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