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