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  1. For those who want to customize their notebooks by adding stickers this is a very easy way to get nice stickers. Simply by downloading from app store any keyboard sticker app that you want, then insert a text box at goodnotes, switch the keyboard which belongs to the sticker app and finally copy or paste any sticker you want. I use chatsticker. Good luck

    7 votes

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  2. I often need to go back and forth between multiple documents. Can we have three or four such open documents at once, possibly selecting them from icons on a toolbar, etc?

    108 votes

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  3. I often want to use my GoodNotes documents (as PDFs or Images) in many different locations.

    It would be great if I could just open GoodNotes on Mac and simply drag and drop the pages (or selected pages) I’m interested in to the Finder and let it export that way. That would make for a very efficient workflow.

    3 votes

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  4. Using the Apple pencil is really cool, but I find that undoing and redoing is really annoying using the toolbar at the top. Having a feature like in Procreate to undo with a 2 finder tap and redo with a 3 finger tap would make taking notes much more fluid.

    393 votes

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  5. Would like the ability to import fonts into the app. That way you get the font you want when typing.

    73 votes

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  6. The splitscreens option allows the user to see two pages of one document at once. With this option the user can open an informative pdf on the one side while taking notes on a different sheet on the other side.

    16,592 votes

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    We’re excited to announce that we have completed this feature. It is now available in the update GoodNotes 5.3 for iPadOS (13.1).

    With the update, we added full support for iPadOS’ multiple windows. It lets you do much more than viewing two documents side by side. To read everything you need to know about opening multiple documents, please visit goodnotes.com/ipad-os.

    How to open a new window:

    You can now open GoodNotes in multiple windows to view two documents side by side, view two pages of the same document in Split View, or pair it with other apps in spaces across your entire system. To open a new window, drag any of the elements listed below to the side of your screen:

    - the app icon from the dock
    - documents from the library
    - folders from the library
    - individual pages from the document thumbnail view
    - tabs from the…

  7. I would love to see an addable Safari extension to easly tranfer content from websites of all types into GoodNotes.

    12 votes

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  8. Especially for the iPad Pro 12.9inch it can have 2 pages side by side in landscape. It would great though that the two pages can be selected by the users like a compare feature.

    19 votes

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    We’re excited to announce that we have completed this feature. It is now available in the update GoodNotes 5.3 for iPadOS (13.1).

    With the update, we added full support for iPadOS’ multiple windows. It lets you do much more than viewing two documents side by side. To read everything you need to know about opening multiple documents, please visit goodnotes.com/ipad-os.

    How to open a new window:

    You can now open GoodNotes in multiple windows to view two documents side by side, view two pages of the same document in Split View, or pair it with other apps in spaces across your entire system. To open a new window, drag any of the elements listed below to the side of your screen:

    - the app icon from the dock
    - documents from the library
    - folders from the library
    - individual pages from the document thumbnail view
    - tabs from the…

  9. Sometimes you want to highlight for a purpose (follow up, to do etc.). Once you are done, you might want to undo the highlight. Would be great if a highlight is a layer that can be removed layer instead of becoming flattened onto the page.

    70 votes

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    The eraser in GoodNotes 5 can be set to “erase highlighter only”. Tap and hold on the eraser icon in the toolbar to access these settings. Don’t forget disabling it again afterward.

  10. If one could share a notebook and work on it with somebody else in real time that woukd be huge. Things like online tutoring and group projects would be so much easier.

    79 votes

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  11. I understand the the primary application is the iOS application, but Goodnotes would be even better if the Mac version was as functional as the iOS version. The Mac version has not been updated since November 7, 2016. This application crashes and has many syncing problems associated with the iOS version. The Mac application is $7.99 in the App Store, but I would be willing to pay more if it was functional and offered a better experience with Goodnotes.

    I have talked with Goodnotes support and they are well aware of their syncing issues. I hope they adapt any fixes…

    3 votes

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  12. one type of paper that I like in other apps (and in real life) is dotted grid paper. it's like graph paper but instead of lines, there's just a dot at every intersection. example: http://www.dottedpaper.com/

    70 votes

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  13. We need linked audio recording so that we won't miss anything in the class or in meetings!

    The reason behind the success of NOTABILITY is the audio recording functionality, I use notability just for that!

    Please add it.

    11,323 votes

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  14. Since the app can tell which inputs are from the Apple Pencil and which are from your hands, why not allow navigation with one finger(instead of two) while using the Apple Pencil to write? It'll be much more intuitive and efficient.

    192 votes

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  15. Insert or record video and post it into the notebook (makes the notebook come to life). Insert sticker to decorate and customize the notebook. Allow users to go online within the app and crop out sections they want

    56 votes

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  17. Looking to buy an iPad Pro but I need to work with a movie script Pdf open on "A" side so I can mark-up the page and be able to write scene notes in another file on "B" side at the same time. The files exist in the same GoodNotes "Sub-Category". Is this possible yet?

    16 votes

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    We’re excited to announce that we have completed this feature. It is now available in the update GoodNotes 5.3 for iPadOS (13.1).

    With the update, we added full support for iPadOS’ multiple windows. It lets you do much more than viewing two documents side by side. To read everything you need to know about opening multiple documents, please visit goodnotes.com/ipad-os.

    How to open a new window:

    You can now open GoodNotes in multiple windows to view two documents side by side, view two pages of the same document in Split View, or pair it with other apps in spaces across your entire system. To open a new window, drag any of the elements listed below to the side of your screen:

    - the app icon from the dock
    - documents from the library
    - folders from the library
    - individual pages from the document thumbnail view
    - tabs from the…

  18. Notability has a feature that allows the user to disable the iOS sleep timer thereby allowing the iPad to stay awake. I would love this feature to be a part of the options menu in GoodNotes. I teach with and from my iPad. However, if I am only using GoodNotes to look at my notes/lesson my iPad goes to sleep and I have wake it up, etc. I know that I can turn off the sleep timer from my iPad's settings menu, but then I have to remember to turn it back on each time I'm finished teaching. This may…

    13 votes

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  19. I want you to see 2 pages on the landscape screen.

    4 votes

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    We’re excited to announce that we have completed this feature. It is now available in the update GoodNotes 5.3 for iPadOS (13.1).

    With the update, we added full support for iPadOS’ multiple windows. It lets you do much more than viewing two documents side by side. To read everything you need to know about opening multiple documents, please visit goodnotes.com/ipad-os.

    How to open a new window:

    You can now open GoodNotes in multiple windows to view two documents side by side, view two pages of the same document in Split View, or pair it with other apps in spaces across your entire system. To open a new window, drag any of the elements listed below to the side of your screen:

    - the app icon from the dock
    - documents from the library
    - folders from the library
    - individual pages from the document thumbnail view
    - tabs from the…

  20. We need a desktop version. It makes it so much harder to do work when you can't flip back and forth. PLEASE!!!

    329 votes

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