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