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Umbraco export macros allow users to export content into Word and PDF.

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What is Umbraco?

Umbraco is one of only a few open source web content management systems built on Microsoft's .NET technology stack. This CMS is no "out the box" solution. To the contrary, it's a content management system for .NET web developers. And while it's relatively straightforward to use, one must first deal with a steep learning curve.

What is the use of Aspose .NET Products?

Aspose are file format experts and provide APIs and components for various file formats including MS Office, OpenOffice, PDF and Image formats. These APIs are available on a number of development platforms including .NET frameworks – the .NET frameworks starting from version 2.0 are supported.

Getting Started

It provides basic guidelines to those users who are new to Aspose for Umbraco.

Macro Installation and Usage

Installing the Macro in Umbraco

Login to Umbraco Developer section, for example http://www.myblog.com/umbraco/
From the tree, expand the Packages folder.
From here there are two ways to install a package: select Install local package or browse the Umbraco Package Respository.
If you install local package, do not unzip the package but load the zip into Umbraco.
Follow the instructions on screen.

Note: You may get a ‘Maximum request length exceeded’ error when installing. You can easily fix this issue by updating the ‘maxRequestLength’ value in your Umbraco web.config file.

            <httpRuntime requestValidationMode="2.0" enableVersionHeader="false" 
             maxRequestLength="25000" />

Using the Installed Macro

After you have installed the macro it is really simple to start using it on your website. Please follow these simple steps to get started:

Make sure you are logged-in to Umbraco Developer section, for example http://www.myblog.com/umbraco/
Click Settings in the list of sections in bottom left of the screen.
Expand the Templates node and select the template that you want to add the Export to Word/Pdf feature to, for example Blog post.
Select the position in the selected template where you want to export button to be added. Usually you probably want to add it to the top right of the page, or the bottom of the page.
Click Insert Macro on the top ribbon.
From Choose a macro, select the recently installed Export to Word/Pdf using Aspose.Words macro and click OK.
Please check the screenshot below for details.
how to use export to word macro Umbraco Export to Microsoft Word using Aspose.Words
You have successfully added macros to the template. A button titled i.e.Export to Word/Pdf will now appear on all pages created using this template. Anyone can simply click the button and either export or import the content of the pages.

Below is the major outline of Umbraco macros that allows user to import/export online content from/into Word and PDF: