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