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