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