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