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