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