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