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