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  1. Colour tagging an outline page

    Ability to tag an outline page with a colour so that I can make outlines in a document the way one would stick post it notes to the edge of a book. The ability to write a brief summary under the outline label which could be expanded would be incredibly helpful, allowing users to write a brief summary of the page.

    2 votes
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  2. More levels title in outline

    Hello, I would like to give goodnotes a suggestion. Can we add a second or multi-level heading to the goodnotes outline, which will allow us to find the target page more efficiently. At present, it is really inconvenient to only achieve a first-level title, and it is hoped that it will be adopted.

    8 votes
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  3. organise notebook into sections via the collapsable pdf outline tab

    The pdf outline tab is a great feature and it is already incorporated.
    It would be fabulous to use this collapsable outline to structure and easily navigate lengthier notebooks. For instance for study notes this would be more than helpful.
    On the other i could often use these little red flags as bookmark signs like other apps have (bamboo paper, notability and most ebook readers). This is faster because you dont need to specify a bookmark text, you can unmark easily and you have a visual clue in the thumnail preview.
    The bookmarks tab could then be used to show…

    34 votes
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  4. Automatically scroll to, and highlight, outline closest to current page in document view area when opening outline section of page grid view

    When opening the page grid view, and clicking on the outline section (as opposed to thumbnails section), it would be awesome if the outline section would automatically scroll down (and highlight/bolden) the outline that is closest to (but before or on) the current page the user is editing/looking at in the documents view page. Currently, every time the outline section of the page grid view is selected, the list shows the very top of the outline list, and the user has to scroll down to outlines that are relevant to the current page, as opposed to the outline section…

    3 votes
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  5. Add outline sub outlines please!

    I have to add an outline for each new thing I write. But I would love to be able to group the so they can collapse. I have to scroll so much to get to what I want to get through because I have so many! I thought with the new features that would be done already since I see something similar has been proposed in 2017! For $23 I should be able to group my things into one heading. The way it is when I download a planner from YOUR own market. Please. The scrolling is getting old.

    6 votes
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  6. Adding an outline by selected text in a PDF

    I work a lot with imported PDF and want to organize them with outlines. I usually select a headline on a page, copy the text, select Add Outline (with two clicks) and insert the copied text.

    I'd really like to select a text and have the option to directly add an outline in the context/selection menu (directly besides marking or copying the text).
    This would mean only 3-4 clicks instead of 8.

    5 votes
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  7. Dropdown in Outline Menu

    I request a feature to enhance the outlining of goodnotes files. I would like to be able to put add subsections with a dropdown menu in the existing outline feature for notebooks.

    1 vote
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  8. "Convert Handwriting to Text” directly to Add to Outline

    A common action that I perform in Goodnotes is the "Convert Handwriting to Text” and use that converted text as an Outline in my document. What would be nice is there was an option from the converted text window to save the converted text directly to an outline. I’ve attached a screen recording of the steps I currently go through to add an outline title.

    5 votes
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  9. erase only the pen & edit the outline

    1. Please put in the eraser mode to erase only the pen.

    2. Please allow me to put the outline in the outline.

    1 vote
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  10. Create collapsible outline with sub-sections

    Since some PDFs do not come with their "table of contents" already made, it would be incredibly helpful to be able to create an outline that has sub-sections that can be collapsed. Such as a long textbook with multiple sections each having multiple chapters - would love to be able to easily see the section titles and then expand each as needed to see each chapter within. The textbooks that come with this already made are so nice and it would be nice to be able to do this not only with PDFs but also with my hand written notebooks.

    11 votes
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  11. Outline and bookmarks to appear as a side menu

    In the iPad version, bookmarks and the outline appear as a pop-up, but it would be more convenient if they could appear as a side menu, the same way they appear in the MacOS version.

    This would enhance navigation in the iPad version as we can then keep the bookmark/outline bar open to quickly move to different sections of a file, and then close the side-menu when not needed.

    6 votes
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  12. Lasso selects outer objects from nested shapes

    I use lasso tool to move parts of my diagrams. Until last update, it was selecting only shapes under selected area. I was able to select inner shape from a nested shape. Unfortunately now every time I select a nested shape, the outer shape also move along. This is happening when outer shape is perfect shape (with shape tool). Kindly disable this feature or provide mode to select option.

    1 vote
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  13. Outline window should move automatically linked with main window

    In a document like 400 pages long, you will need to know where you are in the entire document, then Outline window is necessary. Currently the outline window is not linked to the main window, that means when you open 113 page in the main window, the outline window when opened shows first few pages(not linked to the main). You will need to scroll the outline window down to 113 pages, this is not helpful and kills the usefulness of outline window function. The paper based note has power of “at a glance” recognition/grasp of entire document size, PDF need…

    1 vote
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  14. About PDF outline

    please add Editing function of PDF outlines(outlines’s names , hierarchys)

    5 votes
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  15. Add outline editing, so we can create a TOC to navigate in

    I would like to be able to create and edit the outline section, and make it exportable into a PDF document, too!
    That would give me a table of contents at hand which would make it a breeze to navigate around chapters of my documents.

    10 votes
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  16. view full outline title in side bar

    I like the new feature where the outlines can be viewed in a side bar alongside the document. However I really wish I could have it that the outline title can wrap and go onto multiple lines instead of being cut off with ‘…’. Even though it would mean I have to scroll more to see all the outlines, I’d find it very useful to be able to read the full title I gave each page.

    3 votes
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  17. Outline AI

    It would be amazing if we could get an Update in Goodnotes 6 with an AI Copilot that outlines the most important informations of a page (also the handwritten) on the side to make them easier to learn. Please also integrate an connection to this AI with the vocabularies, to generate them automatically from the note page.

    4 votes
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  18. Function allowing permanent toggling "custom outline/PDF outline" for outline filter within notebooks

    I have been a Goodnotes user for over 5 years, and it is currently my primary note-taking app for my studies in medical school. I have recently noticed a small redundancy that I believe can make the user experience a lot smoother if a slight improvement is made. When accessing the outlines within a notebook composed of imported PDFs, there are both custom outlines and auto-imported PDF outlines. As is the case with many students, the PDF outlines are often cluttered and sometimes irrelevant, so custom outlines are instead used to divide the various subsections…

    2 votes
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  19. Outline level

    This is the function

    Thank you 🙏

    6 votes
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  20. Go to page option when long pressing an outline

    On outlines page Currently when you long press an outline you can only delete it or change its name, an option to go to the that page could be really useful.

    Right now the only way to this to go to the thumbnails, then to the outlines, then to the page, then to the thumbnails again.

    Something like the one in the picture could be small thing to add and could be pretty useful

    2 votes
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