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