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
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Sample Output H3
Erat justo commodo tempor elitr suscipit exerci. Id duo adipiscing ea magna duo diam clita tempor et vero. Et diam magna autem erat est et ipsum accusam eum iriure stet ullamcorper tation sed clita. Delenit sed et possim labore te est. Nam quis euismod consequat est at vel gubergren esse odio dolore et zzril sea. Duo est elitr stet at tempor sadipscing no sadipscing ea.
Erat dolor ullamcorper tempor et diam eos at consetetur feugiat. Dolores liber dolore et accusam lorem te nulla et sanctus. Laoreet labore tation stet aliquyam takimata augue consequat ea erat nulla. Molestie ut sed wisi gubergren sit sea consequat exerci. Et elitr elitr ipsum sit et lorem. At diam et sed vel facilisis consetetur sadipscing. Dolores vero rebum sit stet et vero amet rebum elitr lorem illum dolor iriure lorem elitr. Dolor justo liber eleifend eos vulputate. Dignissim erat kasd vero nisl iriure dolore.
Sample Output H4
Et consetetur vero dolore no sanctus. Sit lorem et magna wisi. Sed mazim ea ut kasd erat at molestie veniam consetetur accusam nobis eros nobis no sit et vulputate. Amet ipsum ipsum aliquam no feugiat gubergren in augue diam. Accusam et diam dolore et justo sanctus volutpat duis iriure. Rebum justo dolores ipsum magna elit vero sit dolores ipsum et gubergren magna ut. Eos eos nibh. Nam aliquyam duo duo lorem erat tincidunt diam dolore diam consetetur. Sit dolor nonummy labore. Dolor quis eum exerci dolores enim tempor.
Et et clita diam dolor dolores amet ipsum ut ipsum delenit sit. Elitr et vel elitr sanctus eos autem magna no sadipscing sit sit esse. Erat sea in duis magna. Tempor amet ipsum. Sea sadipscing diam sea. Kasd hendrerit eirmod magna sea duo est dolores vero voluptua ea erat. Et sed justo eos sadipscing lorem amet nonumy rebum sed duo dolore sea dolor nonumy placerat. Autem sit sit diam et invidunt. Justo feugiat iriure mazim laoreet et invidunt et kasd magna voluptua sea labore ut sit vero nonummy. Feugiat dolor et lorem amet ipsum dolore dolor invidunt stet duo labore et sit sadipscing facilisi lorem nulla no.
Sample Output H4
Ipsum aliquyam ut et diam magna ea. Dolore autem suscipit gubergren sanctus et adipiscing et et eum sed. Magna sadipscing et rebum erat sed at duis kasd dolore nonumy rebum ut est. Aliquyam aliquip et et justo sit eirmod dolore. Diam vero te eum nulla amet et lorem justo et. Sanctus zzril clita duo stet dolor luptatum sit. Consetetur doming no et ipsum hendrerit ut tempor vero accusam nostrud.
At lorem ullamcorper eos ipsum eos kasd ipsum possim consetetur in erat exerci. Duo ea sed mazim invidunt sed eos invidunt et. Diam takimata eirmod dolor aliquyam at dolore takimata vulputate esse sed et. At magna nonummy ut tempor dolor eleifend accusam autem sed diam labore et facilisis. Eos sit erat labore et eos dolore accusam ut dolores sit nulla eum nulla.
Sample Output H3
Elitr ut duo tempor clita eros takimata molestie dignissim sit augue at erat ipsum in takimata sit labore ut. No ullamcorper rebum ut no. Sadipscing duo et vero et takimata sit est praesent et est hendrerit dolor vel consetetur te eirmod et. Et kasd tempor dolore ea wisi kasd sed sea eu vel nonumy. Eum accusam et velit consequat iriure feugiat diam tincidunt at.
Ipsum diam dolore odio nibh ipsum eos amet. Illum autem vero at magna et. Dolor dolor diam dolor. Id aliquyam magna commodo eirmod diam erat. Diam dolor dolor suscipit at stet rebum erat sed sit amet imperdiet. Augue sed in kasd dolores ut est magna. Iriure lobortis blandit lorem nulla vero sit elitr et no aliquam eirmod ut ad stet sit gubergren. Gubergren aliquyam vulputate et vulputate clita est sit ut nulla vulputate accusam.
Sample Output H4
Eu dolore accusam dolore ipsum et eirmod sanctus no lorem accusam hendrerit diam magna. Aliquyam sed sadipscing sit diam amet no sit ipsum stet et amet kasd eos erat est lorem dolor justo. Feugait kasd dolore ipsum stet et lorem nonumy et amet rebum sadipscing lorem at est. Consetetur accusam clita est eos option elitr duo est ipsum nibh et erat sed sit sea. Dolores sit justo dolor amet. Sea vulputate in. Ipsum lorem vero justo tempor duo.
Amet vulputate ipsum dolores amet duo stet exerci sadipscing veniam. Sea magna vel euismod ut dolore consequat invidunt duo dolore. Est eirmod lorem velit vulputate justo. Labore in lorem et dolore invidunt praesent at amet duo justo consequat praesent consetetur magna ut magna. Ut eum eos velit facilisi dolore aliquyam augue zzril vel.
Sample Output H4
Nonumy euismod euismod. Gubergren et at feugait lorem sadipscing eos sanctus dolore et consectetuer. Et velit accumsan ipsum eos kasd lorem feugait sea et dolore et. Eirmod dolore dolores veniam tempor stet vulputate est lorem labore consetetur at aliquam ea. Volutpat dolores cum sanctus dolore iriure aliquyam at voluptua adipiscing diam consetetur.
Takimata at nonumy. Eos kasd iusto lorem. Eum ut gubergren autem et est ea magna justo sit duis vero elitr clita esse dolores nulla at. Diam erat magna tempor amet justo sit diam accusam ipsum. Lorem dolore erat diam eos eum et sit et et sit ea possim magna. Kasd ipsum et. Nulla veniam tempor kasd aliquip dolor sit clita ea consetetur et.
More Sample Output H2
Ad tempor sadipscing ipsum consetetur dolor eirmod sea erat duis sed at diam. Ut takimata rebum sea lorem justo. No ea dolores dolor consequat in ut et sed. Aliquam aliquip duo ut ut eirmod sed dolores ea sed tation eu duo amet justo magna ea. Et vel invidunt dolores amet. Tempor ipsum voluptua tempor zzril suscipit. At iusto quod velit odio gubergren et. Et tempor diam commodo amet sea labore elit accusam feugiat vero sit amet erat est dolores.
Sadipscing erat lorem sed ullamcorper stet takimata ipsum consequat et consetetur vero lorem. Ipsum wisi lobortis ea. Enim lorem amet. Dignissim eirmod ut takimata sit eirmod aliquyam dolores diam est. Ipsum est at sed autem dolor gubergren ipsum at kasd invidunt wisi ad amet. Eu accumsan et accusam dolor vel elitr id stet vero lorem enim sed rebum. Sanctus dolores justo molestie kasd elitr. Ad lorem et eos dolor nonummy iriure rebum et nonumy. Dolor nobis sanctus tation eos. Sit consetetur facilisis iriure duo.
Sample Output H3
Amet et aliquam aliquyam vero imperdiet consetetur soluta takimata eos aliquyam stet sed at hendrerit rebum. Lorem dolor ea ea eu dolore luptatum aliquyam consetetur lorem ut labore eos rebum sit adipiscing justo dolor. No ipsum takimata kasd amet tempor exerci. No vero nonumy sadipscing consetetur rebum nonummy sit ea facilisis facer praesent vel. Voluptua stet commodo gubergren justo voluptua. Labore vulputate gubergren est eirmod sanctus lorem hendrerit diam et no vero lorem. Velit amet est laoreet lorem. Dolores dolore est imperdiet velit et.
Vero diam ut. Et invidunt voluptua illum. Et accusam takimata at est at ullamcorper magna at eu kasd. Erat mazim dolor ea est at eos ut dolore wisi lorem duis. Ea sed ut. Accumsan duo magna diam et labore et ut kasd clita suscipit praesent ea. Invidunt no euismod dolor nonumy praesent minim erat sed volutpat rebum stet voluptua ut takimata nisl sed. Dignissim rebum justo zzril aliquyam erat rebum exerci. Ipsum kasd duis. Ipsum et et sit et.
Sample Output H4
Est justo nonumy nonummy ullamcorper sit at facilisis ut ut accumsan laoreet et nonumy dolor nobis. Dolore sit erat et autem vel augue duo et duo kasd lorem takimata sed sanctus. Eos quis sit vero vero sadipscing et et invidunt dolore sit vero nisl sanctus erat sanctus. Gubergren et ut tempor labore euismod duo consetetur sed possim kasd ipsum sadipscing volutpat. Diam erat ipsum ipsum delenit tincidunt dolor sed dolores eos dolor dolore esse nonumy aliquyam. Velit sanctus accusam sit ut tempor sanctus dolore ut et congue aliquyam erat in sea voluptua dolor. Accusam no takimata zzril nostrud vulputate sea. Justo rebum et nulla nibh.
Erat odio placerat nonumy vulputate est et et elitr stet. Erat lorem in id lorem et volutpat erat erat. Diam at magna commodo eirmod. Justo sed aliquyam sea labore in rebum et et. Odio sed est est labore illum accusam sed minim dolore lorem iriure duis ipsum eos commodo.
Sample Output H4
Sadipscing imperdiet sea accumsan sit amet dolor. Dolor dolor sadipscing lobortis sed lorem tincidunt rebum duo no vero at tempor. Aliquam invidunt invidunt dignissim aliquyam te sadipscing sed. Ut eirmod lorem labore dolor eos stet possim gubergren sea wisi diam ea tempor no. Amet dolores ut erat in diam ut eos vero vero at esse lorem. Tempor sed kasd ipsum aliquam kasd. Et labore diam liber accumsan. Et ipsum sanctus eirmod dolore sed voluptua eu hendrerit dolor clita vel diam elit. No praesent lorem at invidunt clita ut kasd vel et magna eros nam ut labore elit.
Magna et odio duo lobortis consetetur no diam diam feugiat amet amet et doming vel hendrerit diam esse elitr. Justo dolores et et est dolores amet invidunt molestie dolor sea kasd. At amet et iriure nostrud stet. Amet ut facilisi diam exerci labore lorem lorem sed stet augue duo hendrerit clita qui aliquyam facilisi amet rebum. Sadipscing mazim et euismod dignissim eirmod ipsum dolor duis stet. Feugiat et invidunt magna labore vero eos ipsum et justo delenit amet magna dolore sea dolor diam. Et sit consequat sit id. Sea rebum rebum et nonumy. Dolor dolor erat stet dolor.
Sample Output H3
Eu ut stet dolor dolor vero enim imperdiet erat vel eum clita. Sea sed illum kasd erat lorem sed eos sanctus lorem delenit ea sadipscing. Blandit at kasd at labore stet eirmod sea in facilisis. Option ut voluptua dolores autem dolores invidunt stet dolor. Kasd est duo diam minim sit magna consetetur. Lorem et aliquam. Rebum volutpat ea accusam stet et sed lorem qui et sit eos wisi dolor accusam kasd. Erat ipsum dolor et hendrerit accusam rebum duis lorem stet sed autem nostrud. Enim voluptua dolor kasd autem dolore sit eos nulla stet veniam quis ut sanctus lorem sadipscing lorem no amet. Minim duo invidunt elitr at ea sit eos et dignissim. Ut gubergren dolor feugiat aliquyam sed diam elitr lorem elitr diam diam.
Dolore odio elitr iriure clita vel ex et ipsum diam dolor diam amet velit autem facilisis. Labore at feugait stet sit accusam voluptua sea consequat sea dolores ut lorem vero dolore erat duo voluptua rebum. Kasd gubergren et tempor ipsum clita diam dolor diam sed et. Justo ut sanctus wisi erat kasd zzril labore dolore tempor aliquyam. Et ea duis voluptua amet tincidunt dolore rebum nisl ipsum nonummy vero. Iusto kasd diam labore. Lorem iusto eirmod in amet ut.
Sample Output H4
Sit at vel erat amet vero autem amet iusto tempor praesent et consequat imperdiet sit sanctus. Praesent ut duis. Sea justo vel dolores no justo hendrerit justo hendrerit duis. Lorem ullamcorper sea et justo at in at et tempor ut ut. Dolor elitr diam eros et commodo dolore nulla. Vel consetetur accusam sit kasd invidunt lorem takimata ea. Nonumy nonumy erat consetetur clita. Invidunt sit at dolore diam voluptua eos amet tempor et gubergren feugiat dolores invidunt at. Ipsum ut et dolores ipsum duo augue lorem invidunt blandit labore justo ut volutpat et ipsum ipsum. Dolor duo lobortis ipsum duis gubergren tempor diam stet nonummy esse autem diam augue.
Et nostrud vero. Ut duo accusam et aliquyam eos tempor illum feugiat diam consetetur ea velit nibh accusam. Veniam justo magna eu erat exerci est dolore ut sed vero feugait soluta ipsum sadipscing nonumy et et ipsum. Dolor ipsum praesent ut laoreet vulputate enim no velit ipsum odio nonumy sed delenit vel sanctus eirmod sed vero. Sit nonumy et nonumy eu. Et magna clita ipsum id diam elitr sea gubergren at sit amet sanctus gubergren.
Sample Output H4
Ea dolore et et. Ipsum ipsum et accusam sit sit stet et no minim tincidunt amet voluptua stet consequat vel. No dolor vulputate magna ipsum aliquam sanctus eirmod accusam rebum. Lorem in eirmod dignissim stet. Dolor sed et vero vel at erat vel dolor sed sea sanctus feugiat diam voluptua lorem diam.
Erat eirmod sit dolor ea aliquip. Et et esse esse tincidunt eos et magna vero nostrud eos gubergren sit clita suscipit aliquip dolor elitr dolor. Sed at hendrerit dolores nulla ea justo. Sea dolor feugait erat voluptua iusto sea vel no dolore illum ut vero adipiscing ea et diam et diam. Aliquyam sit ipsum diam volutpat dolore labore no. Ea dignissim sed lorem ipsum eos eum. Exerci ut placerat erat kasd iriure. Et vel te at no et. Rebum tempor no at dolore ipsum volutpat kasd voluptua dolor option dolor accumsan zzril et magna at vero. Sit molestie dolore lorem ipsum nonumy sanctus lorem dignissim et vero nulla. Et aliquyam sanctus diam.