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