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  1. Text editing with tool bar on the bottom

    If you use GoodNotes with the tool bar at the bottom instead of at the top (being left handed I find it way more comfortable) it’s impossible to edit any typed text.
    When I select some text in order to edit it, the “text edit“ icon is hidden by the keyboard, therefore I’m unable to tap on it. However, if I dismiss the keyboard, the text is not selected anymore, therefore I can’t edit it.
    A floating “text edit“ icon that pops up when text is selected could be a solution.

    4 votes
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  2. Locking the horizontal panning on PDFs with large white margins

    When I import a pdf with large white margins on the sides it would be great if we could set a specific zoom that would “crop out” the white margins and then lock the horizontal panning when scrolling a bit diagonally - that way the text is bigger on the screen and we don’t have to constantly adjust the text column to be centered. Thanks!

    4 votes
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  3. Plz add OCR scanning to haptic/3D Touch shortcuts

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  4. lag

    Lag when using eraser tool and dragging the text-box after long period of using goodnotes5.
    I have to fix it by restarting the app.

    4 votes
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  5. Turning pages faster

    Turning pages is really slow/difficult since the function overlaps with moving around the document, and you have to drag your finger a lot to turn a page. I’d like a way to do this much easier, maybe a two finger flick.

    4 votes
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  6. Directly export pdf from Chrome to GoodNotes! Necessary!

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  7. Annotation for PNG files

    Drawing on PDF files is great and I use Goodnotes all the time to move files from my Box account to the iPad and back. I would really like to be able to do the same thing for PNG files - to be able to annotate pictures with Goodnotes to/from my Box account. Most of the iPad apps that work with pictures only have access to Photos, and not to Box (and other cloud storage).

    4 votes
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  8. Setting to be able to turn off the double tap to undo as i keep loosing text as imwrite

    Have a button to be able to turn on and off the two finger tap/double tap to under writing. Keep loosing a lot of written notes with this feature on

    4 votes
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  9. endogenous cloud storage function

    would be great to have a built-in cloud storage for all the notes, no need to rely on iCloud
    given that goodnotes 5 on iOS has an insanely powerful global search function, it would be convenient to have it's own cloud that allows you to search for the exact note

    4 votes
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  10. Screenshots and image organization (losing track of used images)

    Hard to explain...
    I use alot of screenshots, from textbooks and quizzes for studying..
    When i need to add those screenshots to a page, i lose track of which image ive already added when the thumbnails are all the same.

    Think of a way to keep an eye on recently used images..
    Maybe a check mark or weird highlight if the image is already used in the document.

    I really dont know, but being able to see which screenshot i just used in a pile of 25 nearly identical shots is rough.

    4 votes
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  11. Scrollbar

    It’s absolutely natural to scroll. For a continuous and lengthy content, like an article or a tutorial note or a book, scrolling provides even better usability than slicing up the text to several separate screens or pages.

    4 votes
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  12. Adding third party Styluses.

    Some people may not have an Apple Pencil but instead have third party Styluses. GoodNotes would make an excellent app if you can add third party Styluses like Wacom, Bamboo or Adonit.

    4 votes
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  13. Auto swap to pen tool from eraser

    I am a student and I use goodnotes to take notes or write down my idea. So I always need to swap between pen and eraser when I make some mistake, I think it is so inconvenient clicking screen to swap between the tools.

    I suggest a feature, auto swap back to pen tool after using eraser(for about 2 seconds without continue erasing)

    THANK YOU!

    4 votes
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  14. New iPadOS Tool Palette availability in Goodnotes

    Instead of having the Goodnotes default tool palette, it'd be good if the new iPadOS Tool Palette was introduced (when it comes out of course) on devices that support the system.

    4 votes
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  15. Comments similar to Excel

    Ability to add comments. For example I often use GoodNotes to take notes during meetings. Near the top I write the initials of the people attending the meeting - writing their full names would take up too much space. Sometimes there are multiple people with the same initials or I forget people’s full names if I don’t know them well.

    I could add notes to each person’s initials and tap on them later to see the person’s full name.

    Another option would be to allow a collapsible writing area.

    Either that or

    4 votes
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  16. Study a document : split screen and copy paste pdf as image for formulas

    Hi, I already like very much GoodNotes as it is ! But here would be a really nice improvement : i would love to study several PDFs inside goodnotes. For this I would like to have on a half of the screen my pdf article I want to study, and on the other side a sheet of manuscript notes. On those notes, I want sometimes to just copy paste a theorem or a formula of the article (I am a mathematician). So it would be really great to be able to have :
    1) split screen option
    2) copy paste…

    4 votes
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  17. Import to same folder and open automatically

    I have my subjects divided in folders and more so than often I would have one file open and will want to import another one to the same folder and have it open automatically. The current available options are to either add before or after the current page, or to browse the whole library to get into the folder. Sometimes I have a folder inside another folder, this as you can imagine isn’t the best possible way. So can you please an option to import to the same folder as a separate file and open automatically?
    Thank you.

    4 votes
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  18. Remember tool per document

    Remember the tool I last used in that specific document.
    E.g one document where the highlighter is selected and the other document keeps the pen selected, so the selection isn‘t app wide

    4 votes
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  19. add pens like Wacom

    In Goodnotes4 I could use my stylus Wacom, but in Goodnotes5 only can only be selected apple pen.

    4 votes
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  20. Support vector graph import

    Support EPS/PS picture import into notes would be helpful to make a print-ready notes.

    4 votes
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