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