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