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