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  1. 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

    151 votes

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  2. lined flashcards + more color cards + more colored paper + lined flashcards?? Like, real flashcards? With wide, medium, and narrow options

    28 votes

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  3. Suggestion:
    Add the option to modify the note thickness in the selection adjustment setting.
    Set the quick selection of pen style,including pencolor, note thickness collection pen, etc.
    In fact, it works pretty well so far,well,we can refer to notability to improve some individual functions

    3 votes

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  4. When I download content from the Goodnotes Community tab, I'm not able to edit any of the files. Files don't seem to import into my library as a .goodnotes files but instead as some form of .pdf(?).

    This is really annoying especially when people make things like sticker packs (a bunch of images/icons on a page) where the intent is for you to import the stickers as elements. If it's not a .goodnotes file, you have to screenshot and crop everything yourself AND a lot of the resolution is lost.

    Beyond that, I often like to make tweaks to stuff…

    2 votes

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  5. 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.

    44 votes

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  6. Please I want the feature of converting handwritten notes to text in real time because nowadays First I have to copy the text and then paste it and then erase the handwritten notes.It is a complicated process ,So please add a feature which convert handwritten notes directly into text and only showing text.
    I need this because I have to make my notes clean and it would be also easy for me to read by notes when it is written in text.

    10 votes

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  7. More quick access color options for pens would be appreciated maybe 5 could fit instead of 3

    3 votes

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  8. For backups only the cloud service like OneDrive, Dropbox is selectable. The definition of a specific folder or subfolder at the cloud service is not possible.

    It would be great to have the possibility to choose the folder or a subfolder for backup location at the cloud location.

    The possibility to select a backup location upside of cloud services like iOS folder structure (e.g. local) would be fine.

    2 votes

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  9. I would love to have a template that would aid me in script practice, personally I would love for it to be Spencerian Script template, but any script template would be good for practice.

    1 vote

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  10. A similar idea has been posted, but I want to make another point. Given you’re current framework where each page is a separate file, it should be relatively simple to add a way (probably the Share drawer icon) to copy that page file address link and paste it in other apps where if i click the link it would open GoodNotes up and show me that page.

    Bonus points if this link could be SHARED to other GoodNotes users (who do not even have the file) and it could open up that page on THEIR Mac/iPad/iPhone etc. This would be…

    5 votes

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  11. Keep fillable PDF forms fillable once uploaded in GoodNotes. Currently the fields are deactivated

    4 votes

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  12. Currently the only way to favourite a document is from the file browser. It would be very handy to be able to favourite from within an already open document.

    Also the star/favourite button on thumbnails is not present in search results.

    5 votes

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  13. I love GoodNotes but the most tedious thing I dislike about the program is my handwriting. It would be amazing if the text box could be configured for a general use so you can write how you would with the pen but it converts to a preinstalled font. I have so much trouble with the text box adjusting them to the side, trying to go to the next line without using the keyboard, moving the text box.

    5 votes

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  14. Please add sticky notes. This would be extreme useful when marking up pdf’s of needing to emphasize something in my own hand written notes. Also when are these updates being done? It seems like some of these things have been requested for 2 years and still not done. Unfortunately if things can not be added, I will find another app that does have these features.

    17 votes

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  15. Students get slides/notes/etc from multiple professors so they end up being different sizes so my idea is for font size to be a function of the width of the page (as a %) rather than an absolute value like it is now. This would make the text tool much more convenient as I could type notes without worrying about if what I'm writing is too small or too big.

    2 votes

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  16. Allow the ability to reformat/re-color text via simply highlighting with a tool (similar to highlighter) rather than having to lasso and change the color.

    1 vote

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  17. When we left-handed people (and i guess it’s the same problem for right-handed people at the right side of the page) write on goodnotes , we cannot rest the left hand on the screen of the ipad while writing when beginning a sentence, because the paper cannot be moved around. So our hand is always partly on the edge of the ipad partly on the table.

    So if it was possible to pull and push the paper around on the ipad as we want, we could calmly rest our left hand on the screen when writing. To understand what i…

    4 votes

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  18. Lines to locate the different elements in the page. When you want to align two elements is really difficult because there aren’t any guides that assure you the correct position.

    This feature would be optional, I mean, if you want, you could use it and if you didn’t want, you wouldn’t use.

    84 votes

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  19. Hello,

    I want to export a leveled PDF whilst preserving the outline I created using GoodNotes.
    I am aware that when exporting an editable PDF the outline is preserved, but this is not ideal because an editable pdf has a considerable size and the text isn't searchable, which makes it a bad choice to share the PDF online or with others.

    Best regards,

    10 votes

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  20. Allow saving favorite text styles: combination of font, size, color, alignment. Allow choosing which style to use from a list of favorites.

    35 votes

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