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