it yourself, (the flashcards are handy, but with whole pages full of questions it gets too much). Example. You write down the questions with the normal pen, and then switch to the answer pen, with which you write down the answer.

    I would also like to be able to synchronize certain OneNote pages with…

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  13. It would be nice to be able to organize the notes I post on GoodNotes Community into folders (ex. by class or subject) so it’s easier to navigate a person’s profile

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  14. Hi,

    So I haven't used the app consistently in about a year.. Recently I've began using it again. I've uploaded a text i'm studying in pdf form. While I am studying I am taking notes and I thought how nice it would be to include these features. The tinting would be nice for prolonged staring at the screen while reading (Similar to what I think kindle's used to do, maybe). I know I can have blank pages with yellow but, I would recommend adding the option of tinting documents such as my pdf with hundreds of pages with walls of…

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  15. Undoing a written word or two is a monstrous pain under the double-two-finger-tap system. It might be 10 or 15 strokes that all need undoing, and pounding away on the ipad screen with a double-tap for each individual stroke takes way too long and is cumbersome.

    How about: double-tap and HOLD enters an "undo scrub" mode, where you can drag left and right to move through undo history with a simple two-finger swipe gesture, instead of dozens of fingertip-bruising taps? This would be a marvelous improvement to writing flow.

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  16. Being able to split a page horizontally would allow to insert a new page for notes in between lines. This is useful for exercise pdfs with many questions, so you can answer directly below the question.

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  17. Customise the Apple pencil double tap to change pen thickness between pre-set values or colour pen while writing

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  18. The ability to link externally (ie to a URL, or to a pdf in my files) or internally (ie within GoodNotes) would make GN a lot more viable as a working tool.

    I've just started a degree so have years of study ahead of me. Finding the right tool at the outset is vital, so that my notes will be consistent in terms of file type, cross-file compatibility etc. - with study notes I NEED to be able to link to research sources / related GN notes etc.

    This is a reasonable expectation in 2021. The lack of this functionality…

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  19. Sometimes I have a page filled with text notes and I need to make a new page but trying to swipe over just moves the text box to the left and I have to reposition it back and then tap the New Page button at the top of the screen. I see Cmd+N has no current shortcut and I think it would make a nice addition and make creating a new page that much easier.

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