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