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