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