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  1. Most of the time we use the highlighter to make note of something we want to remember/study. It would be cool if I can use the Question highlighter to highlight a term and the Answer highlighter to highlight the answer. By doing this, flashcards are generated automatically. Happy to chat if needed.

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  2. Better text support
    - bold, italics, underline
    - strike through
    - super/sub scripts
    - bullet points
    - checklist
    - numbering
    - math editor

    Eraser - whole or erase by stroke

    Better share/export an printing
    - pick pages instead of one or all
    - pick format (pdf, etc)
    - choose paper
    - choose margins
    - password protection
    - export with recordings
    - export and print preview

    18 votes

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  3. It would be a lot more convenient if I could place the toolbar on the side of the screen so I could easily reach it with my non-writing hand.

    18 votes

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  4. Sometimes I want to copy an area of a pdf file. The current workflow ist:

    lasso it -> click screenshot -> click share button -> click copy -> paste.

    What about lasso -> copy [as image] -> paste?

    The current state is really annoying. In Notability, you can do that with one tap. That shouldn't be too hard to implement, since the screenshot feature is already implemented. After copying something, a pencil tap should instantly open the copy-paste menu instead of holding.

    18 votes

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  5. It would be great if highlighters worked on black paper just as on white. What I mean is: if I write with black pen on white, the highlighter goes behind the written text, but if I write on black paper with white tint, the highlighter goes over the text. I prefer using the dark theme.

    18 votes

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  6. Allow the ability to change the opacity of an item after it is pasted within a document

    18 votes

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  7. Be able to use the lasso tool while zoomed in on the iPad.

    18 votes

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  8. sir i request you to please add also hindi language in Handwritting recognize feature.

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  9. Now we can use the red bookmark feature to highlight a page or the red star button for folders. However it would make it even better if one could change colors of those bookmarks and therefore find them in different areas, like with MacOS (see attached image).

    18 votes

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  10. 1) Multiple types and colors
    2) Naming

    18 votes

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  11. It would be useful to being able to write in a document even with the toolbar being invisible. This had the effect that the whole page being visible would be bigger as it fills the whole iPad screen.
    Maybe you could create some kind of „mini toolbar“ in pop-up style that could be used in this mode.

    18 votes

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  12. Sometimes I accidentally click on the star on a document from my favorites and it immediately removes it from the list.

    Please add a toast message to allow undo for this operation.

    18 votes

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  13. When using a hyperlinked notebook, it would be nice to add a template that is unique for just that particular notebook.

    For example, if that notebook has a hyperlinked "note page", right now you have to scroll to find it, copy the page and then manually paste it before/after the page you are working on.

    Having a specific page "pinned" in the "Add page" section would save time.

    Custom templates are generalized currently, and adding hyperlinked pages to your collection removes the hyper link rendering it useless.

    I use hyperlinked notebooks all the time - this would be a wonderful…

    18 votes

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  14. As an upgrade to the one-directional auto-backup feature, I hope there would be an auto-sync function available which allows me to automatically view my numerous uploaded files in gdrive in goodnotes without having to export them one by one.

    18 votes

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  15. Tool to detect color used anywhere in the document.

    18 votes

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  16. Hi it would be great if u could add various geometric instruments to the application, like a ruler, a rounder/compas , a protractor. Thank you

    18 votes

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  17. It may not seem important to many, but when doing some tracker marking to fill up rectangle shapes, it is so hard using a rounded highlighter. I end up using Noteshelf when I really want to use goodnotes. It messes up my entire habit tracking that I use everyday.

    18 votes

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  18. At first I wanted the Preset colours to be linked to a document.
    Because I don't use the same colour for my pro notes depending on the client / subject.

    Then I realised that it wasn't much helpful neither since you change subject / colour style at least twice a day and you have to reset them every time you create a new notebook.

    The easier solution would be to have different palettes (see attached doc) with different Names :
    - a palette for my meetings with clients,
    - another for my night courses
    - another for my diary...

    and…

    18 votes

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  19. Instead of viewing two pages on a different windows, I propose to view and work on 2 pages mode on a single window.
    By doing so, users may enjoy their horizontal view mode by working as if working on a real book.
    Availability of 2 pages view in single window will allow users to more frequently use this application rather than other alternatives such as Flexcil, PDFexpert.
    As a student, my self and users around my self are demanding this function. Because of lack of 2 pages function, it is not hard to see using other aforementioned alternative application.
    Please…

    18 votes

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  20. There are so many times I will write out a bunch of notes and then look at it think it wold look much better if it was a slightly smaller pen size. It would be great to be able to change the size of the pen after you have written using the lasso tool so you are not stuck with what you have written or have to rewrite everything so it's smaller because you changed your mind when it was too late.

    18 votes

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