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  1. Add buttons to jump to beginning and end of of long documents.

    5 votes

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  2. Çok sayfadan oluşan dokümanlar için çerçeveler özelliğini kullanıyoruz. Ancak çerçeveler ile bir sayfaya gittikten sonra, tekrar başka bir sayfaya gitmek için çerçeveler sekmesini açtığımızda, çerçeveler in en başı çıkıyor ve tekrar aşağı inmek zorunda kalıyoruz. Mesela cevap anahtarı olan bir soru bankasında soru çözerken, soru sayfası ile sondaki cevap anahtarı arasında git gel yapmak zorlaşıyor. Bence çerçeveler sayfası açıldığında kullanılan sayfa en ortada olacak şekilde açılmalı. En baş sayfa en üstte olmamalı.

    2 votes

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  3. Allow me to auto sync so I don't have to wait when I toggle between my MacBook and my iPad

    2 votes

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  4. This might be a specific use case issue, but when having split screen of two different notebooks open, the Toolbar at the bottom covers up the page numbers. I know I can move the GoodNotes tool bar to the bottom, which in turn moves the page number to the top of the view, but this is an uncomfortable solution.

    So my suggestion is to move the page numbers up a bit when the tool bar shows. This way a person can easily reference the page number when making a master list for different parts of the document.

    1 vote

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  5. like in procreate app, to do like lettering titles

    3 votes

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  6. After selection of an object -> opportunity to immediate resize (no click) the selected object, like in Notability.

    3 votes

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  7. i use goodnotes to write all my class notes. even though it performs really well its very sad that its has only a handful of fonts of which most of them are creepy.
    so i used custom fonts to get the job done. but after ipados 14 apple limited font access by system fonts only. as a result even after installing custom profiles i am not able to see the installed fonts. many other apps like procreate can still use installed fonts..the new goodnotes in ipados 14 fails to do so which frustrates me a lot. kindly update the app…

    2 votes

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  8. The highlighter goes over the text changing the color and overall visibility of the words that we write. Please make it go under the text so that doesn't happen

    2 votes

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  9. Instead of "Using the Lasso Tool" guide button, you can change that area into toggle-able options for "selecting handwriting", or "selecting image", et cetera. With this way, I don't have to open the context menu from lasso tools, and also, that space will be more useful and UX friendly too.

    Please see my image for referencing.

    9 votes

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  10. I would like to toggle between ascending and descending sort order after selection name or date.

    I would suggest being able to tap again on the same sort type (Name/Date) to switch between ascending and descending order as this is already a common option in iOS software.

    16 votes

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  11. Instead of creating a notebook and then pasting the pages we copied earlier from another notebook, it will be easier if there is an option to insert pages from clipboard directly. (check sshot attached)

    1 vote

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  12. Please add an option to put the highlighter under the writing instead of over it, to make and keep it more colourful. Currently, the highlighter makes the writing black looking.

    4 votes

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  13. I can’t adjust size of text by using trackpad

    3 votes

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  14. if i write a text within a shape (rectangle), it cannot be found via the search

    3 votes

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  15. There is enough space left in the toolbar to have 4 (maybe even 5) preset pen-colors and -thicknesses displayed in the toolbar permanently.

    I use for my notes during lectures 4 different colors and I would save quite a lot of time if my 4th color could be displayed permanently as well.

    22 votes

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  16. This would allow to use other cloud services that are integrated into the Files app, in particular secure, end-to-end encrypted services.

    6 votes

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  17. Current state of the art in remote proctoring of exams is for students to be monitored via a webcam by a real person. As the exam is uploaded there is still room to cheat or to have someone else impersonate you. Handwritten exams have to be scanned at the end for upload. This service is not really available right now due to the lockdown and Universities are scrambling to find solutions that any way secure.
    If you write out your exam via goodnotes and you can record the forward facing cam and attach the two as a file this might…

    3 votes

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  18. In other apps when you scroll at speed, and then contact the trackpad with your fingers, the scrolling stops immediately. However, in GoodNotes, scrolling does not stop even when fingers contact the trackpad.

    Having a scrolling behavior that stops exactly when you want it to makes it much easier to quickly see a page as you scroll so that you know whether you’re on the right page yet, and also allows you to quickly scroll a single page down with a flick of the fingers, and then stop it immediately. It may not seem like much in writing, but it…

    2 votes

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  19. I have been using Notability for my class notes for over a year and am just now starting to use Goodnotes 5 specifically for bullet journaling. There are a few features I love in Notability that I think would be great in Goodnotes:
    * Clickable bullet lists when typing in Text
    * Alignment guides to show when elements are aligned to each other at right, left, & center

    And one other suggestion (not from Notability that I know of)... an optional line or dot grid that can be projected onto a page to help with alignment. Great if it can…

    24 votes

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  20. For the presentation mode, add invisibility for the following tools: the lasso dotted lines, the eraser area, notes and ink. For example, objects may be selected and moved without the audience seeing the dotted lines of the lasso tool. Or a fill in the blank page can be shown without the audience seeing the answers.

    3 votes

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