# Markdown macro is missing from an exported Word or PDF entirely

**What you are seeing**

The markdown macro is missing from an exported Word or PDF entirely.

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## Why it happens

The reference macro contributes nothing to an export in either product.

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## What to do

Use the Suite for source-in-a-code-block export, or a Capable Site for rendered output.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                              | **Where** | **What it does**                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ---------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Global settings → Capabilities → Markdow | \-        | 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 | \-        | 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 | \-        | '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    |

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## 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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## Related

['From library' items are missing from the editor's Insert menuThey are contributed by the Images and Diagrams capabilities, which the standalone Markdow](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/from-library-items-are-missing-from-the-editor-s-insert-menu.html)

['Copy as macro' is missing for a templateReference URLs are only produced for custom-content-backed documents. The bundled Examples](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/copy-as-macro-is-missing-for-a-template.html)

[Something is missing or looks wrongThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/something-is-missing-or-looks-wrong.html)

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