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