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