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