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