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