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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. It would be wonderful to create a file (A) that allowed me to compile pages from many other documents/files (B, C, D.....) into file A's outline instead of copying and importing into file A. This would help tremendously with research papers and consolidating information on one topic from multiple sources.

    1 vote

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  4. I’ve seen lots of ideas about outlines and in conclusion I think a side view plus the ability to add outlines as one would see fit (wether it is notebooks within notebooks or just inside a document like in Word with headings and titles). This is really one of the biggest shortcomings of GoodNotes and makes the app always feel replaceble.

    2 votes

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  5. Using some sort of gesture (3 finger from screen left), to pull up the outline menu with collapsible levels integrated into it... to be able to quickly navigate between chapters within a document. Currently too many clumsy clicks to get there.

    1 vote

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  6. Easy way of writing something and document automatically adds to page outline. For example, if I were to write “Chapter 2: Title”, GoodNotes will take that handwritten text and add it to the page outline. Either do it with a special pen, or a box used to highlight the text that is desired to be added. This way I don’t have write it, then go back and forth between the outline typing what I wrote.

    11 votes

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  7. The problem I currently face when I export my notes in pdf format is that I can only export it with the outline preserved or with searchable characters but not with both features, which is vexing to say the least as both are essential for me to structure my notes.

    It should not be a huge technological barrier for GoodNotes to break through,right? Thanks, I need this new feature stat.

    5 votes

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  8. Functionality:
    Using grid view you could import a long PDF sideways while being able to scroll the howl document down. You could name, hide/collapse and do other actions on sections by having a menu on the left and right of the page. Names could be saved in the outline feature.

    Use cases and benefits:
    Grid view could be beneficial if you have a long PDF you import and want to make Notes on a separate page. You could split the screen, but this would be much more time-consuming.
    It would also allow to skip a section of a document much…

    1 vote

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  9. An ability to have a sidebar for thumbnails etc so these are always available as a quick way to jump around a document rather than always having to open the separate window which is currently used. This would massively speed up workflow when working with large documents. Similar feature to what exists in Notability.

    14 votes

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  10. I type or dictate my notes, so they are typed on my mac.
    It would be nice to be able to do an outline format for my notes.

    this is a pain in goodnotes and since I don't just use it as a planner but a notetaking app it is something that is critical.

    I've actually started checking out other apps for class and bsns notes.

    2 votes

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  11. I would like to create sections and subsections within a custom document. Currently I can only create a list of pages that compose the outline.

    39 votes

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  12. It would be great to be able to add the first page of a document to the outline while importing to the current document (example image and functionality attached)

    1 vote

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  13. Currently, there is no way to add new entries to the "PDF Outlines". In principle, I would want to avoid using bookmarks to add "structure" to my documents: IMO, bookmarks should be temporary placeholders, whereas the outline is a more permanent structure of headings and subheadings.

    46 votes

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  14. Right now it is only possible to add an entire page to the Custom Outline or create a link to an entire page.

    It would critically enhance productivity if users were able to select some parts of the notebook and add it as a section in the outline, or create a link to a specific section or line of text.

    It should be possible to for instance mark some content such as handwritten text, an image, an Element, a Textbox etc. and either add it to the outline with a customized name, or create a link to some content.

    1 vote

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  15. If linked to the outline, the pages linked will guide me to the content I linked.
    Example for current situation:
    If I add one page before the content I wish to link on Document A, the current linked page will move to the next page from page 7 to page 8. And when I click on the link on Document B, it will still guide me to Document A, page 7. But the actual content has already moved to page 8 cause of adding a page.

    0 votes

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  16. Other pdf apps should be able to detect the bookmarks and outlines.

    130 votes

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  17. It would be great if I could select multiple pages and add to one outline, rather than having to copy and paste the outline title into each page.

    5 votes

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  18. Since handwritten recognition only work on Flatten export, and Editable is much bigger, it would be great to have the option to choose to include outlines in the Flatten Export.
    It could be a selectable option when exporting to PDF (Like including handwritten recognition)

    2 votes

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  19. Much like words or google docs, when you select text type to Heading 1,2,3. Outlines will automatically add the Heading to Outline page(like in the picture).

    This would be version useful and saves times when taking notes. still keep the "Add to Outline" button.

    4 votes

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  20. Hi! I would LOVE to create my own outlines which I can drop onto a page & create a standard way to write up meetings / to-do / projects etc. Here is how I see the idea:

    • I create a standard meeting outline (for example area's for Attendees, Agenda, Action Items etc).
    • I tap on an icon and add the outline to an existing page.
    • The outline is "locked" by default. So I can erase writing without changing the outline. Another way to think about this - layers in Photoshop.

    2 votes

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