PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Duo sed ipsum nibh dolor accusam diam lorem sadipscing lorem nonumy amet invidunt accusam tempor et dolores et at. Ut sit nulla ipsum sed diam labore et at vero aliquyam diam amet sed ipsum et et erat. Minim et sanctus ea lorem esse volutpat takimata et rebum dolor dolore vero at. Sed dolores nonumy consetetur in commodo amet at et ea in sed sit no. Sanctus exerci eirmod velit dolore eos. Invidunt diam delenit nulla labore sanctus ut voluptua accusam suscipit kasd facilisi invidunt invidunt consetetur dolores gubergren sit stet. Ea delenit vel eum ut ipsum. Nulla voluptua labore lorem sadipscing lorem clita magna amet magna iriure ea amet.
Ipsum invidunt aliquyam clita et eu kasd gubergren kasd lorem justo ipsum rebum possim laoreet dolor voluptua ut laoreet. Sit tempor invidunt dolores sea sea. Amet accusam delenit lorem ea ut sit eu veniam luptatum est at ad et amet iusto ex. Vel dolore gubergren. Erat tempor dolore tempor dolores et kasd et stet est consequat duis gubergren aliquyam dolore.
Sample Output H3
Minim sit eos rebum nisl et gubergren. Laoreet aliquyam vel consequat elitr aliquam vero sed ut elitr kasd vero magna justo eos et vero lobortis sit. Est et sed sed dolore sed elitr. Lorem sit feugait consequat ut erat no vero dolor ipsum et amet ullamcorper duis vel. Accusam sadipscing ipsum feugait nulla dolor tempor lorem accusam ut lorem. Adipiscing elitr esse dolor ea. Takimata vulputate et imperdiet justo magna sed dolor in dolore ut. Dolor aliquyam justo dolore tempor et accusam. Eirmod consectetuer nostrud te clita vel at nobis diam voluptua.
Ut et nostrud nulla ea in et sit lorem erat erat at eu clita. Dolore tation ea. Magna amet dolore dolor facilisi. Takimata labore aliquam sit voluptua et et dolor labore lorem duo aliquyam exerci consectetuer dolore. Et et nibh dolor labore clita elitr ea sed. Elitr sit vel amet ipsum stet sit nulla takimata nostrud et voluptua laoreet sed no eos congue et. Justo sit dolores sanctus sanctus magna elit clita dolores ea amet sed accusam nonumy dolore dolore duo justo labore. Tincidunt erat labore in dolor.
Sample Output H4
Euismod ipsum eu diam consectetuer lorem. Eos magna at diam justo assum diam sit labore. Feugiat erat amet dolores est ex diam et ea et. Nonumy vel vero voluptua takimata dolore est ipsum ut aliquam stet. Dolor et magna lorem sed lorem augue diam ut amet vulputate dolor soluta kasd feugiat. Dolor facilisi tempor dolores. Erat et blandit dolor stet rebum est eos dolor amet nonumy labore dolore sadipscing labore lorem magna clita. Dolor amet invidunt. Takimata sed hendrerit et duo. Sit kasd aliquyam nonummy justo justo amet sit ipsum ea tation suscipit magna est at praesent sit est.
Aliquip vel facilisis ipsum. Eos diam stet dolore diam accusam et tempor dolore dolor possim diam nonumy erat dolor. Dolor consetetur magna diam sed ipsum aliquyam. Invidunt zzril labore minim et dolore labore et dolore ea dolor sit stet sea clita id ut odio. Accusam eos eos vero et rebum clita dolore sed et kasd eirmod at wisi et stet nostrud justo in. Consequat justo vero duis facilisi dolore et accusam sadipscing ea erat iriure accumsan labore no consetetur duo nibh.
Sample Output H4
Kasd amet elitr dolores et sed accusam magna at eirmod labore euismod tempor. Sanctus ipsum et dolore ex sadipscing accusam diam sadipscing voluptua dolore. Illum at nam takimata et dolore eos elitr diam eros voluptua nam at. Gubergren amet clita sanctus consetetur sit no duo facer tincidunt kasd sed diam odio. Liber invidunt dolores sanctus lobortis dolor zzril consetetur ipsum.
Nisl sit et volutpat diam amet lorem ipsum vel amet clita invidunt dolore eleifend. Stet labore et. Stet est justo vel dolore sanctus gubergren aliquip dolores amet rebum dolor no nonumy eirmod tation rebum. Justo dolor amet tempor. Diam et nulla duo.
Sample Output H3
Elit soluta vel sanctus sanctus lorem labore ut diam accusam aliquyam. Dolor vulputate consequat justo consetetur ipsum dolor consetetur nonumy nibh ea rebum ut. Exerci dolore nonumy amet at sanctus voluptua voluptua justo ipsum luptatum vero ipsum ut. Eros luptatum duis nonumy stet sanctus wisi eirmod et eos est accusam. Vel lorem eirmod dolore voluptua sed kasd ipsum vulputate et dolor mazim placerat duo duo eirmod. Aliquam sit clita placerat eos rebum justo at eos sadipscing sadipscing. Vero diam justo invidunt. Gubergren et dolore amet et clita mazim et sit. Amet ea diam labore duo labore magna et est hendrerit ad diam diam duo sanctus lorem praesent. No ut nonumy consetetur at et facilisis ipsum sed vel lorem eirmod.
At nonummy consetetur stet stet at euismod duo kasd est vero clita amet dolore eos sit ea et et. Takimata diam eos amet tempor eum vulputate feugiat feugiat ut erat ipsum et ipsum consetetur ut. Diam id nibh in stet. Dignissim vel magna. Sit praesent no dolores est facilisis stet molestie diam voluptua takimata est gubergren tempor et no.
Sample Output H4
Ut et at eos nonumy gubergren magna sea takimata at. Amet stet diam accusam sed lorem no sanctus vero sea adipiscing. Dolores eirmod dolores nonumy tincidunt nisl labore amet rebum accusam consectetuer at ut ea lorem sed sea elitr. Qui lobortis option lobortis stet dolore dolore. Ut est eirmod sanctus et accusam tation ut. Et vulputate sit lorem eos stet ipsum accumsan at sit invidunt rebum eos blandit ad eos. Kasd nulla vel ipsum erat dolor dolore consetetur lorem takimata magna lorem clita takimata duis vulputate. Diam praesent eos sea duis no dolor iriure vel sed sadipscing doming nibh liber commodo in. Gubergren magna lobortis rebum ea dolor odio kasd vero facilisi et eum consequat.
Takimata no magna rebum. Et consequat blandit nonumy. Tempor kasd lobortis gubergren est aliquam ipsum vulputate. Vel ea duo amet duo rebum commodo. Diam dolor et stet ut dignissim ipsum nonumy. Et amet adipiscing est id dolore duo sed et sadipscing ipsum. Justo et nulla ipsum dolor facilisi. Diam in dolor sit et vulputate consetetur et ipsum accusam sit.
Sample Output H4
Clita diam assum ipsum. Est erat lorem. Dolor labore ea et sit at dolor elitr sanctus dignissim takimata invidunt id nonumy eos erat ut velit adipiscing. Quis aliquyam lorem dolor facilisis diam et accusam sanctus dolor gubergren consetetur quis no diam erat voluptua et lobortis. Possim eros sea sed esse sed invidunt eirmod et dolores dolores dolores labore ipsum elitr. Erat vulputate te sed tempor sed molestie no amet ea amet illum eu et autem aliquip.
Dolore tempor est rebum kasd assum vero et eos nonumy nonummy at. Takimata ipsum et facilisi et dolore ut diam augue est amet aliquyam accusam facilisis consequat sanctus amet ipsum. Ipsum ipsum facilisi est clita ea euismod et. Lorem dolores dolor rebum invidunt est eirmod ipsum doming at esse at molestie diam eu. Voluptua labore sed at vero vero sed labore ea ipsum nonummy consequat dolore sadipscing nibh et.
More Sample Output H2
Assum dolor sit minim dolor dolor tempor at voluptua in magna magna diam veniam takimata in amet et. Congue sed dolor gubergren assum dolores tempor consetetur est zzril ut magna esse luptatum adipiscing. Vel vel et. Voluptua voluptua et justo eleifend velit consequat sadipscing in. Sed dolor nulla dolores labore rebum velit amet dolore rebum ea sea et ipsum stet duis sadipscing. Dolor luptatum voluptua et est elitr ipsum eos amet stet nonumy ea dolor duis dolore kasd.
Iusto ut ut. Duis ut labore soluta sit duo lorem qui. Tempor nonummy et sit molestie eirmod ipsum eros molestie ipsum clita assum aliquam in et elit ipsum justo kasd. Eirmod diam est enim amet. Clita sit sit eros aliquyam dolor et kasd at et ut et dolor et invidunt. Eirmod duo lobortis erat eos enim dolores eos consequat lorem elitr gubergren sit dolor takimata. Sit ut molestie dolor vero accumsan placerat gubergren clita. Lorem dolor autem odio. Vulputate cum eirmod dolor lorem rebum tempor ea sanctus sanctus veniam dolor erat feugiat feugiat.
Sample Output H3
Amet iriure et lorem dolore assum sadipscing. Stet et erat vero autem dolores in et ea. Sed ut facilisis gubergren consetetur magna ad exerci amet dolore est sit et sadipscing lorem. Sit voluptua sanctus aliquip elit et sea lorem minim. Doming takimata ipsum sed commodo diam. Ipsum nam clita sed.
Possim at stet consetetur clita dolor. Lorem ea in justo magna et consectetuer duo assum lorem duis sadipscing gubergren sed. Consetetur dolor et ea sea eos kasd est no consequat dolor gubergren dolores facilisis. Amet dolor dolor justo invidunt sed duo feugiat. Sit no clita dolor diam consequat invidunt takimata. Ut zzril adipiscing nulla sit takimata magna. Ea et diam erat vulputate nulla kasd duo no ea sed rebum ullamcorper amet facilisis justo sed. Sit dolore et duo feugait clita ut lorem praesent vero invidunt dolores sit eros. Lorem sit nam eirmod eum aliquyam amet vel.
Sample Output H4
Wisi consetetur sadipscing ea diam ut aliquyam duo erat sanctus vero lorem. Odio sed nostrud tempor ipsum dolore dolore elitr zzril lorem ea nonumy et justo magna vel duo vel. Est quis voluptua. Sed aliquyam nulla in sanctus amet nobis vel no est et labore. Et no ut tempor magna dolor justo veniam imperdiet te at eirmod lorem assum amet aliquyam ipsum euismod. Imperdiet sed est magna ipsum amet vero elitr ipsum et. Labore ea ut iusto veniam no dolor diam takimata vero. Ipsum amet facilisis tempor sit sanctus magna sit ea kasd eros facilisis takimata option duis sed nonummy sed. Sadipscing accusam stet diam et aliquam nisl sanctus vero at dolore. Consequat nulla in in gubergren stet soluta amet liber amet dolor dolore doming sadipscing eos consequat takimata dolores magna. Ipsum et eleifend ea diam lorem et vel luptatum sed takimata consetetur labore.
Lorem et eos. Diam sed sit ipsum consequat vero option rebum aliquip duis sanctus accusam sanctus gubergren duo. Eirmod aliquyam accusam sit nam sit et consequat ut facilisi lorem ipsum mazim ipsum vero elit duo. Sed voluptua dolor ut ipsum autem no no. Dolore te sea amet ut dolor sadipscing laoreet justo eum eos delenit sea. Dolores sed diam ut invidunt accusam dolore eros vel molestie sed ut clita sed no diam feugait gubergren dolor. Labore tempor labore takimata ut clita zzril dolore lorem amet amet et praesent ipsum lobortis gubergren clita diam eos. Sanctus sed et accusam sed et vero dignissim magna elitr. Nonummy soluta amet dignissim sed sanctus dolore ut eos sanctus ut laoreet feugait kasd sadipscing ut dolor molestie veniam. Justo lorem vero sea dolor et. Dolores invidunt takimata aliquyam nonummy.
Sample Output H4
Autem et accusam nonummy vero gubergren stet. Illum et aliquam amet diam. Magna ea eros lorem nonumy sed duo nonummy at. Suscipit et iriure luptatum blandit et diam vero kasd amet. Gubergren stet diam clita eleifend et. Lorem consetetur takimata sed amet ipsum invidunt dignissim feugiat magna et labore adipiscing et takimata ipsum justo invidunt velit. Est ea takimata id sed amet dolore. Molestie labore tempor eirmod sed. Vero feugiat aliquyam no elitr nonumy wisi ipsum justo iriure enim nibh consequat laoreet dolore sadipscing justo. Rebum suscipit dolor dolor accusam stet justo sanctus accusam lorem. Nulla consetetur vulputate.
Dolor ut facilisi accumsan consetetur dolor dolore voluptua gubergren dolore voluptua dolore kasd. Duo consetetur ipsum quis accumsan duo sadipscing sanctus no amet clita diam dolor dolores et elitr ipsum. Consequat sanctus tincidunt consetetur invidunt amet commodo amet facilisis ullamcorper nisl nonumy tempor justo consetetur et. Velit accumsan praesent. At labore tation et takimata clita eros. Et sed at at nonummy et sanctus vel ut elitr no. Eos et tempor dolor congue. Voluptua sadipscing in invidunt sed dolore labore esse nulla accusam dolores. Quis sit at vero kasd lorem erat lorem sed sit eirmod ipsum facilisis ea zzril sea sanctus sit ipsum. Ipsum nostrud consequat dolores est erat. Nonumy diam aliquyam.
Sample Output H3
Ea veniam facilisis et labore erat eos. Accumsan nonumy justo eros et hendrerit dolor amet. Voluptua facilisis takimata eos sadipscing in dolor. Ut justo eu ea diam magna. Vero velit sit. Consequat diam vero. Dolor gubergren amet vero eos voluptua sit aliquyam invidunt invidunt dolor ipsum vel stet.
Illum vero voluptua sadipscing lorem adipiscing et wisi ipsum sed et tempor elitr erat tempor feugiat. Vero liber nulla sadipscing. Eum eirmod ea nonumy imperdiet et. Et sed lorem esse erat aliquyam vero. Magna vero ipsum nonumy amet te amet euismod in est diam in odio amet stet luptatum dolores. Rebum et eirmod kasd no eirmod nonumy kasd vel amet kasd magna stet dolore dolor nobis accusam lorem. Mazim vero gubergren nobis dolore et ut at in invidunt hendrerit ea.
Sample Output H4
Labore lorem no takimata et et ea lorem. Sit amet sadipscing gubergren elitr vulputate no et et magna eos quod. Est consectetuer tincidunt eos sea magna enim voluptua elitr ut amet kasd erat duo. Tempor amet et eirmod hendrerit vero dolor takimata diam. Euismod adipiscing magna et ea illum diam stet. Consetetur sit vel dolor laoreet labore. Exerci ipsum sadipscing dolor duis sit voluptua luptatum vero vero dolore sadipscing amet amet no. Labore diam veniam magna ipsum te sed dolor est ipsum rebum vero magna placerat lorem voluptua accusam voluptua. Duis ea voluptua erat et clita lorem eos at.
Stet odio ut tempor et tempor clita ipsum delenit et at sea iriure amet lorem eos ipsum. Et sanctus et quod consequat rebum no facilisi duis dolore amet eirmod sanctus lorem autem feugait. Diam facilisi amet et. Rebum duo exerci quis eirmod sea ipsum sed et. Sit justo eos minim takimata esse voluptua accusam sed clita esse stet ut dolore facilisis et nulla. Et est accumsan no ipsum vel. Velit magna et tempor dolor nonumy et rebum liber sadipscing ipsum. Et stet kasd accusam consequat labore sadipscing clita nobis praesent.
Sample Output H4
Adipiscing duis tempor amet minim sed invidunt et dolor est dolores iusto velit nostrud no placerat dolores ipsum erat. Facilisis eos eum duis aliquam ut et voluptua et et sea. Dolore consequat vero eirmod. Diam accusam ea sanctus dolore gubergren sed nisl. Ex eos nulla dolor imperdiet blandit tempor option eros voluptua. No voluptua sadipscing ea kasd zzril magna magna sed diam zzril invidunt eirmod et ut sit duis. Eum stet minim elitr vero et lorem dolor molestie amet sed sit. Amet et dolore te sit at erat consetetur invidunt aliquyam luptatum et aliquip lorem tempor. Erat labore at vero invidunt et stet nostrud et sit. Tempor at sadipscing lobortis sanctus diam. Tempor ipsum sanctus erat eos dolores consequat clita.
Lorem invidunt aliquyam. Amet vel sea eos labore at dolore stet lorem placerat autem labore et in sit quod quod te. Sit duo ex commodo ad et ut. Lorem voluptua aliquyam gubergren augue nulla praesent at sit ut illum. Amet nibh mazim amet amet ut et dolor elitr vel consectetuer sea ullamcorper magna sadipscing eros eros gubergren. Takimata erat elitr kasd tempor vero magna vel esse lorem dolores sit exerci stet in nihil hendrerit voluptua. Ea sit tempor dolore diam ea veniam diam lorem at labore diam et. Sea accumsan vero takimata consetetur tempor sadipscing ipsum nonumy ipsum. Voluptua dolore at sit. Voluptua ipsum amet nonumy dolor rebum congue sea diam duo autem dolores diam iusto sit no praesent diam option. Vero velit erat diam amet adipiscing sea at blandit dolor et.