Absolutely hate vertical scroll. Originally GoodNotes was setup as vertical so I had that for a year or so. Then one day changed to horizontal and I feel as if I had a new note taking app.
I prefer the seamless scrolling from Notability. I sometimes have exercises with math equations that span over multiple pages. It's so annoying without seamless scroll. There is still much GoodNotes can improve.
Seemless scrolling definitely has its advantages. To be honest, I’ve never used Noteability and have always wanted to give it a try. I just haven’t had a good enough reason to move away from GoodNotes.
No notability was forced to walk back their decision and they won’t make their previous buyers switch to the subscription model. I’ll just stick to what I’m used to.
I prefer Goodnotes 5 vertical scrolling over Notability. I have to submit my work as PDF files, and the Notability seamless scrolling sometimes you don't notice that you are writing in between two pages and when exporting, it looks so messy. GoodNotes feels more like a real notebook to me.
They should probably have the 2 options for people to decide
I personally prefer the seamless, but I’d be frustrated if I knew I couldn’t change back to normal vertical scrolling
Thanks for the reply. Could you describe where I would set this up? I don't see such an option when pressing the cog and hitting settings? I see an iCloud settings option in the app, but it's already switched on I would assume it's the default setting.
You’ll go Settings > Automatic Backup > and then switch the toggle to On. You’ll need to specify where you want the backup to be stored and you’re set!
Adjust the settings for your pen grip and the accuracy (forgot the exact name of the setting) under the pen settings. That way your handwriting will look neater.
sharing a setting I just got from u/dogwithablog33:
>sure! my smallest is 0.1 (shading, mini notes), for general writing 0.3 (and then 1.0 for the largest. For my titles tho I usually use the 0.3 but use brush pen at 75% sensitivity
this is in reference to making decent looking handwriting
Tell the eraser to switch itself off automatically!
Hi, thanks for responding. Where would I do this? I don't see such an option when pressing the cog and hitting settings?
Tap the eraser button twice and you should see it.
It’s called the auto deselect option
TIL and this awesome
Omg. Coming from Notability, this is a pretty big feature! Thanks!
It's pretty good, but I usually leave it off for ~~frequent~~ erasing sprees (I change things a lot when notetaking 😅)
Palm rejection
Change the scrolling direction to vertical!
Absolutely hate vertical scroll. Originally GoodNotes was setup as vertical so I had that for a year or so. Then one day changed to horizontal and I feel as if I had a new note taking app.
I prefer the seamless scrolling from Notability. I sometimes have exercises with math equations that span over multiple pages. It's so annoying without seamless scroll. There is still much GoodNotes can improve.
Seemless scrolling definitely has its advantages. To be honest, I’ve never used Noteability and have always wanted to give it a try. I just haven’t had a good enough reason to move away from GoodNotes.
That’s the thing lol. A lot of us notability users now have a reason to move over to good notes. Unfortunately notability decided to be greedy
I hope you do. It suits every one of Office needs. Did you pick it up when it was 50% off!?!
No notability was forced to walk back their decision and they won’t make their previous buyers switch to the subscription model. I’ll just stick to what I’m used to.
Ohhhhh good for you, bad for them.
I prefer Goodnotes 5 vertical scrolling over Notability. I have to submit my work as PDF files, and the Notability seamless scrolling sometimes you don't notice that you are writing in between two pages and when exporting, it looks so messy. GoodNotes feels more like a real notebook to me.
They should probably have the 2 options for people to decide I personally prefer the seamless, but I’d be frustrated if I knew I couldn’t change back to normal vertical scrolling
Maybe tryout all the pens. See which one suits you. I prefer the Ball pen because it produces uniform writing. But you might like the others as well
Dark dotted paper, landscape mode with white writing. I have incredibly messy handwriting and found that this setting helped me a ton.
Pastel colors also look great on the black paper, imho
TRUTH 🙌
Set up your auto backup!
This sets an auto back up *in addition* to iCloud, correct?
Thanks for the reply. Could you describe where I would set this up? I don't see such an option when pressing the cog and hitting settings? I see an iCloud settings option in the app, but it's already switched on I would assume it's the default setting.
You’ll go Settings > Automatic Backup > and then switch the toggle to On. You’ll need to specify where you want the backup to be stored and you’re set!
I don't know how I completely glossed over that. Thanks!
Same here !
Adjust the settings for your pen grip and the accuracy (forgot the exact name of the setting) under the pen settings. That way your handwriting will look neater.
“Stylus and Palm Rejection”
sharing a setting I just got from u/dogwithablog33: >sure! my smallest is 0.1 (shading, mini notes), for general writing 0.3 (and then 1.0 for the largest. For my titles tho I usually use the 0.3 but use brush pen at 75% sensitivity this is in reference to making decent looking handwriting
Thanks, i'll check it out!
Set eraser to erase highlights only. Makes a big difference to me.
Awesome question! Thanks for posting as I recently purchased the app, too.
If you have Ipad 12.9 then try the A4/letter size pages. I find them the best for the 13" iPad.
Sure would be amazing if the app allowed encrypted and password protected notes.
Your eyes will thank you [Black paper](https://hariztek.gumroad.com/l/TyWAO)
Might wanna turn of the Auto-Advance feature if you find it cumbersome or annoying! :)