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