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