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  1. It is very annoying to have an original pdf where original dimensions are larger than the default A4 pages of goodnotes.

    If I want to add a blank page to take supplementary notes, I have to struggle with that.

    1 vote

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  2. I adore GoodNotes and am happy to pay for each new version. But just please, don’t force users into a terrible subscription service that is against App Store rules. Keep doing what you’re doing, I’ll keep paying when it’s time for an upgrade. I really love this app, I really do.

    4 votes

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  3. For GoodNotes 5 it would be nice to have more than 3 color and line presets on the toolbar. GoodNotes 4 had many easily accessible color presets and up to 4 line presets. It would make switching colors or line weights much easier.

    38 votes

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  4. There should be an endless page option. The actual page dimensions available are typical of a paper notebook. Turn digital! See apple notes app where there is no limit. Simple!

    3 votes

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  5. Please fix “keyboard shorcuts” while in text mode. Goodnotes for some weird reason only makes you select a letter to switch between tools instead of “ command and the letter. So when trying to type on a external keyboard i cant type a P,E,H,S,L,I,C,or T with out it completely switching tools and existing out of typing mode. I feel like this is pretty big oversite and is unfortunately the only reason i have to us notability over good notes when typing at times. I can understand if this is a mac feature but as far as an ipad goes its…

    11 votes

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  6. Track changes: allow users to see changes that they've made to their notes document so that they can restore to previous versions if necessary
    View previous versions: allow users to see any previous saved versions of their document and allow them to restore to a version if necessary.

    19 votes

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  7. Currently GoodNotes is only available to Apple Users.
    If GoodNotes became available to Windows users, this would broaden their platform and reach over 100 million students.
    Most college students are on a tight budget - by reaching the Windows platform you are reaching approximately 70% of college students

    Make GoodNotes available for Windows/PC users.

    1 vote

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  8. I'm using GN intensiv and missing one important feature: Virtual Notebook(s) based on a search. This feature should be similar to the intelligent folder in apple mail. I'd like to define a search by keyword as a Virtual notebook. This will help me to quickly get an overview on all pages wich belongs to my key word(s). Having multiple virtual notebooks will help me organizing my self even better.
    It should be possible to read and write in the virtual notebook. Adding a new page should optional add a text box with the key words.

    Use Case: I'm using GN…

    1 vote

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  9. It would be great to have an edit opportunity while studying flash cards.
    Searching the current flash card in large notebooks to edit small mistakes is time consuming.

    30 votes

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  10. GoodNotes seems to change the page template into the last page of a PDF when I import it to a document.
    I would like GoodNotes to ask me if it changes the template every time I import a PDF.

    3 votes

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  11. Please add two-factor authentication whenever I want to open my document for maximum security.
    I am a medical student and I do not want my classmates to steal my notes and surpass me.
    Moreover, receiving an email or a text message when the document is opened would be extremely useful.
    Thank you for reading and voting for the idea. Never give up your privacy!

    4 votes

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  12. I would like to have the option to write by text fractions and powers. Things that are used in mathematical quite often.

    12 votes

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  13. I would like to have the feature that the drop menu "add site" not only contains the last used standard sizes, but also a page suggestion depending on the previous page size. This would make it much easier to insert a suitable page of the same format in pdf documents or presentations to make notes without having to guess or try out the correct format of the document.

    2 votes

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  14. Would appreciate if you could have appearing gridlines that would help you to align text boxes.

    84 votes

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  15. You can’t save or export highlights on PDFs imported into GoodNotes. But given GoodNotes is such a nice PDF reader, I want to do reading in GoodNotes and then be able to use the content I’ve highlighted elsewhere, e.g. combine it with highlights in Pocket or Instapaper, as part of my research workflow. But at the moment the highlights are static and stuck in the app, so you have to go back through each reading 1 at a time. Enabling highlight exporting — especially if automated via Readwise — would be a gamechanger in allowing me to use GoodNotes for…

    18 votes

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  16. Add a "Duplicate" item to the selection pop-up menu so one can duplicate a selection with one tap instead of having to first select copy, then press-and-hold to show the pop-up menu, then select paste.

    The duplicated selection’s position could be determined by available canvas space or simply be shown slightly overlapping the original selection.

    I’ve attached an image showing the desired behaviour.

    11 votes

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  17. It would be super to just be able to login to your account and access the last synced version of your notebooks, google drive doesn’t sync properly

    158 votes

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  18. I’m a scientist and wanted to be able to trade a list of document titles, sizes, and dates with a colleague so we could be sure we were working from the same source documents.

    Academic publishing is often paywalled. If you need access to a document and you don’t have access to the journal, it’s accepted that you’ll fire off an email for a copy, and not publicly share it, so two folks from different institutions may not have access to the same journals.

    So we need title, origin date, last date changed, and file size, preferably in both Numbers…

    1 vote

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  19. Please add a type of "streamline" for each pen type that is adjustable so it would fit each individuals needs and wants.
    It would improve handwriting which would prevent me from spending so much time during note taking to go back and rewrite things and it would make the notes that I do write much easier to read. It would make notes more aesthetically pleasing and legible which would save time. It is an easy win win win situation.

    47 votes

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  20. In many cases when using the text box option I can adjust the line spacing and font size but the more I type the less the text actually stays on the lines of the page. So far, the only way to deal with this issue is to create multiple text boxes when the text starts to drift away from the lines. In most cases, I like to text for the full length of the page and it's difficult when even the line spacing doesn't actually stay consistent.

    30 votes

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