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  1. Much like the writing magnifier, except it will convert your written words in that window in real time onto the page as typeface text.

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  2. Hi!

    Goodnotes is amazing, it transformed my ipad experience. The one gripe I have is that it is really cumbersome to switch between pen and eraser. I suggest that when the stylus is used, and "single finger drag" is turned off, I should be able to turn on "single finger erase". So write with stylus, erase with finger, drag with two fingers.

    Hope this is a small and easy feature... I'd definitely pay for it!

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  3. Since the iPad Pro differentiates between pencil and finger interaction why not while using the pencil allow the finger to erase. This would be very efficient for the users.

    41 votes

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  4. 41 votes

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  5. Reduce size of PDF option.. I have retina and 1 PDF send is 2 mb!!

    Not zip though... Some tablets cannot open

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  6. I would be very smart to make elements lockable ! I can’t find it anywhere :/

    40 votes

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  7. add Hebrew support for the "speak" feature.
    the text ( box ) tool doesn't work well with Hebrew as well.
    the text is lagging, switching to the wrong side duplicating and much more. ( the duplicating is completely random and its happening very often, its the most annoying bug ).
    a lot of Hebrew users use goodnotes yet don't participate in the forum community.

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  8. You can add the option to create table of content without the need to draw any one every time
    And I would that you will add the Hebrew language for the handwriting recognition

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  9. Allow saving favorite text styles: combination of font, size, color, alignment. Allow choosing which style to use from a list of favorites.

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  10. Please add a feature where I can view all of the phrases/sentences I’ve highlighted in a particular document, sorted by highlight color and arranged by page order. Preferably exportable into a PDF file. It would be very useful for students like me. Thanks!

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  11. Can we bring back the zoom toolbar options from GoodNotes 4 such as the undo/redo and pen color options??

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  12. I have trouble changing the color of text. Usually I have to write the text in black, highlight, and then change to whatever color I want. Sometimes I need to repeat this 3 or 4 times to get the color to change. Sometimes it doesn’t work at all. Perhaps its a bug, but it would be great if you could change the default color of text and didn’t have to repeat this process every time.

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  13. I like pens of a specific thickness because of my handwriting, but I find it a hassle to have to select my preferred pen size all the time (I feel the smallest default size is too big, so I like 1.0). I would like to be able to set some customized pens as “favorites” to be able to easily switch between them, similar to how we have some default pens. To add to this, I think adding textures to the pens to give it a traditional look would be great, along with a stabilizer setting to make our handwriting smoother.…

    40 votes

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  14. I use GoodNotes to create revision notes. The ability to add videos and/or embed online videos from sites such as you tube or Vimeo would be a great asset. Moreover, the ability to either link, or embed Microsoft documents such as PowerPoint/excel/word would also be very very useful. That way I could condense 25 thick binders full of info, into one place on my iPad.

    40 votes

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  15. Add more options to the highlighting function such as
    - square corners (for colouring in)
    - opacity settings
    - turning off the layering when you go over a previously highlighted area

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  16. I think it would be great to support solid background colors. For example black, so I could draw in white. You already have a fabulous palette of colors for the pen. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has laboriously colored in blank space with one color to then drawn on top. Thanks!

    40 votes

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  17. I'd like to be able to position the task bar on the side or bottom. I'm a lefty and hook my hand around a lot. The hand position setting works okay with palm recognition on the page itself, but because my hand comes around from the top, I still bump into the controls on the toolbar.

    40 votes

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  18. Beside the Dropbox sync an OwnCloud would be cool. It gives more flexibility in using GoodNotes.
    Dirk

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  19. Gestures would erase lines without switching to the Eraser. Allow a variety of gestures: scratch back and forth, make a proof-reader's delete stroke etc. Ideal would be a way to define your own gestures.

    This is a feature at least one other (left nameless) drawing app has, and makes writing/drawing really fluid.

    40 votes

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  20. I suggest an addition to the tape feature that would allow the user to cover/uncover all of the tape on the current page. This would be extremely useful in slides such as anatomical diagrams, which have many possible areas to cover and study. This feature would immediately remove the repetitiveness of having to go back through and individually re-cover names.

    39 votes

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