# What do macros decode to?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-macros-decode-to/295375
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 14, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-macros-decode-to/295375 "2024-02-14T19:02:17Z")
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### Author: ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-macros-decode-to/295375/2 "2024-02-14T19:20:32Z")

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> [@ganncamp](#):
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> I’m struggling to find where these value are set.

It is not apparent to me, either! Fortunately someone referred to that exact macro before:

> [@Where the welcome email template is used](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-the-welcome-email-template-is-used/39194/1):
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> Now, there is a key in Transifex named `system_messages.usage_tips.text_body_template`. Its content is pushed into the above to replaced the %{new\_user\_tips}.

As for where it is used, `/admin/customize/site_texts?locale=en&q=%25{new_user_tips}` shows a few templates:

 ![Screenshot 2024-02-14 at 11-19-17 Admin - fnord](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/4/d/b4dc835c08ec6e670f4492941348e272aaae6490.png)

I’ve never seen another macro that pull into the content from another content template in Discourse. 🙂

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