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