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