This page gives an example of a user macro, the 'NoPrint' macro, that you can use to prevent text from being printed. (For full details about creating a user macro, see the guide to writing user macros.)

Defining the 'NoPrint' User Macro

To create the 'NoPrint' user macro,

  1. Go to the Confluence Administration Console and click 'User Macros' in the left-hand panel.
  2. Click the link on the text 'Click here to create a new User Macro' at the top of the list of macros.
  3. Enter the macro attributes as follows:
    • Macro Name: noprint
    • Visibility: Visible to all users in the Macro Browser
    • Macro Title: NoPrint
    • Description: Hides text from printed output
    • Categories: Confluence Content
    • Icon URL: You can leave this field empty.
    • Documentation URL: You can leave this field empty.
    • Macro Body Processing: Render HTML
    • Output Format: HTML
    • Template: 
      ## @noparams
<div class="noprint">$body</div>
  4. Click 'Save'.

Usage with the Wiki Markup Editor

What you need to type

What you will get in your printed output 

Print {noprint}This text will not be printed{noprint} me.

Print me.

Making PDF Export Recognise the NoPrint Macro

See Advanced PDF Stylesheet Customisations#noprint.

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Writing User Macros