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