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  1. Uni student here. It’s a pain to look through all the documents in my ipad when I’m only looking for notes on a particular subject.

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  2. Use case: I use a "scratch pad" note for general note taking (meetings, phone calls, random thoughts throughout the day), since I find that quicker and easier than creating (and naming) new notes for every little occurrence.

    Sometimes the notes are useful and I need to "file" them away for future reference. Currently what I do is copy the range of pages I want, navigate away from the first note, create a new note, and paste in the pages.
    That definitely works, but the navigating around part makes for a bit of a clunky process.

    I think an "Export as…

    3 votes

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  3. Making it possible to insert multiple pages of text at once (or import a word document and be able to edit it) where it is able to move the text, so you can write under parts of the text, with the rest of the text moving further down on to the next page. (and also have the handwritten notes follow, when editing.

    Right now when I insert text from a multiple long word file the text is just put into the textbox instead of continuing on the following page. Also the text and the handwritten text do not complement each…

    3 votes

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  4. Double clicking on a blank area in the op menu bar (header) in the Mac app should expand the app to fill the desktop (not enter Full screen). This is fairly standard in Mac apps but missing in Goodnotes.

    3 votes

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  5. Have the ability to annotate the original PDF file from the Files app (or Google Drive) and keep it in sync across different apps without having to import and essentially create a second version of the file in GoodNotes

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  6. 3 votes

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  7. Add Support for apples pro motion 120 Herts refresh rate as it makes with apple pencil feel more responsive

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  8. Make a function like a text bubble in PDF expert.
    Very useful on powerpoints where there is no place to write on top off the slides.

    3 votes

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  9. The toolbar and the bar above that shows the title of documents take a lot of space. It becomes a little frustrating especially when I’m writing in split screen, because it’s very thick and takes much more space than needed.
    It would be great if you could optimise the size of the bar and save some space to make the best writing experience.

    3 votes

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  10. It should be possible to set a unique sync-path for your files or at least for the folders - so your syncfiles fit into your OneDrive-structure

    3 votes

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  11. It would be nice to bookmark or highlight certain sections of a document, which can also be handwritten, and add comments to it.

    3 votes

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  12. When you have a multiple taps open, it would be nice if the colours, pens etc. would be bond to the document.

    3 votes

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  13. It would be really helpful if one could "unlock" a page and let it overlap another page above it.
    When doing exercises I often get an exercise sheet and create a new page below for solving. It would be pretty cool if the new page could overlap the exercise sheet so I always see the exercise I am working on above it.

    Thanks!

    3 votes

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  14. Boolean Operators for the search function for more specific results:
    Similar to how boolean operators work on search engines online and on library databases, Boolean operators could prove extremely useful when using the search feature on Goodnotes.
    A main feature of Goodnotes is the ability to search/index handwritten notes, so the combination of this ability and of Boolean operators could make Goodnotes an extremely powerful competitor to others such as Notability!

    3 votes

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  15. Would be nice if you can set different scroll options for different documents. For example scroll the lesson presentation vertically and your notes horizontally when having them side by side, as its annoying to scroll horizontally when you have that much pages as presentations have

    3 votes

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  16. I think it would be nice if I can take a picture of a handwritten document and the app will generate a digital "Goodnotes version" of it rather than just taking a photo of it. Everything I can do with a typical Goodnotes document I can do the same in this digital version.

    3 votes

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    1. The new upgrade (GoodNotes 5) is for sure incredible. However, the reason why I chose to download GoodNotes (4), was because there was no other note-taking app that was compatible with another stylus such as Adonit, rather than the Apple Pencil. So, to conclude, I think an upgrade to have the possibility to connect different styluses will widen the approach and customer affiliations.

    2. Create an account option so that data is not lost, and so there is no need to use another app to keep the data.

    3. Reminders for to-do lists, daily organization, etc.

    3 votes

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  17. When importing files import as new document takes directly to the home of Documents. It would be greate that it allow user to choose remember when we last import or start over.
    I do Add multiple files one by one. in that case I have to go thru all the way from biggnining to find my folder.

    3 votes

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  18. Hello,

    please, include a very useful shortcut for zooming in .PDFs or any notes by "option + mouse wheel".

    Especially, when I work without a Touch Bar (external monitor etc.), it becomes quite handy. Many 3rd party Apps use this.

    Thanks for consideration!

    3 votes

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  19. Implement Kanji paper as draft.
    For learning and writing Japanese / Chinese Characters (Kanji), a specific paper is used (see attached img). Implementing this paper style in GoodNote drafts would be great!

    3 votes

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