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