# Exporting the Confluence page to PDF or Word leaves a gap where the embed was

**What you are seeing**

Exporting the Confluence page to PDF or Word leaves a gap where the embed was.

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## Why it happens

The macro has no server-rendered representation for Confluence's own page export.

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## What to do

Link or attach the PDF alongside the macro if the exported page needs to reference it.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                             | **Where**                             | **What it does** |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| PDF Gallery (admin page, standalone app | Confluence admin > Apps > PDF Gallery | \-               |

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## Related

[Published Capable Site shows "PDF embed: the configured PDF could not be exported"Neither the linked file nor the attachment could be resolved when the site was built.](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/published-capable-site-shows-pdf-embed-the-configured-pdf-could-not-be-exported.html)

[Externally hosted PDF still points at the original website after a site deploy, and breaks for someThe site build tries to copy the file into the published output and quietly falls back to ](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/externally-hosted-pdf-still-points-at-the-original-website-after-a-site-deploy-and-breaks-for-some.html)

[Export and published sitesThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/export-and-published-sites.html)

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