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