Exported Word or PDF shows raw markdown source in a code block

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What you are seeing

The exported Word or PDF shows raw markdown source in a code block.

#Why it happens

The markdown source in a fenced code block, never rendered prose.

#What to do

Publish to a Capable Site for rendered output.

#Settings involved

Setting

Where

What it does

Global settings → Capabilities → Markdow

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Hiding Markdown removes it from the Capable nav bar and the content byline menu across the site (app property capable-global-hidden-capabilities). It does NOT stop existing macros from rendering.

Space settings → Space Capability Settin

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Auto shows the byline entry only when the page already carries markdown; Always pins it in every page's byline in that space; Never hides it there. Stored on the space property <APP_HASH>_capable under capabilities.alway

Global settings → Features → AI integrat

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'Allow AI-powered features across Capable. Turn off to disable AI for all users.' Turning it off removes the Studio (Generate markdown with AI) section from the markdown catalogue. Studio additionally requires the app's

#Limits that apply here

Limit

Value

What happens

Large-document scroll mode

500,000 characters

Past this the document macro shows '⚠️ Large content detected. Rendering in scrollable mode.' and renders inside a fixed 1200px-high scroll box instead of inline.

Virtualised rendering threshold

500,000 chars ; 1,000,000 chars (large p

Above the threshold the document is chunked (400 lines or 60,000 characters per chunk, fences kept intact) and only visible chunks are rendered.

MCP / Rovo document size cap

512 KB (524,288 characters)

Creating or updating a markdown asset through the Capable tools refuses (rather than truncates) anything larger, with a message telling the caller to split it.

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