# Markdown reference
Displays a markdown template from the space or global library, always at its current version, so editing the template updates every page that references it.
| **Shape** | Block (bodiless). Stores only the id of a library template. |
| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name in the suite** | Markdown reference (Capable) |
| **Name in the standalone app** | Markdown reference macro (Capable) |
| **Where you configure it** | A two-field form: 'Markdown Template' (a library picker, placeholder 'Select a markdown template...', dialog 'Select a markdown template') and a 'Show Border' switch. It also shows the selected template's 'Last updated' date. |
| **Anonymous readers** | UnlicensedAccess: \[unlicensed, anonymous\] in both products. |
| **PDF and Word export** | No adfExport in either product. A referenced template contributes nothing to a Confluence Word/PDF export. |
| **Published Capable Site** | On a published Capable Site it exports as rendered HTML, with the stored template title printed as an
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## Settings
| **Setting** | **Values** | **Default** | **What it changes** |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Markdown Template | Id of a markdown asset. A space template, a global template, | Empty. With nothing selected the macro s | The entire content of the macro. |
| Markdown Title | Text. The referenced template's title, captured automaticall | empty | Shown in the config field before the asset resolves. It is NOT rendered anywhere in Confluence, but a published Capable Site prints it as an heading above the body. |
| Show Border | True / false, rendered as a Switch labelled 'Show Border' | \- | Wraps the rendered template in a light ring with rounded corners and 1rem padding. Carried into static-site export as a bordered wrapper. |
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## Related
[MarkdownPlaces one markdown document on the page. The document comes from a page attachment, an ex](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/markdown.html)
[MacrosEvery macro in this capability.](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/macros.html)
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_One macro, documented properly._