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