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