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  1. Can we have a pen only erase feature!
    Would be super great when I quiz myself on anatomical stuff so i dont have to worry about constantly erasing what I taped over., I just want to erase only what I write on top of the tape not both!

    3 votes

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  2. Similar to your auto-correct feature, this tool would recognize the handwriting and make it neater and more consistent.
    It would not be the convert feature, which although very useful for the same purposes, requires time and effort, disturbs diagrams and mind maps, and is not as user-friendly as the refine feature in Apple Notes, which I have missed since switching to GoodNotes.

    9 votes

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  3. Goodnotes is the best and only app for me in terms of handwritten notes of any kind on my iPad. The only update I have been waiting is TAGS.

    4 votes

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  4. Being able to type documents and adding text fields to handwritten docs is great, but the style options (fonts, text size, …) are quite limited.
    I would really enjoy more advanced typing features to make the experience of typing documents feel closer to Microsoft Word oder Apple Pages.
    I know the focus of GoodNotes is still handwriting, but just little improvements like making it more accessible/quicker to change fonts or text style (or even keyboard shortcuts) would enhance the experience of being able to use just one app for handwritten and typed notes!

    2 votes

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  5. A eye dropper for the pen and high lighter because a lot of people use this app to study or for calendars (including myself) and some people like to group things with high lighters or underline and it’s pretty hard going back and checking if you got the right color or if it’s slightly lighter or darker especially with the highlights

    277 votes

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  6. I love reading PDFs with GoodNotes on my tablet, because it is comfortable, and I can highlight and scribble notes.

    Sometimes I'm reading a paper and it will keep referring to a figure on a previous page. I would love to temporarily lassoo that figure, and keep it as a floating window/overlay while I'm otherwise normally scrolling, reading, and marking the document.

    Think of this as similar to the "Document split view" of some word processors, but much more flexible, and taking much less space away from the main document view.

    1 vote

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  7. Please add a button, that you can change your email address.

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  8. When in use, it often leads to accidental finger touches that trigger the long-press function for adding comments, thereby interrupting the writing process. This issue occurs very frequently and significantly affects the user experience. I hope a switch can be added to disable this function.

    1 vote

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  9. It would be nice to be able to adjust the sensitivity of scribble to erase. Sometimes, when trying to erase large blocks of writing, if you don't scribble thoroughly enough Goodnotes won't recognize that you're trying to erase and you have to do it again. Maybe there could be a feature for us to determine how sensitive we want it to pick up on scribble-to-erase, for users who use it really often to erase?

    5 votes

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  10. Instead of manually adding words into the custom words section allow for text to be selectable and be able to press 'learn' on a popup menu similar to word

    1 vote

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  11. I would like you to implement the "justified text" since it is a very useful function especially for those of us who are in college and have to write many essays. It seems like a very simple function that can be forgotten but it is definitely very useful. I would appreciate it if you implemented it soon <3

    1 vote

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  12. I truly appreciate the powerful note-taking experience that GoodNotes offers. However, I would love to see a Pin Notes feature and a Quick Access Folder option to enhance workflow efficiency.

    Currently, navigating between different notes for ongoing study, work, or projects requires extra steps, which can be time-consuming. A pinned notes section would allow users to keep frequently used documents easily accessible.

    4 votes

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  13. I love to use the text tool but currently it is quite inconvenient to use. I would love to define my own text field styles and save them to reuse instead of always defining them again. Also it would be great to have a color picker in the style section so I don‘t need to copy the HEX Codes from e.g. Pen tool where the color picker is present.

    1 vote

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  14. It seems basic, but on Android, the web, and iOS, we're not allowed to view two Good Notes files at once. This is quite important, because sometimes you use two PDFs to study at the same time, and if it doesn't let you open two documents on the same screen, it becomes very difficult to study from this app.

    1 vote

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  15. At present, there are only fixed A4, A3 and other sizes, which cannot meet the needs of users. Even if the manuscript paper template is imported, the template can only be the built-in size of the software, so it is necessary to support the parameters of the custom manuscript paper, such as: size, upper, lower, left and right margins, background and line format and color, etc.

    1 vote

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  16. Refer to the "Page Extension" function in "Notes+" ("Notes+" is in the AppStore)

    1 vote

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  17. Architecture. We use Goodnotes to make floor plan diagrams, building schematics, and other. Requesting stickers you would find on a floor plan. ie. appliances, furniture, plumbing, etc

    2 votes

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  18. We need to see the zoom of the page to record the specific size of our writing, I’m lost for not having this visual control, also can block the zoom to write.

    2 votes

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  19. Samsung notes has a nice feature, where I can select a pen-modifier and a color, and when drawing over existing text, this text will change it's color to the selected color, which was set for the pen-modifier. It's quite similar to the Lasso-tool, to edit the color, but the lasso tool can be quite painful to use. Especially, if you have a big formula and want the change the color of specific letters in it. Then you would currently need to select every single letter anywhere in the formula, and then change it's color. With this new tool, I would…

    2 votes

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  20. I wish that the Audio continues to play in the background even if you aren't on the app (and even if your ipad is locked). It can get pretty annoying when you are listening and you have to go to another tab. Goodnotes also restarts the audio clip so you then have to hunt for the place where you just were. Notability and other apps have this feature so I wish this was integrated.

    1 vote

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