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