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