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