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  1. Add an option to horizontally flip all the templates to be used with right to left languages.
    As an example: Cornell notes with Hebrew should be flipped…

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  2. It would be great to have an option for dictionaries, so when we read some PDFs in a foreign language, we can make notes and just click and translate if needed.

    I know there are reading apps to do that, but they don´t provide as good tools for notes as yours...

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  3. The Lasso Tool should be integrated into the Zoom Window. I believe this feature would be useful to many others who are accustomed to using the Zoom Window for normal writing. It's tedious to have to exit the window just to move objects around, change the color, or other common tasks using the lasso. Being able to utilize the lasso without having to exit the Zoom Window every time would just increase ease of use.

    Thanks!

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  4. I work with both audio and text. For example, when I have a lecture recording, I listen to it but I also prefer to write it down because it makes it easier for me to go back to the information. I'm not able to write down everything because it's a lot to manage but I still get tired of doing it manually. I wish I had a tool that would transcribe the audio for me and I can just copy & paste the parts that I want into my notes. I'm thinking of how Youtube automatically adds subtitles to videos…

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  5. 1Can you get the pen for draw a Dashed line Because I think its hardly to draw and delete point by point .
    2 I want eraser can change size . I think The smallest eraser has little big for me.

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  6. I would love to have a feature where I could turn on dark mode only in GoodNotes and that I don’t have to turn on dark mode on the whole iPad

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  7. two-way sync option for google drive where deleted files on the app will also be deleted on google drive. Upon the google drive sync, folders that I have moved or deleted were still there

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  8. Add the option to make the selection tool rectangular to make it easier and faster to select things that do not overlap with any other elements. Would also make it easier to crop out things e.g. from a Powerpoint presentation.

    Something similiar to the selection tool from Notability

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  9. please add the ability to create layers and manipulate layers. Second please add the ability to create text like ZN where you can use any test that is in your ipad

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  10. In the latest update to Goodnotes, the shape tool doesn't easily create standard shapes, especially rectangles/squares. E.g., if the shape is drawn too quickly and the corner points are not even, the resulting shape is an irregular four-sided polygon instead of a rectangle with 90 deg corners and parallel sides. I would imagine the need for rectangles is much greater than irregular four-side polygons. Otherwise, fantastic product that I've recommended to anyone considering a tablet for note-taking.

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  11. This is an amazing feature notability has that is extremely welcome and needed in Goodnotes. The text function in goodnotes is flawed and if you don’t use the default 24 point, you are completely out of luck and text doesn’t line up with the spacings

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  12. At base, Go to Last requires far less clicks compared to Go to Page. For example,

    With Go to Last:
    1) Click overflow menu
    2) Click Go to Last

    Without Go to Last:
    1) Click overflow menu
    2) Click Go to Page to highlight page numbers (“remember” what the last page number is because the number changes to the current page when clicked)
    3) Type first digit (from this point forward one is interfacing with the keyboard)
    4) Type second digit...and so on
    5) Type Enter

    So you can see there are not only more clicks, but there is an…

    32 votes

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  13. It would be great to have it as it was in goodnotes 4.
    It aus uncomfortable to switch tools only in the upper toolbar while writing in the zoom window

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    1. Selection issue: The lasso tool selection is always a problem as it gets de-selected. I think the lasso tools options can pop out when we click inside the selection region and could be de-selected when clicked/tapped outside selection area.

    2. The move/resize: Moving sometimes have to be done by resizing the content. In my opinion, the selected region can have 2 small icons on left and right hand one for move option and one for resize option.

    3. It is not possible to change the colour of highlighter when already done. it changes the colour of text as well. It would be…

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  14. When using the scissor tool, I would like to not only be able to change the color, but also the thickness of the selected drawing.

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    1. Ablity to select pages to be imported (e.g. importing only 1 page from a whole book)
    2. Import of PDF bookmarks in some form
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  15. The pdf outline tab is a great feature and it is already incorporated.
    It would be fabulous to use this collapsable outline to structure and easily navigate lengthier notebooks. For instance for study notes this would be more than helpful.
    On the other i could often use these little red flags as bookmark signs like other apps have (bamboo paper, notability and most ebook readers). This is faster because you dont need to specify a bookmark text, you can unmark easily and you have a visual clue in the thumnail preview.
    The bookmarks tab could then be used to show…

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  16. We would like the ability to tag a chunk of notes that has been converted to text, and have it sync with iOS Reminders and Calendars, and Google Tasks and Calendar items

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  17. bezier curves are easy to implement and would be great to quickly draw some graphs and curves. I am an engineering student and I have to draw lots of diagramms, a bezier curve option would be handy.

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  18. I like the toolbar at the bottom because it's easier to change between pen, eraser and highlighter like that. But, when the toolbar is set to bottom, the zoom window moves to the top of the screen, which is more or less unusable. Please keep the zoom window on the bottom or maybe put the full tool bar directly on the zoom window.

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