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