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