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