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Customer Suggestions for Goodnotes (Apple)

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  1. Inline handwrite replacement with custom fonts

    It would be nice to turn on a feature to replace your handwrite inline with custom font you choose and replace it.
    thanks

    3 votes
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  2. Turn handwritten titles into links

    I would love to be able to use the lasso tool to select a handwritten word in a notebook and have that take me to a particular section in my notes. I know you can link to a certain page, but from my knowledge the link must be typed and I would like to be able to be able to link to a section of the screen. This could maybe be done by zooming into a certain section that you want to link to and having a button up the top allowing you to save that position in the screen…

    5 votes
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  3. Search filter function

    Dear App Development Team,

    I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to suggest an enhancement for your application's search functionality. It would be highly beneficial if users could have the option to apply filters during their search, specifically to exclude certain folders from the search results. This feature would greatly improve the user experience by providing more control over the search process and ensuring that the results are more relevant to the user's needs.

    Thank you for considering my suggestion. I believe this feature would make a valuable addition to your app and look forward to seeing…

    1 vote
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  4. (interactive) page numbers / page numbering

    I wish for an interactive page numbering tool, that let's you place a field for autogenerated page numbers in your document or just a section of it.

    Here is my idea (translated by google):
    I love taking notes at university with Goodnotes. However, I find it cumbersome to add page numbers by hand to large documents. I use my own template for Goodnotes, which has a free field for page numbers at the bottom. I would like a function in Goodnotes that allows me to automatically generate page numbers and place them where I want.
    My idea includes a kind…

    2 votes
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  5. Improve shape support

    I heard about Goodnotes from Samuel Suresh, and one of the things that impressed me was the ability to quickly create digital designs that combine handwriting and solid backgrounds that would be much more difficult by hand. Here is an example video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mHPO69egAcA. Thing is, Goodnotes has abysmal shape support. Every application I’ve ever used that has shape support you can change the fill and usually stroke color. Not Goodnotes.

    To the GoodNotes Team: Is improved shape support on the future roadmap? Take Freeform: You can quickly add zillions of shapes which are fully customizable. You don’t need to…

    3 votes
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  6. Table of Contents

    Please create an auto-generated table of contents template, that can also be edited. This should include an option to sort by date, through your outline, or topics.

    Someone else said "Allow me to select the text, eg my page heading like (meeting to discuss projected financial) and then click on a button which shoots the page heading to an automatically generated table of contents in the front of the Notebook. Table of contents will be built using all the specified headings, and should also display the date of that entry for easy reference." THIS IS GREAT AND SO HELPFUL.

    7 votes
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  7. Lecture Slides next to notes template

    Please add a feature where you can attach a blank sheet (either the same size or slightly smaller) directly next to a downloaded document. I understand that you can open the same notebook in a different window, but it is not functional to have the notes go below the document (or in my case lecture PowerPoint). It is impossible to keep my written notes organized while writing on the same slide as my notes. It is confusing and distracting. Think like a Cornell note style template, where you have room to write notes as well

    7 votes
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  8. Resize tool DOESN’T anchor from the centre

    When using the resize tool to resize images, stickers, text, handwriting etc… the resize tool anchors from the centre so when you pull it down at the bottom it will also shoot up at the top. This makes it hard to get it to the exact size you want as you can’t predict exactly half of how much bigger you want it if that makes sense. Basically just have options on all four sides to pull out or push in the image etc…

    4 votes
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  9. Turn off ruler snap to zero

    The ruler is great, but it snaps to zero if I try my mnully set it to a small angle. I have a pdf that is scanned to a slight angle, so I want to tweak the ruler to just a few degrees (less than 5)

    I know I can manually pick a specific number, but I don’t know the number. I just know if I tweak it just so…it lines up with the pdf lines. But then it snaps back to zero

    Just let me turn off snap to zero.

    2 votes
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  10. CAPTURE

    I normally use noose to capture the image. But there are too many steps to capture. ( drag + push + select screenshot + share + copy )
    Please make capture tool.

    1 vote
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  11. Typing with GoodNotes 6 for Mac

    The typing function of this app is nearly unusable. There are too many flaws to list, but the most frustrating is that when typing, lines do not automatically carry over to the next page, and when selecting the "Add Page to Carry Over" button, the following page is often formatted differently and/or missing lines. Additionally, pasting from a different GoodNotes document with the same format results in missing or "hidden" lines of text. This is a premium priced note taking app with many (useless) features, paying users expect basic functions to perform properly. I switched from Notability for reasons less…

    1 vote
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  12. trim audio recording

    Sometimes we users forget to stop the audio recording, and wake up the next day to a notebook that has been recording for 12+ hours. Currently there is no way to trim the audio recording. It would be great if it were possible to trim it so only the part we're interested in remains in the notebook :D

    9 votes
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  13. Page sorter

    I cannot change the order of the pages
    . For example I want to make page 6 to be page 2 . We can make a feature to sort pages

    1 vote
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  14. Windows Spacebar page drag tool

    It's just annoying to have to scroll with the mouse on windows. I don't have a touch screen, at least add the option to hold the spacebar and drag the page like every other app. I love good notes but not having this is just like making my money not worth it. I pay for goodnotes but have to struggle every 15 seconds to rearange the page with the scroll sliders that disapear after 2 seconds.

    1 vote
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  15. Summarize the highlighters

    Have a specific area to view all the context highlighted

    1 vote
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  16. Larger zoom constraints for greater accessibility

    It is difficult to write in corners of a page while resting your hand on the screen. The ability to rearrange the page to a position where the corner of the page is near the center of the screen would improve user accessibility and comfort while writing.

    2 votes
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  17. horizontal scroll lock

    I would like to be able to lock my horizontal position as I scroll vertically along a page. If I am trying to edit a document and zoom in very close to a blank section, it is difficult to determine whether my page is moving horizontally during my vertical scrolls. A lock button to prevent horizontal scrolling or vertical scrolling in some applications of goodnotes would be helpful in having peace of mind while scrolling in a relatively blank area of a document.

    8 votes
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  18. Ability to "flip" Image/sticker

    Having the ability to vertically or horizontally flip a imported image or sticker. This would be so beneficial for architecture red lines!

    23 votes
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  19. Hyperlinks

    Add in a tool/icon that allows for hyperlinks to be dropped into notebooks.
    This will help with references, citations, web links that I need to remember for later or external landing pages for logins. I use Goodnotes for study, work notebook, and a personal planner so being able to hyperlink other locations on my ipad, or externally from the web will benefit me across all of these aids.

    1 vote
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  20. Updated planner / daily updated dates

    Users will be grateful for a planner/calendar/notes that update the date on a daily basis

    2 votes
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