PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Amet nulla et consectetuer erat et stet diam option et dolore at et elit kasd luptatum et. Ipsum exerci te dignissim accusam sit no. Ut erat tempor. Sed lorem adipiscing et vel stet sed nisl invidunt dolore amet et nisl commodo tempor diam nulla lorem. Nisl amet eos eirmod luptatum lorem nihil vero accusam eros dolor ipsum ut volutpat velit. Consetetur consetetur et sit dolore. Kasd amet ea eu voluptua rebum. Eu luptatum sed magna justo labore justo minim et labore stet ut nonumy dignissim magna diam ex. Dolor accusam eos no consequat.
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Sample Output H4
Vel at dolor elitr et illum ea. Delenit nonumy hendrerit. Sed et elit illum veniam duo labore. Sit elitr zzril sanctus est rebum ut diam dolores ut ut rebum. Tempor lobortis erat nostrud rebum. Kasd et suscipit takimata duo duis. Sit diam rebum ut no no sit soluta nulla nobis dolor eirmod invidunt. Rebum assum doming magna est at labore. Voluptua commodo sadipscing et amet et ullamcorper ullamcorper tempor. Amet dolor dolores dolor dolore sadipscing eirmod at aliquyam rebum. Sanctus eu odio.
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Sample Output H4
Et facilisi est velit et consequat magna kasd assum et placerat esse iusto ipsum erat stet ut duis dolore. Facilisi ut elitr aliquyam sed autem dolor ut gubergren aliquyam vel est. Qui diam clita sit eu ut nulla. Lorem lobortis justo est consetetur sed aliquyam ea tempor vero elitr amet eirmod molestie ipsum eleifend. Lobortis quod iriure clita dolor no tempor invidunt vel lorem clita vero stet lorem nonummy sanctus. Dolores amet voluptua id vel lorem eum justo suscipit vulputate nam sanctus diam ut elitr. Diam no nostrud sed rebum esse eirmod consequat ut elitr tempor dolores at lorem. Consectetuer gubergren ullamcorper praesent dolore sed vel eirmod hendrerit stet sadipscing kasd blandit minim magna. Justo et veniam vel.
Iriure sit dolor stet velit quis kasd adipiscing voluptua augue vero in vero sit dolor dolor possim lorem rebum. Accusam sit accusam sed delenit ut lorem labore erat nihil rebum vero elitr enim consectetuer exerci. No aliquam eirmod autem lorem kasd nihil molestie magna in duo sanctus ipsum amet. Et eos dolor sit aliquyam invidunt dolore aliquip ut diam dolores. Delenit duo sit diam amet nostrud magna aliquyam lorem voluptua. Amet invidunt elitr nulla praesent stet suscipit. Et erat vero consetetur dolor ut vulputate nonumy clita. Justo aliquip justo iusto eu lorem justo justo stet nonumy erat nonumy invidunt gubergren est ea eu consetetur et. Rebum et sit dolores dolor amet no vero sadipscing stet ut. Consetetur ipsum et quod takimata nostrud molestie quod diam delenit amet kasd ea. Clita magna eos lorem duis kasd tation vero dolor vero amet dolor dignissim dolores exerci sed voluptua sit elit.
Sample Output H3
Labore stet dolore nonumy est sed dolor est sit voluptua duo dolores vero est amet nobis. Dolor at gubergren et nonumy cum sadipscing. Elitr est ut duis molestie ea luptatum dignissim et sed sit stet ipsum nibh tempor. Dignissim stet consectetuer illum labore eum sanctus rebum sit tempor eirmod accusam ut vero consetetur. Nisl commodo rebum et erat quis dolor kasd clita dolore sed voluptua diam hendrerit. Nobis sea illum labore exerci duo iriure nonumy rebum elitr ipsum.
Kasd iriure ut te labore vero vero feugiat ad illum. Consetetur amet diam clita invidunt suscipit dolore ipsum sanctus duis est rebum ea accumsan eleifend gubergren et clita praesent. Exerci gubergren clita. Ullamcorper dolor ea elitr lorem kasd diam ut placerat cum takimata. Erat blandit tempor sea laoreet ipsum. Eirmod takimata sit sit invidunt dolor feugiat et et lorem. Placerat labore eirmod at magna sea diam consetetur. Amet labore et sed zzril nobis. Dolore nonumy voluptua ullamcorper clita est dolore.
Sample Output H4
Sed clita eu et takimata sed nulla invidunt labore clita eos velit. Lorem sed justo et nonumy autem est. Accumsan ut ipsum augue labore feugiat amet. Accusam tempor justo ea erat facilisi imperdiet facilisis magna et lorem voluptua. Sanctus sit eu lorem tation sed dolor sanctus lorem ea.
Lorem nonumy diam. Amet takimata consetetur congue dolor consectetuer at aliquam ullamcorper elitr at sit ut sit rebum te sed et dolor. Eos delenit nulla dolore ipsum commodo volutpat est molestie sit eos ut aliquam soluta voluptua wisi nibh. Invidunt vero sed takimata sea et elit veniam ut takimata. Takimata diam erat accusam consetetur lorem congue dolores cum aliquip iriure et assum eirmod ad aliquip et.
Sample Output H4
Assum aliquyam et sit tempor feugiat eirmod et. In sed dolor invidunt feugait justo at sanctus magna adipiscing et ea diam dolores voluptua. At no sea cum amet rebum voluptua autem at tempor eos consetetur et vel minim dolore tempor elitr. Duis lorem in vero et rebum sea aliquyam gubergren. Elitr vero erat diam voluptua nibh wisi aliquyam nulla amet dolore ea aliquip consetetur et.
Dolores sed et. Dolore nisl nulla adipiscing. Feugiat ipsum eirmod. Est et esse dolor blandit tation consetetur lorem velit dolor. No et dolor ea ipsum. Duo ipsum eos ipsum sed vulputate accusam vero autem elitr accusam diam. Rebum amet elitr diam nonumy erat delenit stet et sed ipsum nulla magna et diam. Clita nam euismod labore nobis et sit amet iriure ea facilisis amet dolores et ipsum eos voluptua. Eirmod minim dolores invidunt takimata aliquip elit sit nulla et aliquam velit gubergren dolore aliquyam labore. Ut kasd sadipscing facilisi ut lorem nulla luptatum in dolor cum sit est diam. Ex dolor illum sed sea ut duis.
More Sample Output H2
Dolores sea kasd rebum takimata accusam sed ea dolores eros illum nonummy. Nisl accusam dolor no ex eos praesent. Et duo feugiat est et in consectetuer et voluptua tempor et tempor vero sed suscipit eirmod stet. Eos kasd possim sed stet diam labore amet invidunt sed. Ipsum lorem dolor at diam aliquyam diam nulla sadipscing vero zzril eos. Sed eirmod delenit sed consetetur stet minim sea amet. No est te sadipscing vulputate eirmod odio dolore est sed amet diam diam amet dolor lobortis sanctus qui. Accusam invidunt accumsan sanctus accusam invidunt stet nostrud vulputate takimata eos vel clita ipsum est iriure ut. Invidunt duo quis laoreet et eu et. Ea est clita dolore sea labore sit dolores et. Invidunt praesent esse takimata hendrerit feugait magna voluptua.
Labore vero facer consetetur nibh hendrerit elitr. Ad ad clita rebum invidunt duo et facilisis commodo nonummy praesent labore nobis amet clita quis takimata. Vero stet laoreet amet facer lorem. Labore sit invidunt rebum duo ipsum minim tincidunt consetetur erat sadipscing delenit sanctus sed. Ut duo sea et tempor no diam eirmod illum diam et sed ex stet vel. Diam nonummy magna ipsum minim magna dolore. Diam sit facilisis lobortis amet. Amet aliquip exerci ipsum tincidunt voluptua sed justo et et kasd delenit sadipscing tempor dolor. Stet aliquyam duo dolor et et vero et. Lorem iusto kasd vel voluptua ipsum assum dolore clita.
Sample Output H3
Eirmod ea et justo vulputate sea feugait nonummy sed et eirmod et sit. Nonumy delenit nonumy in dolor et eros et lorem nonumy ex magna aliquip nulla. Placerat eirmod minim gubergren nonummy lorem magna gubergren amet stet sea sadipscing ea labore lobortis ea. No magna velit sit amet duo consetetur eum kasd et dolor magna consequat sea et consetetur ipsum. Erat at stet elitr ipsum tincidunt lorem et nulla sadipscing sanctus sit dolore. Eos magna et ut rebum ullamcorper elitr justo tempor.
Lorem nibh ad dolores lorem liber commodo. Dolores sadipscing quod dolor amet labore sea facilisis nulla takimata justo est sit eos no elitr clita invidunt ipsum. Euismod sadipscing iriure lobortis magna tation ipsum dolor no sanctus. Eirmod diam labore et autem ipsum dolore et in lobortis aliquyam autem. Tempor hendrerit dolore feugait consequat. Lorem justo et dolor dolor eos et diam et at ut kasd et et aliquyam nulla. Dolores nam kasd sadipscing magna rebum diam dolor duis erat rebum dolores diam. Invidunt sit nonumy sit sea et eu dolore sadipscing eleifend no kasd.
Sample Output H4
Feugait no amet ea sanctus stet magna eirmod feugait sea vero lorem. Sit amet ad dolor et enim veniam iriure amet ea accusam in wisi. Dolor quis facilisis. Accusam amet et et est ut ipsum amet gubergren nihil. Erat diam sea cum vel at aliquyam ipsum ipsum tempor kasd duo ullamcorper gubergren consetetur eos vel. Amet consequat iriure erat nulla dolor ut elitr commodo dolor eu cum eum eos duo.
Eirmod gubergren invidunt eum sea. Lorem vel dolores in lorem erat erat kasd kasd eos invidunt et amet euismod facilisi ipsum. Magna kasd aliquyam gubergren justo augue vulputate in sit dolore. Est stet facilisi ad tempor takimata consetetur ut nibh gubergren vero kasd clita invidunt. Aliquyam te exerci duo lorem sanctus qui dolore est ipsum erat sanctus nonumy. Gubergren justo ipsum amet magna. Dolore ea placerat sit.
Sample Output H4
Voluptua vero vel dolore sit consetetur magna dignissim et ea erat et. Elitr tempor kasd praesent gubergren elitr ipsum ipsum vel dolores nisl tempor consetetur eirmod magna tempor lorem. Stet sadipscing molestie erat elitr vero ea ipsum labore feugait feugait lobortis sit sadipscing et ut vulputate qui et. Illum nisl in dolor nihil dolor sed dolore sanctus at dolores consequat et amet dolores diam minim clita. Vulputate lorem takimata nulla in nonumy sadipscing est dolor sea te autem amet sit sit facilisi. Consequat ipsum sit et et et feugiat sea.
Magna dolores nibh voluptua vulputate duis nostrud dolor sed tincidunt voluptua dolor dolor est est. Et duis diam ipsum et commodo nam vero. Dolore iriure clita tempor consequat diam erat dolores sed vulputate esse et dolor sed invidunt invidunt lorem accusam. Ea nonumy dignissim sit dolore nonumy nibh et dolore tempor erat justo sed dolor et dignissim et eum dolor. Dolor euismod aliquyam duo rebum dolores. Et hendrerit in duo duo. Laoreet in ea ipsum autem.
Sample Output H3
Sed takimata tempor aliquyam amet molestie consetetur tempor aliquyam dolore invidunt takimata dolor stet. Diam no invidunt dolore id magna tation. Vero justo euismod vero takimata clita takimata facilisi ut kasd. Qui takimata nonumy consectetuer duo sed eos hendrerit nonumy duo ut. Et labore duo stet sanctus amet eleifend et duo ipsum. Stet clita diam augue tempor vero vero stet duo. Nisl tempor congue tempor. Duo lorem molestie sed odio facilisis sit nulla dolor diam nonumy blandit sit. Ut vel congue aliquyam nihil diam magna sed. Dignissim et et est sanctus nulla clita euismod eirmod at diam diam dolor tempor.
Dolor clita accusam sadipscing exerci dolor. Et clita elit erat est. Sit kasd qui. Diam dolor voluptua liber accumsan ad sed molestie sed. Sadipscing est dolor. Vel dolore minim eleifend ea tempor ea diam iusto gubergren consetetur qui lobortis duo takimata ipsum eirmod enim. Magna facilisi invidunt. Diam sed ad eum feugiat at rebum autem dolores vel vero enim ipsum vel justo sit ex. Lorem nihil praesent vero accusam est nostrud nonummy dolor feugiat duis voluptua ea volutpat. Accusam vero no gubergren in diam. Feugait elit diam et magna consequat ut elitr duo blandit duis aliquyam facilisi ut dolores minim aliquam voluptua aliquyam.
Sample Output H4
Gubergren sit diam odio gubergren sanctus dolore eirmod. Vel et ex ut eirmod accusam lorem eirmod at stet est est clita erat delenit. Gubergren lorem ipsum dolor lobortis dolor. Nonumy justo tempor. Invidunt dolor accusam no dolor lorem nibh accusam velit.
Clita dolor duis feugiat sit duo dolor feugait lorem. Diam invidunt lorem diam erat feugiat. Sanctus gubergren te illum nibh dolore stet ullamcorper lorem. Adipiscing labore lorem takimata at accusam takimata dolor laoreet et diam in amet elitr gubergren. Accusam no kasd. In stet consetetur nonumy ea sed. Tempor accumsan ut duis accusam dolor option labore no lorem consequat dolor ea voluptua tempor accusam sanctus.
Sample Output H4
Duis blandit diam et est lorem eirmod et. Justo diam wisi voluptua sit dolore justo. Sanctus dolor est consetetur delenit eros justo eos. Nulla doming amet lorem sed et sit et dolor assum ipsum dolores erat imperdiet nisl rebum duo. Aliquam ipsum ut sanctus dolore at sadipscing et vero tation vero invidunt sed nonumy adipiscing illum. Esse tempor kasd sanctus facilisi justo sea enim stet eirmod gubergren voluptua nonumy. Aliquyam kasd amet lorem esse magna lorem at possim clita vel diam.
Sanctus imperdiet hendrerit dolores rebum dolores labore. At ipsum sed labore dolor ullamcorper eirmod tempor dolore accusam esse sed amet ut delenit in sit qui elitr. Wisi amet duo dolore stet dolor diam et dolore vero dolor et adipiscing justo lorem iriure et eirmod et. No dolore sit lorem ea duis zzril lorem magna stet accusam quod sea vero elit voluptua invidunt quis et. Dolores dolore takimata sanctus eum ea nonummy at lorem eos duo ut. Clita ut erat ipsum autem.