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  1. GoodNotes automatically organizes documents by Date, Name or Type. Since I have so many documents, it can be hard to find what I'm looking for or what I use the most. For example, I would prefer to have my Planner as the #1 document, but it's not possible since I use other documents intermittently (Date), my planner is not first alphabetically (Name) and my folders always come first (Type). If I could just click and drag where I'd like my documents, I would be able to organize my space much better.

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  2. I'm a medical student and I spent hours upon hours on this app.
    Few critical suggestions to help my time-management
    1. Specific search tool, to search within a folder or certain phrases when doing this "...", u know like the google search bar
    2. Audio speed, everyone keeps recommending it. So yeah obvious. Time management
    3. Sticky notes that can close and open when u click on them

    Those are the most important for now. I have some more in the back of my head, but those, oh boy... critical for a medstudent

    2 votes

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  3. Add the possibility to add “post-it” like page marker to one or more page, and then the possibility to enable them side-viewing. It’ll be really more user-friendly than the current index function, where you need some clicks to display every time, and makes your experience stressfull and frustrating. Also the auto-level of these page marker would be top, so you can write on the them and have a clean,full-view of what the document contains. Photo attached for example

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  4. The creation of the market place where we could buy the designs of other creators, which is a great chance to support creators. However other apps are required to design and build the functionality of these planners, as the necessary tools are not available within goodnotes. The addition the necessary tools to your app will allow individual users to design their own planners specific to their needs, will expand on the creativity and personalisation of the planners, expanding on who can create planners without needing other apps to do so.

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  5. I would love to have a beveled brush option in good notes. This is the only tool I've been missing while using the app

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    1. Sub headings inside a folder to categorise each notebook.
    2. Assign picture or cover pic for each folder.
    3. An option to lock a specific folder or notebook with password.

    Thank you
    Dr. Jibin Gladston
    jibingladstone@gmail.com

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  6. please add an option to create hyperlinks within notes ,

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  7. I would love to have an option to select the standard mouse and highlight text on Mac

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  8. When I write my iPad heats up and drains the battery , I see this issue has not even been a priority for goodnotes users like my self

    When will it be fixed and not just worked on being fixed ?

    I love your app but if I can get more screen time, less heat and less drainage I’ll move to another app

    Also please include some organization for the folders I like some of the organization but it can feel overwhelming this being all over the place I like ABCD organization it’s terrible

    Thanks

    2 votes

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  9. After coping text from and pdf and pasting into GoodNotes there should be an option to return to the previous tool, such as the pen, to go straight to adding notes or drawing. Much like the eraser can automatically return to the pen.

    2 votes

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  10. I think that GOODNOTES should change its organization system and make it more clear where the notes are just like notability

    2 votes

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  11. 希望可以添加只显示收藏页的功能,以便于检阅所收藏的页面

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  12. give me an option to cancel Text recognition in PDF !
    when i hand-write on a pdf - Select it and copy , I cant open the options to paste it!
    it keeps recognizing the pdf words instead of opening the small option bar

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  13. When using an image in background for annotaion two things would be great:
    - disable/lock image in background so one can select/move/copy... notes made on
    that image without affecting the image itself.

    • allow grouping elemts s.t. those elements are selected together. Image with notes on it is always moved etc. together with notes so layout is preserved
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  14. Maintain original Flashcard formatting when converting to study sets. E.g. page colour

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  15. things like dictionary and some keyboard functions do not work in the app

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  16. The current version of GoodNotes (5.9.106) uses the default highlighter colour of yellow when highlighting selected text with the "highlight" button in PDFs imported to Goodnotes. It would be great if GoodNotes could provide us options of highlight colour then and there only (just like Apple default PDF reader), as it becomes tedious to select the text using lasso tool and then change the colour. Also, the pdf reading experience will be even worse for people not having an Apple pencil, as the highlight button is a far more accurate method of making crisp, accurate highlights than using finger or…

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  17. iCloud sync is very slow and usually doesn't work. It takes too long to leave the document that I am currently in to find the iCloud settings on the main page. If iCloud sync can't be fixed and made more efficient then it would at least be helpful to add a sync button somewhere within the document editing page to speed up the process for users

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  18. Exporting to PDF format creates unnecessary huge file sizes. Allow to save / export to Black & White, or with lower resolution, to minimize PDF file sizes.

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  19. Please please don’t get rid of the community tab! Unless it will be added to a possible GoodNotes 6, I love community please don’t get rid of it.

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